118 DIADELPHIA DECANDRJA. [CI. 17. 



2. E. hirsutum, 14. 970. (Hairy T.) Clusters many-flowered. 

 Legumes hairy, with two seeds. Leaflets abrupt. 

 Past, and cornfields. 0. 6. Stem smoothish. Fl. almost white. 



362. ORNlTHOPUS. Bird's-foot. 



1. O. perpusillus, 6. 369. (Common B.) Leaves pinnate. Flowers 

 capitate, accompanied by a leaf. Legumes incurved, beaded. 

 Gravelly pi. 0.5. Prostrate. Fl. varieg. with white and crimson. 



863. HIPPOCRePIS. Horse-shoe-vetch. 



1. H. comosa, 1. 31. (Tufted H.) Legumes umbellate, rough; 

 their joints neither dilated nor bordered. 

 Chalky soil. 1^.5 — 8. Prostr. smooth. L. pinnate. Fl. dull yellow. 



364. HEDYSARUM. Saint-foin. 



1. H. Onobrychis, 2. 96. (Common S.) Leaves pinnate, nearly 



smooth. Legume single-seeded, toothed at the margin and ribs. 



Wings of the corolla not longer than the calyx. Stem elongated. 



— Onobrychis sativa, Br. Fl. 



Dry chalky soil. 1£. 6, 7. Recumb. 2 — 3 /. Fl.inspikes, crims. varieg. 



365. ASTRAGALUS. Milk-vetch. 



1. A. glycyphyllos, 3. 203. (Sweet M.) Stem prostrate. Legumes 



obscurely triangular, incurved. Leaves longer than the flower- 

 stalks; leaflets oval. 

 Woods or thick., on a chalky soil. If. 6. Large. Spikes pale sulph. 



2. A. hypoglottis, 4. 274. (Purple M.) Stem prostrate. Flowers 



in round heads. Legumes ovate, deeply channelled along the 

 back, compressed, hairy ; hooked at the point. 

 Chalky or sandy soil. 1/ . 6, 7. Leqfl. blunt, hairy. Fl. violet. 

 *2. A. alpinus, Suppl. 2717. (Alpine M.) Pubescent. Stem as- 

 cending. Leaflets elliptical. Stipulas ovate, free. Legumes 

 elliptical, stipitate, pendulous, clothed with black hairs. 

 Cliff, Glen of the Dole, Clova. If. 7. Stem slender, diffusely branch- 

 ed. FL white, tipped with purple. 



3. A. uralensis, 7. 466. (Hairy M.) Stem none. Stalk upright, taller 



than the leaves. Legumes oblong, tumid, pointed, shaggy, erect. 

 Leaflets ovate, acute, all over silky like the calyx. — Oxytropis 

 ural. Br. FL 

 Dry pastures, Scotl., rare. !(.. 7. Shining, silky. FL bluish-pur- 

 ple, rarely white. 



4. A. campestris, 36. 2522. (Yellowish M.) Stem none. Stalk as- 



cending. Legumes ovate, inflated, hairy, erect. Leaflets lanceo- 

 late, acute, somewhat hairy. — Oxytr. camp. Br. Fl. 

 Mt. rocks in Clova. "14- • 7. Fl. cream-col. or buff; keel and ivings 

 purplish. 



