LEGUMINOS^ 8 1 



17. OXYTROPIS, DC. 



Leaves pinnate, with a terminal leaflet ; flowers in axil- 

 lary clusters or racemes; petals with a long claw, keel 

 very acute, erect; style beardless; legume more or less 

 divided longitudinally, many-seeded. Alpine. 



A. Flowers yellow: — 0. pilosa, DC; legume com- 

 pletely 2-celled, stem 8-15 in., erect, very leafy, pubes- 

 cent; stipules free; stony, rare; St. Gallen, Dauphiny. 

 O. campestris, DC. ; legume partially 2-celled, leaflets in 

 about 12 pairs, plant pubescent but not glandular, 

 flowers varying in colour, sometimes a dirty violet {sordida, 

 DC.) ; high, stony, frequent. O. fcetida, DC. ; leaflets 

 small, usually in about 20 pairs, plant covered with viscid 

 foetid glands ; rare ; Valais, Dauphiny. 



B. Flowers violet, blue, or pink : — O. uralensis^ DC. 



{Halleri^ Bunge); stemless, legume completely 2-celled, 



flowers violet, plant downy with silky hairs or woolly 



(vehitina, Sieb.) ; rocky, rare ; Southern Switzerland, 



Tirol, Carinthia, Styria, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. O.pyrenaica, 



G. and G. (PI. 28); resembhng the last, but legume only 



partially 2-celled (as in the following species) ; Pyrenees. 



O. montanay Bge. ; young fruit pendant, ripe fruit erect, 



stalk as long as calyx-tube, pod swollen, plant grey with 



silky hairs (or nearly g]a.hrous, /acg^iizm^ Bge.); rare; 



Jura, Southern Switzerland, Monte Generoso, Dauphiny. 



O. carinthiaca^ Tisch. ; resembling the last, but young 



fruit erect, ripe fruit pendant ; Carinthia. O. neglecta, 



Gay (cyanea, Gaud.); flowers blue, head 6-12-flowered, 



calyx-teeth longer, plant silky; rare; Nicolaithal, Tirol, 



Carinthia, Pyrenees. 0. lapponica. Gay ; resembling the 



last, but with pendant pods ; rare ; Saas, Simplon, St. 

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