The BRITISH HERBAL. 
Ray calls it Vicia folio [tibrotundo brenji ohtufo 
tnucrouato^ pedkulo %revi urfidente Jlore vici^e dume- 
tcrum. 
4. Strangle Tare. 
Ficia pinnis angujlis Jlore purpureo. 
The root is long, (lender, and divided, and 
has numerous ftraggling fibres. 
The ftalk is weak, flender, and green ; and, 
when it meets fupport, will grow to the height 
of two feet, but is never much branched. 
The leaves are numerous and pinnated: each 
is compofed of three or four pairs of pinnrp, 
rarely more ; and thefe arc oblong, narrow, and 
obtufe at the ends : they are of a dufky green co- 
lour ; and at the ends, inftead of an odd leaf, 
there ftands a large divided tendril. 
The flowers are fmall, but of a lively and beau- 
tiful red, with a white fpot in the centre : they 
grow ufuaily two together, and have ihort foot- 
ftalks in the bofoms of the leaves. When the 
foil is very rich, three will grow together -, and, 
when it is poor, there will ufually be only one in 
a place ; but two is the mofl: frequent number. 
The pods are flender and long, and fland point- 
ing upwards : the feeds are eight or ten in each, 
and they are fometimes greenifli, fometimes black, 
and fometimes fpotted. 
It is common among bullies, and in corn- 
fields, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia /mine rotunda fri^ro. 
Others, Aracm^ and Cracca major. 
5. Red-flowered Vetch, with fmall black feeds. 
Vicia fore ruberrijfio femine parvo nigra. 
The root is compofed of a few large fibres. 
The ftalk is flender, weak, and of a pale green ; 
but, when fupported, it grows to three feet in 
height. 
The leaves are pin'nated : each is compofed of 
about four pairs of pinna:, which are oblong, 
broadeff at the^bafe, and fmall at the extremity, 
and of a faint green. 
The flowers grow ufually two together from 
the bofoms of the leaves : they are large, and of 
an extremely bright red. 
The pods are very long and flender; and, 
when they are ripe, are black : the feeds alfo are 
black : they are round, and about ten are con- 
tained in each pod. 
It is not uncommon in cur midland counties 
among hedges. It flowers in Auf uft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia -jtilgaris aculicrt (olio 
femine parvo nigra. Ray, Vicia fykeflris flore ru- 
herriniQ filiqua kuga nigra. Tlie flowers are foine- 
times white. 
6. Yellow Vetch with rough pods. 
Vicia florc favo fdiqiiij hirfutis. 
The root is long, thick, divided into feveral 
parts, and furniflied with numerous fibres. 
The flalk is round, thicker than in moll: of the 
vetch kind, and of a pale green. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and they 
are very beautifully pinnated, each being com- 
pofed of ten or more pairs of pinnae : thefe are 
oblong, narrow, and iharp-pointcd, and of a 
dufky green. 
The end of the rib in this, as in the other fpe- 
cies, is furnilhed with a tendril for fupporting 
the plant in the ffcad of an odd leaf. 
The flowers fland in an irregular manner in 
the bofoms of the leaves, and are large, and of 
a pale yellow. 
The pods are fliort, thick, hairy, and placed 
upright: the feeds are few, and roundifli. 
It is found in our fouthern counties, and 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia fyheflris lutea filiqua 
hirfuta. 
7. Little, early, red-flowered Vetch. 
Vicia pracox ptimila fore rubente. 
The root is compofed of many flender fibres. 
The ftalk is round, weak, flender, of a bluilh 
green ; and, when fupported, is about a foot 
high. 
The leaves are irregularly pinnated : each is 
compofed of three or four pairs of pinns, of 
which one or more are naturally wanting ; and 
thefe are of an oblong, oval figure, and of a 
dufliy green. 
The flowers fland fingly on long, flender foot- 
ftalks, and are of a beautiful purple : they are 
fmall, and but of fiiort continuance. 
The pod is very flender, and moderately long ; 
and the feeds are fmall and angulated. 
It is found in barren hilly pafl:urcs, but not 
common, and flowers in April. 
Ray calls it Vicia minima precox Parifienjiim. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Broad podded Vetch, 
Vicia pimiis anguftis filiquis latis. • 
The root is long, flender, divided into a few 
parts, and furnifhed with fome ftraggling fibres. 
The leaves are pinnated, and fland ac dif- 
tances on the ftalk : each is compofed of four 
or five pair of very narrow pinns, and a fimple 
tendril ftands in the place of an odd leaf at the 
end. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a deep purple. 
The pods are fliorc, broad, and fmooth. 
It is a native of the fouth of France, and flowers 
in June. 
Magnol calls it Vicia anguftifolia purpureo vio- 
lacea filiqua lata glabra. 
GENUS 
