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long- elliptical ; stipules minute, scarious? Flowers few, small, 

 yellow, on peduncles, which are about as long as the leaves. Le- 

 gumes linear, torulose, with cylindrical joints, curved somewhat 

 like a sickle. — There is a minute scale at the base of each pe- 

 dicel (the foot-stalk of an individual flower), but no leafy bract 

 (Babington) , Hence the specific name, ebracteatum, ' without a 

 bract.' 



Channel and Scilly Islands. Annual ; June, July. 



HippocREPiSj Lin. — Perennial, ligneous-rooted plants, with 

 unequally pinnate leaves and yellow umbellate flowers, on long 

 axillary and terminal peduncles. Calyx campanulate, with nearly 

 equal teeth. Corolla keeled. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 

 linear, sinuate, with compressed, crescent-shaped joints. 



H. comosa, Lin. Horse-shoe Vetch. — e.b. 31. l.b.s. 293. 

 A. 10. C. 25. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-600 yds. Tern. 51-42°. 



Stem spreading, prostrate at the base, ascending, glabrous, 4-6 

 inches high. Leaflets numerous, oblong, obtuse or notched, 

 slightly mucronulate ; stipules partly herbaceous, small. Umbel 

 consisting of 4-8 yellow flowers, on long, leafless peduncles. 

 Legume straight or curved, with crescent-like rough joints, ter- 

 minated by a compressed beak. 



On dry, chalky places. Perennial ; May- August. 



Onobrychis, Tourn. HedysarumjIAn.. — Herbaceous or shrubby 

 perennial plants, with unequally pinnate leaves. Flowers nume- 

 rous, on long, axillary, naked peduncles. Calyx campanulate, 

 with five nearly equal, subulate divisions (teeth) . Keel of the 

 corolla obliquely truncate. Stamens diadelphous. Legume con- 

 sisting of a single compressed joint, one-seeded, reticulate. Seeds 

 reniform. 



O. sativa, Lam. — Hedysariim Onobrychis, Lin. and Sm. 

 Saintfoin. — e.b. 96. l.b.s. 294. 



A. 8. C. 20. Lcat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 50-48°. 



Root somewhat woody. Stems reclining, round, furrowed, 

 leafy, 2-3 feet high. Leaves in numerous pairs, with an odd 

 leaflet ; leaflets uniform, oblong-elliptical, pointed ; stipules ovate, 

 entire, pointed. Peduncles longer than the leaves, clusters 

 (spikes) dense, with numerous interspersed bracts. Flowers crim- 

 son or pink, beautifully striped. Legumes bordered with sharp 

 teeth and reticulated with prominent partly spinous ribs (nerves) 

 (Sm.). 



