LEGUMINOS^ 77 



II. DORYCNIUM, Tourn. 



Leaves sessile ; stipules free, resembling the leaflets ; 

 pod swollen, 2-6 seeded. 



D. suffruticostini, Vill. ; stem shrubby, leaves linear- 

 wedge-shaped, flowers small, white, keel dark blue at 

 the tip ; rare ; Chur, Southern Tirol, Pyrenees. D. 

 herbaceu7n, Vill. ; stem herbaceous, leaves oblong, 

 wedge-shaped, keel blue throughout ; Ticino, Dauphiny. 



Tribe LOTE^. — Leaves of 5 or more leaflets, one 

 terminal ; stipules small or o ; alternate filaments dilated ; 

 legume without a longitudinal septum. Genera 12-14. 



12. Anthyllis, L. 



Flowers in capitate cymes, sometimes with an in- 

 volucre ; calyx inflated ; petals with long claws, standard 

 auricled at the base ; legume included in the calyx. 



A, Vulneraria^ L., Kidney Vetch, Lady's Fingers ; 

 flowers yellow or orange, pairs of leaflets 1-5, terminal 

 leaflet much the largest, whole plant very silky ; pastures, 

 common. A. montana, L. ; flowers red, pairs of leaflets 

 10-20, all nearly equal in size, plant covered with silky 

 wool ; rocky places ; Jura, Tirol, Styria, Pyrenees. 



13. Lotus, L. 



Leaflets usually 5 ; calyx not inflated ; flowers yellow, 

 uppermost filament distinct ; legume septate between the 

 seeds. Not alpine. 



L, corniculatus, L. ; leaflets obliquely obovate, very 



