ervilIa

[Lat. ervilia =the bitter vetch.] 1. Bot.: An obsolete genus of papilionaceous plants containing Ervilia sativa, the species gen. erally called Ervum ervilia. [ERVUM.] 2. Zool .: Lentil-shell. A genus of bivalve mollusks, family Tell in ide. Two recent species are known. Distribution: West Indies, Britain, Can ward .) aries, Mediterranean, and the Red Sea. ( Wood er-vům, s. [Lat. the bitter vetch, Ervum er vilia (def.).] Bot.: A genus of papilionaceous plants, tribe Viciese. It is akin to Vicia, but differs in the sharp, equal segments of the calyx, . The leaves are generally pinnate and terminate in tendrils. Ervum lens is the lentil (q. v.). Ervum ervilia is the Bitter Vetch. Its seeds mixed with flour and made into bread produce weakne of man's limbs, and are said to render horses paralytic. ě-rýç-1-bē, 8. [From erima - tali, its native name in the Malayalim language.] Bot .: An anomalous genus of perigynous Exogens, placed by Lindley doubtfully at the end of the Convolvulacese, and by Endlicher made the type of an order which he calls Erycibeæ. Mr. W. Carruthers, F. R. S., states that it nearly approaches Convolvulacese, but differs in having a se ile radiating stigma like that of a poppy. This character exists also in Ebenaceae, to which in other respects Erycibe seems not very closely akin. The species are from tropical Asia.