8o THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



keel about as long as standard, decumbent; high pas- 

 tures, A. /lamosus, L. ; flowers few, very small, nearly 

 white, in a globular spike, stipules connate, plant pubes- 

 cent ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



C. Flowers yellow: — A. glycyphylloSy L. ; flowers pale 

 yellow, in an elongated raceme, stalk much shorter than 

 the leaves, pairs of leaflets 5-6, stipules very large, 

 stem scrambling, 2-3 ft. ; a lowland species. A. exscapus, 

 L. ; stemless, flowers large, crowded, yellow, stipules 

 adnate to the leaf-stalk; Southern Switzerland, Tirol, 

 local. A . depressus, L. ; stemless, flowers yellowish- 

 white with violet spots, stipules free, very broad, 

 oval-acuminate; Southern Switzerland, Southern Tirol, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. Cicer, L. ; flowers pale yellow, 

 pairs of leaflets 8-12, legume inflated, nearly globular, 

 plant decumbent, nearly glabrous ; lowlands, sandy places ; 

 Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. aristatus, L'Her. ; 

 flowers pale yellow, terminal leaflet replaced by a 

 spine, plant prostrate, very leafy ; Southern Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



16. Phaca, L. 



Leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet; flowers in 

 axillary racemes; style not bearded; legume somewhat 

 inflated, undivided, with more than 2 valves. Alpine. 



P. alpina, J^cq. ; flowers yellov/, pairs of leaflets 9-12, 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, stem hairy, branched, 12-15 

 in. ; high pastures. P. frigida, L. ; flowers yellowish- 

 white, pairs of leaflets 4-5, stipules ovate, stem hairy, 

 simple, 8-10 in. ; very high ; Switzerland. 



