268 DICOTYLEDONS. LEGUMINOS.^!. A&b^agaluS. 



7. VICIA. 

 Style bearded beneath the stigma. 



* Peduncles lengthened, many-Jlowered. 



1. V. sylvaiica, peduncles many-flowered longer than the leave?, 

 leaflets elliptico-oblong mucronate, stipules lunate deeply 

 toothed at their base. p. 214. 



2. V. Cracca, peduncles many-flowered longer than the leaves, 

 flowers imbricated, leaflets lanceolate slightly hairy, stipules 

 semisagittate nearly entire, p. 215. 



** Flmcers axdlarij^ nearly sessile. 



3. V. sat'wa, flowers sessile subbinate, legumes nearly erect, lower 

 leaves retuse, stipule toothed impressed with a dark spot, seeds 

 smooth, p. 215. 



4. V. lat/iyroides, flowers sessile solitary, legumes glabrous, leaves 

 generally in 3 pairs lower ones retuse, stipules entire, seeds tu- 

 berculated. p. 215. 



5. V. lutea, flowers sessile solitary, legumes reflexed hairy, stem 

 diflfuse, stipules coloured, standard glabrous, p. 215. 



6. V. sepiitm, flowers mostly in fours subpetiolate, legumes up- 

 right glabrous, leaflets ovate obtuse gradually smaller upwards 

 upon the petiole, p. 215. 



H. ERVUM. 



Stigma capitate, hairy all over on the outside. 



1 . E.hir.mtum, peduncles many-flowered, legumes hairy 2-seeded, 

 leaflets linear oblong truncate, p. 216. 



2. E. tetraspermtnn, peduncles 2-flowered, legumes glabrous 4- 

 seeded, leaflets linear-oblong obtuse, p. 216. 



t Style glabrous. 

 •i- Legume more or less jointed. 

 9. ORNITHOPUS. 

 L^g?^ /we jointed, curved, cylindrical. 



1. O. perpjisillus, leaves pitniated with 6 — 9 pairs of leaflets and 

 ^ terminal one, flovvers capitate bracteated, legumes curved up- 

 wards, p. 216. 



10. HIPPOCREPIS. 



Lp^MmecompresscdjSubmembranaceous, with many deep notches 

 in one of its edges. 



I. H. comosn, legumes 5— S clustered pedunculated curved sca- 

 brous sinuated at each margin, p. 216. 



-^-f- Legume of 2 longitudinal cells, more or less cample' e, 

 1 1 . ASTRAGALUS. 

 Legume 'i-ccllcd^ n.mic or less gibbou'i. 



