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plants, a frequent companion of the meadow-sweet. Abundant and 

 fine in the neighbourhood of Carrington Moss. Fl. July, August 



E.B. XXX. 2091. 

 A remarkably handsome flower. 



20. Bird's-foot — {^Ornithopus perpusillus.) 

 Sandy and gravelly places, and by waysides, not infrequent. Kersal 

 Moor ; Monton Green (J. S.) ; hedgebanks near Offerton Hall, between 

 Stockport and Marple ; top of Werneth Lowe ; common about Mob- 

 berley, Baguley, and Bowdon ; and abundant on the lawn at Tatton. 

 Fl. June. Annual. 



Curtis, ii. 417 ; E. B. vi. 369 ; Baxter, v. 358. 

 One of the most delicate of our native plants. The stems trail to the length of 

 six or eight inches ; the tiny cream-coloured flowers are exquisitely veined with 

 crimson, and when gone, are replaced by clusters of three to five or six jointed 

 and curved legumes, resembling the claws of a little bird. 



21. Saint-foin — {Onobrychis sativa.) 

 Occasionally seen in cultivated fields, the seeds being brought with 

 those of the crop, or deposited from former plants similarly introduced. 

 Fl. June, July. 



E. B. ii. 96 (as Hedysdrum Onobrychis) ; Baxter, ii. 134. 

 A plant of remarkable beauty, known immediately by its pinnate leaves and 

 large cones of crimson flowers, supported on long axUlaiy peduncles, and resem- 

 bling those of the Orchis pyramidalis. 



22. Common Melilot — {Melildtus officinalis.) 

 Cornfields, but very unusual, coming unexpectedly, and perhaps not 

 found again in the same place. Withington ; Bowdon ; Bramhall 

 (Mr. Isaac Williamson) ; Pilkington (J. P.) ; Eccles ; and Monton. 

 (J. S.) Fl. June, July. Annual. 



E. B. xix. 1340 (as Trifolium officinale) ; Baxter, v. 363. 

 The racemes resemble those of the purple-tufted vetch. 



23. Field Melilot — (Melildtus arvensis.) 



Cornfields about Unsworth. (J- P.) Fl, July, August. Annual. 



E. B., Supp. i. 2690. 



24. Common White Clover — {Trifolium repens.) 



Everywhere in meadows and pastures, and by waysides, flowering 

 throughout the summer. 



Curtis, i. 191; E. B. xxv. 1769. 



