Ervum hirsutum. Rough-podded Tine-Tare. 
ERVUM Linna-i Gen. Pl. Diadelpiiia Decandria. Calyx quinquepartitus, longitudine corollse. 
Rail Gen. 23. Herb® plore papilionaceo seu leguminos®. 
ERVUM hirfutu hh, pedunculis multifloris, feminibus globofis binis. Linn. Syf. Vegetab. p. 554. Spec. Plank 
1039. Pl. Suecic. 255; 
VICIA foliis linearibus, filiquis racemofis, difpermis, hirfutis. Haller hifl. helv. ». 422. 
ERVUM hir Jutum. Scopoll FI. Carnlol n. 901. HudfonFl. Angi. p. 280. 
VICIA fegetum cum filiquis plurimis hirfutis. Bauhln. Pin. p. 345. 
VICIA fylveftris feu Cracca minima. Gerard, emac. 1028. 
ARACHUS five Cracca minor. Parkinfm 1070. Rail Syn. -finali wild Tare or Tine Tare: Muller. Plan 
Dan. icon. 639. 
RADIX annua, tenuis, pradonga, paucis fibrillis inftruda. $■ 
I 
CAULES pedales, aut bipedales, debiles, ramofi, qua- f 
drangulares, tortuofi. i 
STIPULAE in plures lacinias tenues divifte, fuperiore | 
majore. * 
FOLIA pinnata, ad odo aut duodecemi paria, oppofita, | 
aut fubalterna, lasvia, lanceolata, apice truncata , * 
nervo medio in mucronem edufto, capreolo ratnofo 
terminata; 
PEDUNCULI longitudine foliorumi, multiflori . 
FLORES a tribus ad odo* pallide purpurei, racema- 
tim, et imbricatim difpoliti. 
CALYX: PERiANTHiuMquinquedentatum, perfiftens, 
longitudine fere Corollze, dentibus linearibus, 
acuminatis, fubaxpialibus, duobus fuperioribus 
more Orobi obtufe divifis, fg. 1. 
COROLLA papilionacea ; Vexillum fubrotundum, 
vix emarginatum, parumreflexum, fig. 2 ; Al® 
Carina adhaerentes, ovata, obtufa, ad bafin li- 
neares, fg. £ ; Carina alis brevior, fg. 4, 
interne macula purpurea utrinque notata. 
STAMINA : Filamenta decem affurgentia, fupre- 
mum brevior cateris, nec liberum, fg. 5 ; An- 
ther.® fimplices, flava. | 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, Stylus fimplex, & 
afliirgens. Stigma obtufum, villofum, fig. 6. f 
PERICARPIUM: Legumen breve, hirfutum, difpermum , f 
fg . 7. * 
SEMINA duo, fubrotunda. I 
ROOT annual, {lender, long, and fumifhed with few 
fibres. 
STALKS from one tct two feet high, weak, branch- 
ed, quadrangular and twilled. 
STIPULAE divided into many {lender lacinia, of which 
the uppermoft is the largeft. 
LEAVES pinnated, from eight to twelve pair, oppo- 
fite, or nearly alternate, fmooth lanceolate^ 
with the top cut off, and the midrib running 
out to a Jhort point, terminated by a branch- 
ed tendril. 
PEDUNCLES the length of the leaves, and fupport- 
ing many flowers. 
FLOWERS from three to eight, of a pale purple 
colour, difpofed in racemi, and laying one o- 
ver another. 
CALYX : a Perianthium with five teeth, continu- 
ing, almoft the length of the Corolla, the 
teeth linear, and pointed, nearly equal, the 
two upper ones obtufely divided in the man- 
ner of the Orobus, fg. 1 . 
COROLLA papilionaceous ; the Vexillum roundilh^ 
fcarcely nicked in, bending a little back, figi 
2 ; the Wings adhering to the Carina, oval,' 
obtufe, at bottom linear,^-. 3; the Carina 
Ihorter than the Wings, fg. 4, marked inter- 
nally on each fde with a purple Jpot. 
STAMINA: ten Filaments which rife upward, the 
uppermoft connected with,- and {horter than the 
others, fig. 5 ; the Anther® fimple and yellow.' 
PISTILLUM : Germen oblong. Style fimple and ri- 
ling upward, Stigma blunt and villous, fig. 6 j 
SEED - VESSEL a fhort hairy Legumen with two 
feeds. Jig. 7. 
SEEDS two, and roundilh; 
This fpecies of Tine-Tare, which at firft fight bears fo great a refemblance to the ErvUni tetrafpermum, grows 
like that, too frequently among Corn, to which it is in general more deftrudive, as being a ftronger and more 
prolific plant. I have in wet feafons feen whole fields of corn overpower’d and wholly deftroyed by this plant. 
It is eafily diftinguiflied from the Petr afper mum ; in the firft place, the leaves are not pointed as in that fpecies 
but appear as if cut off at the end, which although a material circumftance is not noticed by Muller in his figure 
of it, vid. FI. Dan. icon. 639; fecondly the Stipulae are divided into many more lacinias ; the flowers and confequently 
the Pods grow in a kind of Clufter, whereas there is feldom more than two grow together in the Pel raf per mum ; 
and laftly, which feems to be the beft diftindion, the Pods are rough and contain two Seeds in each^ while in 
the Petrajpermum t they are fmooth and contain four Seeds. 
