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from the above or 0. campestris, Koch, by more slender and 

 flexuons stems, which have not the hairy alternate lines of O. 

 antiquorum, Benth., by the much smaller leaves and flowers, by 

 its legume equalling the calyx, and by its solitary, finely tubercled 

 seed. 



O. reclinata, Lin. Prostrate Rest-harrow. — e.b.s. 2838. 

 L.B.s. 256. 



A. 1. C. 1. Lat. 56°? Alt.? Tern. ? 



Stems slender, round, hairy, branched, spreading, difluse ; 

 branches not terminating in spines (secondary branches not 

 changed to spines?) . Leaves cuneate, strongly nerved and toothed 

 only in their upper half, on slender petioles. Flowers in termi- 

 nal, leafy clusters, on long slender pedicels (the latter as long as 

 the leaves). Divisions of the calyx linear-lanceolate, twice as 

 long as the tube. Corolla not longer than the calyx. Legume 

 cylindrical, hairy, dark brown, when ripe, longer than the calyx. 

 Seeds numerous, roundish, compressed, tubercled. 



Sandy places. Galloway. Channel Isles. Annual; June-? 



Anthyllis, Lin. — Perennial herbaceous plants, with un- 

 equally pinnate leaves, and yellow or reddish flowers in terminal 

 or lateral, capitate clusters, which are subtended by palmate 

 bracts. Calyx tubular-inflated, slightly coloured, unequally 

 toothed, ultimately becoming vesicular (like a bladder) . Standard 

 slightly longer than the wings ; wings adhering to the keel by 

 their limb ; keel obtuse, or without a beak. Stigma capitate. 

 Legume compressed, roundish, one- or two-seeded, enclosed in 

 the calyx. 



A. Vulneraria, Lin. Kidney- Vetch or Lady's-finger. — e.b. 

 104. L.B.s. 257. 



A. 18. C. 75. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-800 yds. Tern. 52-38°. 



Root woody. Stems several, unbranched, ascending, round, 

 rigid, hairy, with one or two leaves. Terminal leaflet of the root- 

 leaves large, the lateral leaflets often abortive ; leaflets of the 

 upper leaves narrow (linear) , almost equal and sessile. Flowers 

 yellow, rarely reddish, in one or two round terminal heads, sub- 

 tended by laciniated bracts. Calyx-teeth lanceolate-triangular. 

 Corolla a little longer than the calyx. Legume roundish, com- 

 pressed, smooth, with one seed. 



Dry chalky or gravelly places. Per. ; June, July. 



Var. /3. Dillenii. — Whole plant smaller,_with red flowers. 



