268 DICOTYLEDONS. LEGUMJNOS&. Astragalus, 



7. VICIA. 

 Style bearded beneath the stigma. 



* Peduncles lengthened, many -flowered. 



1. V. sylvatica, peduncles many-flowered longer than the leaves, 

 leaflets elliptico-oblong mucronate, stipules lunate deeply 

 toothed at their base. p. 214. 



2. V. Cracca, peduncles many-flowered longer than the leaves, 

 flowers imbricated, leaflets lanceolate slightly hairy, Stipule* 

 semisagittate nearly entire, p. 215. 



** Flowers axillary, nearly sessile. 



3. V. saliva, flowers sessile subbinate, legumes nearly erect, lower 

 leaves retuse, stipule toothed impressed with a dark spot, seed* 

 smooth, p. 215. 



4. V. lathyroides, flowers sessile solitary, legumes glabrous, leaves 

 generally in 3 pairs lower ones retuse, stipules entire, seeds tu- 

 berculated. p. 215. 



5. V. lutea, flowers sessile solitary, legumes reflexed hairy, stem 

 diffuse, stipules coloured, standard glabrous. />. 215. 



6. V. sepium, flowers mostly in fours subpetiolate, legumes up- 

 right glabrous, leaflets ovate obtuse gradually smaller upwards 

 upon the petiole, p. 215. 



8. ERVUM. 

 Stigma capitate, hairy all over on the outside. 



\.~E.hirsutum, peduncles many-flowered, legumes hairy 2-seeded, 



leaflets linear oblong truncate, p. 216. 



2. E. tetraspermum, peduncles 2-flowered, legumes glabrous 4- 

 seeded, leaflets linear-oblong obtuse, p. 216. 



t Style glabrous. 

 4- Legume more or less jointed* 



9. ORN1THOPUS. 

 Legume jointed, curved, cylindrical. 



1. O. perpusillus, leaves pinnated with 6 9 pairs of leaflets and 

 a terminal one, flowers capitate bracteated, legumes curved up- 

 wards, p. 216. 



10. HIPPOCREPIS. 

 Legume comprebsed,submembranaceous, with many deep notches 



in one of its edges. 



1. H. comosa, legumes 5 8 clustered pedunculated curved sca- 

 brous sinuated at each margin, p. 216. 



+- 4- Legume of 2 longitudinal cells, more or less complete. 



11. ASTRAGALUS. 

 Legume 2- celled, more or lest gibbous 



