JUNE. 24) 
ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA. Common Kidney Vetch, or 
Lady's Fingers. This pretty plant is frequent in dry pas- 
tures. The flowers grow in crowded heads, and in pairs, 
mostly yellow, but occasionally red, and sometimes white, 
or cream-coloured. ‘The calyx is hairy, beneath which the 
bracteas are finger or hand-shaped. Stem ascending: 
leaflets from five to nine, long and narrow, entire, hairy, and 
the terminal one the largest. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALYCIFLORZ. FABACE. 
LATHYRUS. (Vercutine, Evertastine Pra.) 
Generic Character. Calyx with the opening oblique, its upper 
segments shortest. Style (which is afterwards the pod) downy 
and broad at the top. Leaves with tendrils. 
This is a very pretty genus of plants, greatly resembling 
the garden Everlasting Pea, particularly some species, which 
come into flower next month. 
Laruyrus nissouia. Crimson Vetchling, or Grass Vetch. 
Bushy and grassy places in many parts of England. All 
the species have tendrils but this; the leaves are long, 
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