158 LEGUMINOS^:. 



2. L. cormculatus (Common Bird's-foot Trefoil). 

 Flowers in umbels, 8 10 together; calyx-teeth straight 

 in the bud ; stems prostrate, not tubular. Pastures ; 

 abundant. A pretty flower, familiarly known among 

 children by the name of " Shoes-and-stockings." The 

 foliage is usually smooth, with a few scattered hairs, or 

 more rarely covered with long soft hairs. The flowers 

 on the same plant, and even in the same umbel, vary 

 from bright yellow to deep brownish orange. Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



* A third species, L. angustissimus, which grows in 

 the west of England, is distinguished by itfe bearing 

 heads of 3 4 small flowers ; the calyx-leaves are very 

 long, and the whole plant is clothed with soft hairs. 



10. ANTHYLLIS (Lady's Fingers). 



1. A. Vulneraria (Common Lady's Fingers, or Kid- 

 ney Vetch). The only British species. A handsome 

 herbaceous plant, with pinnate leaves of a glaucous hue 

 (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. On some of the 

 sea-din's of Cornwall, and a few other places, the plant 

 has a stunted habit of growth, and bears crimson, purple, 

 cream-coloured, or white flowers. -Fl. June, August. 

 Perennial. 



11. OXYTROPIS. 



1. 0. Uralensis (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. Dry mountain pastures in Scotland. 

 Fl. in heads, bright purple, June, July. Perennial. 



* Another species, 0. campestris (Yellowish Moun- 

 tain Oxytropis), grows on the Clova mountains. In this 

 the leaves and flower-stalks are about equal in length; 



