DIADELPII. DECAND. 213 



spinous, flowers mostly solitary, leaves ternate below, the rest 



simple serrated entire at their base. Lig!i{f. p. 386, and/). 387 



{O.repens). E.B.l.m2. 

 Hab. Barren pastures and the borders of fields. Fl. June — Aug. % . 

 A very variable plant, erect or procumbent, more or less spiny { leaves 



ovate or wedge-shaped ,• ^ozt'ers rather large, rose coloured. 



6. ANTHYLLIS. 

 1. A. vulneraria {Kidney Vetch, or Lady's Finger), leaves 



pinnated unequal, heads of flowers in pairs. Lighlf. p. 387. 



E. B. t. 104. 

 Hab. Dry pastures, not uncommon ; King's Park, Edinb., Lightf. 

 Stems ascending. Leafets 5 — {), lanceolate, entire, hairy ; terminal 



one the largest. Flowers in crowded heads, long, yellow, with hairy 



calyces, and digitate large bracteas. 



7. OROBUS. 



1. O. tuherosiis (tuberous Orobus), leaves pinnated with 3 or 4 

 pairs of lanceolate leaflets glaucous beneath, stipules semisa- 

 gittate, toothed at the base, stem simple erect. Lighlf. p.SSS: 

 E.B.I. 1153. 



/3. leaflets linear. 0. tenuifolius, Roth, and G. Don. Descr. of 



rare Scottish Plants, p. 8. 

 Hab. Woods and hilly pastures, frequent, especially in the Highlands. 



13. Near Kinnaird, G. Don. Fl. June. 1/ . 

 Roots tuberous, eaten by the Highlanders under the name of Cor- 



meille, and said to repel hunger. Stem erect, 1 foot high, winged. 



Flowers in long stalked axillaiy clusters, purple, veined. Legume 



long, pendulous, cylindrical, black. 



2. O. sylvaticus {Wood Orobus or hitler retch), leaves pinnate 

 hairy with 7 — 10 pairs of ovato-oblong acute leaflets, stipules 

 semisagittate,stem branched decumbent hairy. Lighlf. p. 390. 

 t. IG (much too hairy). E. B. ^ 518. 



Hab. Rocky places and banks of rivers, but not common ; falls of the 

 Clyde near Lanark ; Baikevall in the Isle of Rum, Lightf. Cartlane 

 crags, near Glasg., N. side of the river, Hopk. Sanquhar, Mr. Winch. 

 Bank to the S. \\\ of Newburgh, Hfeshire, D. Don. Bank near 

 W. Linton, Peebles-shire, Maugh., &c. Fl. July. 1/ . 



Flowers in secund racemes, purplish white. 



8. LATHYRUS. 



1. L. pratensis {Meadow Fetchling), peduncles 2— S-flowered, 

 tendrils with two lanceolate 3-nerved leaflets, stipules sagittate 

 as large as the leaves. Li^/i//. p. 391. £. B. ^ 670. 



Hab. Moist meadows and pastures. Fl. July, Aug. 1/. 

 Stems 2 — 3 feet long, climbing. Flowers yellow. Cattle are said to 

 be very fond of this common plant. 



2. L. sylvestris {narrow -leaved Everlasting Pea)j peduncle 



