210 DIADELPH. — H&XAND. 



5. Ononis. C«/. 5-clcf't, its divisions linear. Standard 9,u\ix- 

 ted. Legume turgid, sessile. Filaments in one undivided set. 



** Stum, diadelphous, 9 united and 1 free. 

 f Style more or less pubescent beneath the stigma. 



7. Orobus. Style Ymear, cylindrical, downy above. Cc/. ob- 

 tuse at the base, its upper segments deeper and shorter. 



S. Lathyrus. Style plane, downy above, broader upwards. 

 Cal. with its two upper segments shortest. 



9. VicTA. Style bearded beneath the stigrna. 



10. Ervdm. Stigma capitate, hairy all over on the outside. 



ft Style glabrous. 

 -^ Legume of 2 longitudinal cells, more or less complete. 

 13. Astragalus. Legitme 2-celled, more or less gibbous. 

 4-+- Legume more or less jointed. 



11. Ornithopus. Legz^we jointed, curved, cylindrical. 



12. HiPPocuEPis. LegJime compressed submenibranaceous, 

 with many deep notches in one of its edges. 



-(--<--<- Legume of one cell, one- or many -seeded {not jointed). 



16. Medicago. Z-po^r/ywe falcate or spirally twisted, compress- 

 ed, membranaceous ^. 



14 Trifo;.[UM. Legume (in general) shorter than the cal., 1- or 

 many-seeded, indeiiiscent, deciduous. Flowers more or less 

 capitate (in Tr. offic. racemose). 



15. Lotus. L(?^7/7we cylindrical, straight. /FiV/cr^ of the cor. 

 cohering by their upper edge. Filaments dilated upwards. 



1. HEXANDRIA. 



1. FUMARIA. 



* Caps, sphariral, \ -seeded (Funiaria). 



1. F. officinalis {common Fumitory)., spike lax, stem branched 

 spreading, leaves bipinnate leaflets almost linear. Light/, 

 p. 379. E.B.t. 589. 



Hab. Corn-fields and gardens, frequent. Fl. Maj' — Aug. O • 

 One foot high, rather glaucous. Spikes of flowers rose coloured^ 

 deeper at the extremity of the cor., inserted opposite the leaves. 



2. F. capreolata {ramping R/wz7o?y), spike lax, stem climbing 

 by means of the tendril-like petioles, leaves triternate leaflets 

 obovato-cuneiform cut and lobed. Light/, p. 380. E. B. 

 ^943. 



' Sir James Smith phiccs this in the previous division, " Legnmen snb- 

 articulatum;' but I think it comes better in this. 



