CALYCIFLORiE 201 



ovoid, with awl-like bracts, longer than the short 

 flower-stalks. The calyx is bell-shaped, half as long 

 as the corolla. The pods are an inch in length, 

 erect, smooth, linear, round in section, curved 

 inwards, pointed, pale, two-celled, with a thin double 

 partition, with six to eight seeds in each half. The 

 seeds are numerous, pale, and flattened. 



The flowers open in June, and may be found in 

 bloom as late as September. The plant is a herba- 

 ceous perennial. It is rather tall, growing to a 

 height of 2 to 3 ft. 



The tenth stamen is free, and the flowers contain 

 honey. The petals have a long claw, and the keel 

 is blunt. The anthers are equal. The style is 

 slender and beardless, with a terminal stigma. The 

 floral mechanism is adapted to insect visitors, bees, 

 and to cross-pollination. 



The pods open by two valves, and the seeds may, 

 when the valves become tense and dry, be thrown a 

 short distance. 



Other names for this plant are Wild Liquorice, 

 Liquorice-vetch. 



Astragalus glycyphyllos. — In Fig. 39 the pin- 

 nate leaves and the flowers and yotmg pods are illns- 

 trated. 



Bird's Foot (Ornithopns perpnsillus) , 



From the arrangement of the pods this pretty little 

 wild flower is known as Bird's Foot, the pods radia- 



