( ) 
5ind bufhes ; and flowers in April. The mid-rib 
ends in a fmall hair, and has three or four pair of 
oblong lobes annexed to it : From the wings of the 
leaves come forth little pedicles, fuftaining two or 
three pale purple flowers : The pods are redifh at 
firil, and black, when ripe. 
The knobs of the root talle very like Liquorice, and the 
Scots Highlanders ;ife them for the fame diforders of the thorax 
in which Liquorice is proper. It is called by them Karcmyk 5 
and they ufe thofe knobs, tempered with water, to fuftain hun- 
ger and thirft the longer, and hnd them very effedual for thofe 
purpofes. 
Catanance. The leaves are gramineous and en- 
tire ; The ftalks are round, firm, and eredl : 
The flowers are of a bright fliining crimfon co- 
lour. We have but one fpecies of this plant, 
Catanance leguminofa quormdam^ R. 325. Ervum 
fylveftre^ G. E. 1249. fylvefire feu Catanance.^ P. 
1079. Lathyrus fyheftris minor C. 344. Crim- 
fon Grafs- vetch. It flowers in May. Between the 
Glafs-houfes and Dentes hole, near the North-fnore- 
houfe, by Newcajlle upon "Tyne ^ Mr Lawfon : But it 
has not been obferved there finceF. In the meadow 
going up to the Oak of Honour ^ Mr Martin. It is 
not eafily feen by reafon of its graflTy leaves, uniels 
in May., when it is in flower. 
VuLNERARiA. It has a papilionaceous flower: 
The empalement is tubulous and turged : The 
cods are fhort, contain roundifh feeds, and are 
inclofed in the empalement, changed to a mem- 
branous bladder. The fpecies are : 
I. Vulneraria ruftica., R. 325. Anthyllis legumi- 
nofa., G. 1060. leguminofa vulgaris., P. 1093. Lo- 
to affinis Vulneraria pratenfis., C. 332. Kidney- 
vetch, Lady’s finger. In dry fandy pafliures. The 
leaves are pennated, with an odd lobe at the end : 
On the tops of the branches ftand yellow liov/ers, 
gathered 
