216 DIADELPH . DECAND. 



ers which grow together, often imperfect ; hence the character of 

 " Legumes yuaternate " tends to mislead. Blossoms purplish blue. 



10. ERVUM. 



1. E. hirsutuw (hairy Tare), peduncles in any- flowered, le- 

 gumes hairy two-seeded, leaflets linear oblong truncate. Lightf. 

 p. 398. 



HAB. Corn-fields and pastures. Fl. June. G. 

 Stems 2 3 feet long, weak, straggling, and climbing. Leaflets nume- 

 rous. Flowers very insignificant, pale purplish blue. 



2. E. tetraspermum (smooth Tare), peduncles 2-flowered, le- 

 gumes glabrous 4-seeded, leaflets linear-oblong obtuse. Lightf. 

 p. 397. E. B. M223. 



HAB. Corn-fields and bushy places. Fl. June. Q . 

 Smaller and slenderer than the last. Leaflets fewer. 



11. ORNITHOPUS. 



1. O. perpusillus (common Bird's-foot) 9 leaves pinnated with 

 6 9 pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, flowers capitate brac- 

 teated, legumes curved upwards. Lightf. p. 399. E. B. t. 369. 



HAB. Dry gravelly soils and sandy pastures. Fl. June. 0. 



Stems from 2 to 6 inches high, much branched at the base and spread- 

 ing. Leaflets oval. Flowers white, with red lines. The 4 or 5 long 

 curved jointed legumes, resembling a bird's foot, have a remarkable 

 appearance. 



12. HIPPOCREPIS. 



1. H. comosa (lifted Horse-shoe Fetch), legumes 5 8 clustered 

 pedunculated curved scabrous sinuated at each margin. JS. jB. 

 f.31. 



HAB. Chalky pastures, rare. Dundonald castle near Ayr, upon ground 

 of a chalky nature, Mr. Reid. FL July. I/. . 



Stems 4 6 inches high, much branched and woody at the base. Leaf- 

 lets 4 6 pairs with an odd one, obovato-elliptical. Peduncles long. 

 Flowers yellow, pale, much resembling those of Lotus corniculatus ; 

 but the legume very different and very remarkable. 



13. ASTRAGALUS. 



* Keel of the cor. terminating in a straight point,, upper suture of the 

 legume with its margins introflexed. (Oxytropis, Decancl.) 



1. A. uralensis (hairy Mountain Milk Vetch), silky, stem 

 none, scape longer than the leaves, legumes erect ovato-cylin- 

 draceous inflated pubescent 2-celled, style persistent. Lightf. 

 p. 401. t. 17. E. B. /.466. 



HAB. Dry mountains, rare. Upon Carn-dearg, one of the lower 

 heads of Ben Sguilert, a high mountain of Glen Creran, in Upper 

 Lorn, Dr. Stuart. Bay of Farr, on the eastern coast, and on a 

 rocky soil at Cromarty, Mr. Robertson. Hills about N. Queens- 

 ferry, and with white fl., Maugh. Armidale and Inver Naver, in 

 Sutherland, Mr, Borrer and Hook. Fl. July, If. , 



