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common. L, tenuis^ L. ; leaflets oblong-linear, flowers 

 few; damp places; L. uliginosus, Schk. {major, Sm.); a 

 larger plant, with the racemes on very long stalks ; bushy 

 places ; are all EngHsh and lowland. 



14. Tetragonolobus, Scop. 



Leaves of 3 leaflets ; stipules free, leaf-like ; legume 

 with 4 membranous wings, coiling up like a corkscrew 

 after bursting. 



T. siliquosus, Roth ; flowers large, solitary, sulphur- 

 yellow, on long stalks ; damp meadows ; Southern 

 Switzerland, Pyrenees. 



Tribe GALEGEiE. — Leaflets 5 or more, uppermost 

 filament distinct ; legume 2-valved, with a longitudinal 

 septum. Genera 15-18. 



15. Astragalus, L. 



Leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet, leaflets entire; 

 flowers in axillary often globular spikes or racemes ; 

 bracts small ; calyx tubular, teeth small, nearly equal ; 

 petals usually narrow, with long claw, keel obtuse ; 

 style beardless. An alpine genus. 



A. Flowers purple, blue, red, or violet: — A. mon- 

 spessulanus, L. (PI. 27); flowers red, in spikes of 15-20, 

 with peduncles at least as long as the leaves, standard 

 very long and narrow, leaves of 15-20 pairs of leaflets, 

 stipules acuminate, united to the petiole by half their 

 length, stem very short, plant 4-8 in. ; gravelly places ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. leontinus, 



