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in 8uch a manner as to give them a likeness to a horse-shoe. 



1. n. comosa (Linn.) tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. Engl. Bat. 

 t. 31. 



Locality. Chalk pits, chalky pastures, and dry chalky banks. 

 P. Fl. May, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, Frequent about Salisbury and Whiteparish 

 Hill. 



2. South Middle District, Salisbury Plain more or less distributed. 



3. South-east District, Hindon Down and Corsley. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Conkwell, Slaughterford, Box, Corsham 

 and Roundway Hill. 



5. North-east District, Marlborough and Great Bedwyn. Locally 

 plentiful but not generally distributed in Wilts. The flowers very 

 much resemble those of " Lotus corniculatus," but the plant may be 

 readily distinguished from that by its pinnated leaves, and its 

 curiously notched legumes, its notches are almost twice as broad as 

 deep, whereas in the foreign " H. glauca " they are much wider. 



OXOBRYCHIS, (GrAERT.) SaINTFOIN, CoCK's-HEAD. 



Linn. CI. xvii. Ord. iii. 



Name. From onos (Gr.) an ass, and brucho (Gr.) to gnaw. The 

 0. saliva being a favourite food with asses, and it is grateful not 

 only to them but to most other cattle. 



0. satica (Lam.) cultivated Saintfoin. Engl. Bot. t. 96. St. 19, 

 10. Hedysarum Onobrychis, (Linn). 



Locality. On dry hills, open downs, and borders of fields, on a 

 chalky soil, frequent. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In 

 all the Districts. A well-known object of cultivation as fodder for 

 cattle, on dry barren especially chalky ground in open situations. 

 It fails where the soil is damp, or the field overshadowed with 

 trees. Having been first introduced to the farmer from France, 

 the plant brought its French name of Saintfoin along with it, and 

 Cock's-head by which it was before known as a native of England 

 is become obsolete. 



