PAP1L1ONACE/E 



The stems are ascending, the leaves with 5-8 pairs of 

 leaflets; flowers clear yellow, in nodding umbels. May- 

 June on the slopes of the Alps and Jura. From seeds. 



H cdysarum 



Ji. obscurum (PI. XXXI 1). A stoloniferous, trailing 

 plant; leaves with five to nine pairs of oblong-ovate 

 leaflets; flowers large, nodding, of dark purple-violet, 

 arranged in i -2 loose racemes on the summit on the stem. 

 July-August. Cool places in mountainous districts (i5oo- 

 2400 m.). The genus to which this species belongs is 

 comparatively unknown in gardens, but several are not 

 without charm sufficient to deserve recognition and all 

 are of absolute hardiness in sloping, sandy loam. 



Phaca 



Eng.: Bastard Vetch; Fr. : Phaque ; Ger.: Berlingse. 



A near ally of Oxytropis and Astragalus, with an obtuse, 

 pointless keel; the swollen pod opens by one valve; the 

 flowers are in racemes on long stalks. Not a garden genus. 



P. alpina. Strong-growing plant, erect, like a small 

 shrub, slightly viscid, many-branched; leaves with 10-12 

 pairs of oblong, blunted leaflets, downy underneath; 

 flowers yellow, few, in short racemes and followed by 

 swollen, green pods. July-August. Grass slopes of the 

 Alps (i 200-2000 m.). 



P. frigida differs in a lower, unbranched stem; leaves 

 with 4-5 pairs of broad, oblong-ovate leaflets, larger 

 flowers of yellowish white, in short, orbicular racemes; 

 lastly by an oblong, acuminate pod. July-August. Stony 

 alpine pastures from 1700-2000 m. 



