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CALYCIFLOR/E 



(iii) L. villosus. A form resembling the common type, but 

 covered with spreading hairs and confined to Kent and Devon- 

 shire. 



(iv) L. tenuis. Distinguished by its very slender, branched 

 stems, narrow leaflets, and smaller flowers. Rare. 



2. L. angustissimus (Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil). Stems slender 

 and branched ; leaflets small ; whole plant clothed with soft hairs ; 

 flowers small, i or 2 or occasionally 3 or 4 in an umbel ; calyx- 

 teeth very long ; legume about an inch long. South coast of Eng- 

 land ; rare. Annual. 



10. 



Anthyllis (Lady's Fingers) 



1. A.vulneraria (Common Lady's 

 Fingers, or Kidney Vetch). The 

 only British species. A handsome, 

 herbaceous plant, with pinnate 

 leaves clothed with silky hairs (the 

 terminal leaflet largest) and yellow 

 flowers, with pale inflated calyces. 

 The dense heads of flowers grow 

 two together at the end of each 

 stalk. Varieties with crimson, 

 purple, cream-coloured, and white 

 flowers occur. Fl. June to August. 

 Perennial. 



11. Oxytropis 



1. 0. Uralensis (Purple or Hairy 

 Mountain Oxytropis). Leaves and 

 flowers rising directly from the 

 roots; flower-stalks longer than the 

 leaves, silky like the rest of the 

 plant ; legume 2-celled ; flowers in 

 heads, bright purple. Dry moun- 

 tain pastures in Scotland. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



2. 0. campestris (Yellow Oxytropis). Leaves and flower-stalks 

 about equal in length ; flowers yellowish, tinged with purple ; 

 legume imperfectly 2-celled. Found only among the Clova hills 

 in Scotland. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



Anthyllis Vulneraria 

 (Common Lady's Fingers) 



i. A 



12. Astragalus (Milk Vetch) 

 glycyphyllus (Sweet Milk Vetch). Stem prostrate, 2-3 feet 



long ; legumes erect, curved, smooth, 2-celled ; flowers dull yellow, 

 in short d^nse racemes ; leaves consisting of 5 or 6 pairs of leaflets. 



