60 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Zrifolium. 
Calyx } in. long, 10-nerved, glabrous, the teeth lnnceolne an 
or cuspidate, equalling the tube. Corolla half as long again as the 
calyx, purplish, the standard showy, 2 lines broad. Pod sessile, in- 
cluded, oblong, pointed, 2~3-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 170. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
By its fewer flowers in a head and large showy corolla, this species connects the 
group with the Lupinasters, but the pod is different. 
13. ANTHYLLIS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 488. 
Calyx tubular, in our species inflated in fruit, almost 2-lipped, e 
two upper teeth standing out before the others and subconnate. ie 
with a long claw, the lower ones adnate by their claws to the dap 
tube; standard ovate, auricled at the base; wings ovate, obtuse ; kee 
shorter than the wings. Stamens all connate in a closed tube ; alter- 
nate filaments or all dilated; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, 1-2. - 
ovulate ; style upcurved, ee stigma terminal, capitate. Po 
ovoid, mucronate, in our plant continuous within, 1-2-seeded.—Stems 
herbaceous or sutfruticose. 
A small genus, extending through Europe and round the Mediterranean. 
1. A. Vulneraria, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 170. Rootstock woody. 
Stems herbaceous, a foot or more long. Leaves pinnate, with 2-4 oe 
linear-oblong leaflets on each side, the terminal one often much dilate 
und solitary in the root-leaves. Flowers in dense terminal heads, often 
two close together, surrounded by an involucre of deeply cut bifid or 
trifid bracts, which equal the densely silky calyx, which is sessile, 3 12. 
long, becoming dilated, veined and scariose as the fruit matures, upper 
lip triangular, slightly emarginate, three teeth of the lower one lancee” 
late, $ line long. Corolla red, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 3 ™- 
long, short-stalked, glabrous.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 164. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 
Extends from Iceland eastward to Asia Minor. 
14, HELMINTHOCARPUYM, A. Rich. ; Benth. et Hook. ne 
Gen. Plant. i. 489. 
Calyx with the two upper teeth broader than the rest. Petals ut 
guiculate, free from the staminal tube; standard suborbicular ; witg* 
obovate-oblong, slightly adhering to the keel, which is obtuse and @ 
little u curved. Stamens all connate or the upper one finally nearly 
free ; alternate filaments dilated upwards; anthers uniform. Ovary 
sessile, 2-ovulate ; style inflexed; stigma terminal. Pod linear, sub- 
tetragonous, circinate, coriaceous, indehiscent, transversely veme% 
with an imperfect dissepiment between the seeds. 
A single species, known only in Abyssinia. 
1. H. abyssinicum, A. Rich. FI. Abyss. i, 200, t. 86. Stems het 
baceous, wiry, slender, copiously branched from the base, 6-12 in. long» 
