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or setaceous teeth. Calyx of the fruit inflated, striated. Le- 

 gume elongate, 3-4'-seeded, with a long beak. — Wandsworth 

 Steam-boat Pier. Annual; July, August. Only noticed one 

 season, and then but few examples occurred. 



This locality, Thames-side, near the steam -boat pier so fre- 

 quently mentioned, produced in addition to the above the follow- 

 ing rare species of this genus, viz. T. resupinatum, rather plenti- 

 fully, and large specimens ; also T. maritimum, var. Xatardii and 

 T. ochroleucwn, very scanty, and only small forms. The Melilots, 

 Medicks, Trigonellas, etc., were very abundant and fine. 



Astragalus, Lin, in part. — Perennial plants, with somewhat 

 woody roots. Leaves unequally pinnate. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters. Calyx tubular or campanulate, with 5 teeth. Stan- 

 dard of the corolla longer than the wings. Keel obtuse. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous. Legume elongate, curved, many-seeded, 

 '^-celled by the inflexion of the dorsal nerve (the lower suture). 



A. Glycyphyllus, L. Sweet Milk-vetch. Wild Liquorice. — 

 E.B. 203. L.B.s. 286. 



A. 14. C. 50. Lat. 50-58°. x\lt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 51-47°. 

 Stems spreading or ascending (often quite prostrate), angular, 

 flexuous, leafy. Leaves all petiolate, with numerous pairs of 

 leaflets and an odd one (4-12 pairs) ; leaflets ovate-oblong, en- 

 tire ; stipules herbaceous, ovate-oblong, pointed, free. Peduncles 

 axillary, stout, shorter than the leaves. Flowers greenish-yellow, 

 in dense clusters. Legume somewhat 3-angled, tapering at the 

 point, smooth or puberulent, curved and stipitate (on a short 

 stalk) . 



In woods and bushy places. Perennial; June-August. 

 A. Hypoglottis, L. Purple Mountain Milk-vetch. — e.b. 274. 

 L.B.s. 287. 



A. 9. C. 25. Lat. 51-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 48-46°. 

 Root slender, woody, creeping. Stems round, slender, flexu- 

 ous, clothed with long, white hairs (only on the recent stems), 

 prostrate, 2-6 inches long. Leaflets in numerous pairs with an 

 odd one (6-12 on each side), small, oblong, obtuse, hairy on both 

 sides ; hairs white, scattered ; stipules united. Peduncles longer 

 than the leaves, with lanceolate, membranous bracts. Flowers 

 purple, in a globular cluster. Calyx tubular, with appressed 

 hairs, and linear-lanceolate teeth. Legumes erect, ovate or cor- 

 date at the base, pointed. Seeds black, reniform. 



