*74 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Lutea, Tellcw Vetclf" with reflex, hairy, folitary pods 
fitting clofe to the flalks, containing each five feeds, and 
the vexillum of the fiower finooth. In meadows and 
pailures. An. June^ 
E R V U M. Tare. 
The cup is quinquepartite, alrnofl the length of the 
^corolla, the fegments are linear, acuminated, and nearly 
equal. The fiower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is 
plain and flightly inflexed, roundifh and large. The 
the wings are obtufe and fhorter by half than the vexil- 
lum. i he keel is fhorter than the wings and acuminat- 
ed. The Fdam.ents are in two diflincd: bodies, nine and 
one, having fimple anthers. 1 he germen is oblong, 
the flyle fimple, the fligma obtufe, and beard lefs. The 
legumen is oblong, obtufe, round, and knotty, with pro- 
tuberant feeds which are four in number, and alrnofl 
round. 
Ohf. 1 his differs from the Fkm only in the fliigma. 
Solonienfe. Spring ‘Tare with two flowers on peduncles 
that have tendrils, acuminated petioli and obtufe lobes 
to the leaves. In meadows and paffures, and moreefpe- 
oially in chalky ground. On the chalky banks near 
Greenhithe in Kent. R. Sy. ' An, April,, May. 
T etrafpermum. Smooth "Fare with two flowers on the 
peduncles and four globofe feeds. An, June, 
Hirfutum, Hairy 'Tare with many flowers on the pe- 
duncles, and two globofe feeds. An. June. 
O R N I T H O P U S. Bird’s Foot. 
The umbel is fimple, the cup is monophyllous and 
tubulated, the brim quinquedentated, nearly equal and 
permanent. The flower is papilionaceous. The vexil- 
lum 
* It feems a reafonable conjedlure, to imagine, that the earfy 
V<tch s would make a rich and cheap fodder for cattle in the 
fpring, if properly cultivated. 
