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and contain kidney-fhap’d feeds : The leaves are 
unequally pennated. We have but one fpecies' 
of this plant, mz. 
* Glycyrrhiza vulgaris^ R. 324, G. E. 1302. 
vulgaris ftliqubfa^ P. 1098. filiquoj'a vel Germanica^ 
C. 352. Liquorice. It is planted, for fale, about 
TontefraEl^ in Torkjhire *, and JVorkfop, in Noting- 
hamjhire. 
The roots of Liquorico, which are the only part ufed, are 
a good peftoral, and of great ufe in diftempers ot the lungs, as 
coughs, fhortnefs of breath, mitigating the acrimonious particles 
which caufe forenefs of the Afpera Arteria^ and hoarfenefs, as 
well as the heart-burn. They are likewife good in nephritick 
affedfions, as ftone, gravel, ftoppage and heat of urine, and ul- 
cers in the kidneys. 
Orobus. It has a papilionaceous flower: The cods 
are round, and contain oval feeds : The leaves 
are equally pennated, and each penna ends in a 
point. The fpecies are : 
1. Orohus fylvaticus noftras^ R. 324. Englifli | 
Wild-wood, or Bitter Vetch. At Gamblesh)\ in 
Cumberland^ about fix miles from Penrith^ in the 
way to Newcaftle ; in the upper part of Merley wood, 
near Oxford, The root is thick, woody, and pe- 
rennial ; from which arife a great number of ftalks, a 
foot, or half a yard high, bending towards the 
ground, channell’d, hairy and branched: The leaves 
are like thofe of Small Vetch, but lefs ; and feven or 
eight pairs Hand on the fame rib, of a dark green 
on the upper fide, and fmooth on the under. On 
the fame pedicle hang fix or feven flowers, of a red- 
ilh colour on the outfides, and ftrip’d on the infides, 
with whitifli purple lines : T1ie cods are Ihort, 
broad, fmooth, and contain two or three, fcldorh 
more, feeds. 
2. Orobus fylvaticus foliis cblcngts glabr is,, R. 324. 
Aftr again s fylvaticus^ G. E. 1237. fyl^^fii'l^ /c’/Z/T 
vblongisglabris^ C. 351.' Lathyrus fylveftris ligncfior^ 
P. 1072. Wood-peafe, or Heatli-peale. In woods 
and 
