| r0bus t u b e r o s u s. W ood P e a .
ORÖBUS Linnai Gen. P i D ia d e l p h ia D e c ä n d r ia .
Raii Syrióp. Gén'. 23. H erbas f lÖre papilionaceo, seu lëguminos.®.
ÖROBUB ïuberofus foliis pirinatis, lanceolatiä i ftipulis femifägittatis integerrimis, Caiile fimplici. Lin.
Syfl. Vegetab. p. 550. F i Suecici n. 642.
OROBUS £aule fimplici; foliis fenis ellipticis; radice tuberofa. Hall. Hiß. n. 417.
ASTRAGALUS lylvati'cus, foliisoblongis glabris. Baühin.pin'. 35I. Gerard, emac. 1237.
LATHYRUS fylvellris fignofior. Parkinfon, 1072. Raii Sjnop.p. 324. Woöd-Peafè, or Heath Peafe.
Hudfon. F i Angl. p. 274. Scopoli. F i Carn. n. 883.
b l X perennis, tuberofa;
^■ JS fimpleX, ere&us, pedalis; alatus, fübtfcjriu'ofus;
I ROOT perennial and tuberous;
f?' STALK fimple, upright, about a foot high,
| fomewhat t willed.
r in g ed and
|oLIA pinnata, C irrho brevi re£to terminata, Pili- x LEAVES pinnated, terminated by a fhortflrait CiRRirns,
narum paria duo, tria; elliptical mucronata, $ cOnfifting o f two or three pair o f Finn® which
glabra, fubtus casrulefcentia. | . are. elliptical; and end in a fmall (harp point,
| fmooth, and underneath bliieilh.
i^UL^E femifagittat®; faepe integr®, fajpius vero ad | STIPULiE femifagittate, frequently entire but more
bafin hamatae, dente unicd aut pluribuS; ? often jagged at bottom, with one or feveral
I teeth. si m t m m , 1AMI fldrigeri, 1, 2; 3,' aut plures, ex foliorum alis, pri-1 BRANCHES which fuftain the flowers i; 2* 3; or
mum nutantes, F lores pulchelli; ex rubrof more, fpringing frUm the bofom of the leaves, ■
purpurei; demum casrulefcentes. r at firll drooping; the Flowers beautiful; of a
| reddilh purple colour, becoming blue as they
| . go off*
fliT.YX: PerianthiuM monophyllum, tubulaturii, ? C A L YX : a Perianthium of one leaf; tubular, pur*
purpureum; bafi obtufum: Ore quinquedentalb, i pie, blunt at bottom, the mouth quiuqueden-
I denticulis tribus inferioribus acutioribus, duo- f tatfe, the three lowermdfl: teeth fharpell, the
I bus fuperioribus brevioribus; obtule divifis, | two uppermofl: Ihorteft, bluntly divided, and
I fubaflfurgentibusj 1. | turned a little Upwards,'fig. 1.
t
ffiOLLA Papilionacea: V e x il l u r I obcordatum, re-1 COROLLA Papilionaceous: theVEXiLLUM heart-fhaped,
I flexum, jig. 2. Alje conniventes, Carina con- ? turning back, fig. 2. the W ings coilnivent
I nex®, Unguis linearis,^. 5. Lamina obtufa. | and connedted with the Carina, the Claw linear,
■ C a r in a ; Jg-. 7; acuminata, alfurgens, margi- Jig. 5. the Lamina obtufe,7%-; 6. the Carina
I nibus cavis ad Alas recipiendas, Jig. 9. | or Keel acuminate, riling upward, the edges
y hollow for the reception of the Alas or Wings,
J fig- 9*.
k AMINA: Fil a m e n t a diadelphia ffimplex et novem I STAMINA: ten F i l a m e n t s ; nine united into one
fidum) adfeendentia, fig. 1 1, 17 . Ant h er je | body below, and one feparate at top, fig. 1.1,
-fkvas, fig. 12 . ad bafin filamenti fimplicis et| 17 . rifing upward, A n t h e r .® yellow, fig. 12.
fuperioris, foramina duo obfervantur, fig. 16. | at the bale of the Ample and uppermofl filament
♦ two fmall holes are conlpicuous, fig. 16.
jlSTlLLUM: G e rm e n cylindfaceum, compteflum; | PISTILLUM: Germen cylindrical, and flattilh, St y l e
St y lu s filiformis, eredluS, lateri interiori prope| thread-lhaped, interiorly near the tip villous,
1 ’ fig, 13.
I H 9 H H H
primum | SEED-VESSEL, a Legumen, round and long, firllred,
* when ripe black, fig. 14.
apicem v illofus, fig.
|ERICARPIUM L e g um en teres, longi
rubrum, demum nig rum , fig. 14.
^H N Ä plura, fubrotuhda, e luteo-fufèa, fig. 15. I SEEtiS feveral, roundilh, of a yellowlfh brown colour,
I fig- 1 5 -
J r ^e§ant fpecies of Orobus grows very plentifully in all our Woods about Town ; it deems to delight in a
Kv§ c^ayey foil. It produces its blofloms in May and June, and its feed is ripe in July. The root is large and
| f us> • eeply fituated in the Earth, and taken up with difficulty; it is not made any particular ufe of with us,
I MiC°nrideraSly efieemed in fome parts of Great Britain.
W very worthy and ingenious Friend the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, of Uxbridge, has favoured me with the following
IH* of its ufes, which he obferved in his late tour through Scotland :
[“calk-lrO’if“1 tuitrof u! is very r common t -------- . . in . ----------,Scotland\ both —... ...in the Lowlands, ...Highlands,6......., and the ..........................._Hebrides. It .„
is
Language Cor-meille. The Highlanders dig up the Roots, and dty them in their pockets, and
i** che K . lAC ■ *-«inguag
b a Tobacco or Liquorice Root, to relilh their Liquor, and to repel Hunger and Thiril. In tireahil-
1“ Wiich they fometimes lleep them in Water, and make an agreeable fermented Liquor with, them,
r Ftmd 'Jf p.eem t0 g°°d for Dilorders, of the Thorax. It has a fweetifh Talle, fomewhat like Liquorice Roots.
their . 'ghlanders were of this Root, they frequently ufed to phange it with mefor fome Pig-tail Tobacco,
■ I lavourite Indulgence.”