and terminating in a divided tendril; 
but the burnt fpot under the jllpulcc 
leaves no doubt that it is the common 
Vetch or Tare, which, you remember, 
Virgil mentions among the pulfe which 
are fuppofed fo to fertilize the ground 
as to render fallowing unnecefTary. 
Aut ubiflava feres, mutatojidere, farra+ 
Uncle prius Icetumjiliqua quajjente legumen^ 
Aut tenuesfatus Vici<z, trijlifque luplni 
Suftukris fragile* calamoSjfyhamquefonantem. 
Do not you think th&tjidere, in the firft 
line, fhould befemine? 
Suppofe we now examine one of Ranun- 
thefe Ranunculi, commonly called culus * 
Crowfeet or Butter-cups. You per- 
ceive immediately that it is of the 
Clafs Polyandria and Order Polygynia. 
Its calyx confifts of 5 leaves, and its 
corolla of 5 petals, with a melliferous 
pore at the bafe of each; the feeds 
are naked. Thefe particulars form 
the effential generic character of Ra- 
nunculi. As to its fpecies, the re- 
troflecled calyx, the fulcated peduncu- 
fas, the ftalk erect, bearing many 
flowers, 
