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377. Vicia. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. Pl. ex , . cal 
equina . Leaves ovate, oblong; seeds rounded, small. 
Faba minor sive equina, Raii Syn. 323, 2. 
Faba minor sylvestris, Park . 1054. 
Common bean. Ger. em. 1210, 3. Horse bean. 
Seeds used in this country for horse-corn, but eaten by 
the poor in foreign countries ; also ground with wheat. 
D. Ornithopodeje. Stamens diadelphous; legumen one- 
celled, or many-celled, not opening spontaneously ; cells 
transverse, 1 -seeded. 
XVII. 378. ORNITHOPUS. Gesner. Birds-foot . 
Calyx 5 -toothed, tubular ; keel very small ; legumen bent, 
slender, round, pointed, jointed ; joints cylindrical. 
Ornithopus perpusillus. Very-small birds-foot . 
Herb downy ; leaves pinnate, 6 to 9-paired ; jlovjers in 
heads, bracteated; legumen roundish, bent inward. 
Ornithopodium majus, and minus, Ger. em. 1241, 3 and 4. 
Ornithopus perpusillus, Lin. S. P. 1049. 
Sandy fields ; annual ; May. 
Root fibrous ; stem prostrate, much branched ; leaves pin- 
nate with an odd leaflet ; heads few-flowered ; standard and 
wings red variegated ; keel greenish ; legumen 6 or 8-celled, 
necklaceshape, slightly compressed. 
/3. nodosa . Root with tubercles. 
Ornithopodium radice nodosa, Raii Syn. 326, 1 ; Park. 1093. 
XVIII. 379. HIPPOCREPIS. Linneeus. Horseshoe-vetch . 
Calyx unequally 5-toothed; standcird-claw longer than 
the calyx; legumen oblong, compressed, membranaceous, 
jointed, bent; one suture deeply toothed. 
Hippocrepis comosa . Tufted horseshoe-vetch . 
Legumens 5 or 8 in a tuft, crowded, peduncled, bent, 
rough, crenated on both edges. 
Ferrum equinum Germanicum siliquis in summitate, Raii Syn. 325, 1. 
Hedysarum glycyrrhizatum, Ger. 1056, 2; not Ger. em. 
Ferrum equinum comosum, Park. 1091. 
Hippocrepis comosa, Lin. S. P. 1050. 
Dry chalky fields ; perennial ; May to August. 
Herb bald ; stem prostrate, branched ; leaves pinnate with 
an odd leaflet ; leaflets reverse ovate, nicked ; stipules lan- 
ceolate ; peduncles axillary, umbelled ; calyx bald ; legumen - 
cells and seeds kidneyshape. 
