LEGUMINOS/E Sg 



S. vermiculata L. is a Spanish species naturalized near Toulon and 

 Hyeres. The leaves are broadly spathulate and the flowers solitary on peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves. May-June. 



HEDYSARUM L. 



H. humile L. Plant covered with whitish do\vn ; root-stock ligneous. 

 Leaves small, with 7-10 pairs of oval or linear leaflets. Flowers rose, rather 

 large, 6-12 in oblong heads on long peduncles. Pods of 2-3 rounded joints, grained, 

 tomentose, with thick border but not winged. 



Dry hills. May-June. Very local in the Var. 



H. spinossissimum L. Annual, whitish-tomentose. Leaflets small, in 

 5-8 pairs, oblong or linear. Flowers pale rose, 3-8 in umbels on long peduncles. 

 Calyx-teeth longer than tube. Pod of 2-4 rounded joints, covered with hooked 

 bristles, borders not winged. 



Sandy or rocky places, rare. April-June. Frejus, Toulon, Bandol, near 

 Menton, and Nice. 



Bonaveria Securidaca Scop, has been found in crops near Toulon, Nice, 

 and Monaco. 



ONOBRYCHIS L. 



O. caput-galli Lamk. (Plate XIII). Annual, a foot high, greyish with pubes- 

 cence. Leaflets in 5-7 pairs, rather distant, linear-oblong. Flowers purplish, 

 very small, 3-6 in short loose spikes on peduncles, equalling the leaves. Calyx- 

 teeth linear, acute, twice length of tube. Pod flat, orbicular, strongly toothed 

 with unequal subulate spines and with little pits on the face. 



Dry places. May-June. Common on the littoral. 



O. SUpina DC. Pubescent, pale green ; stems slender. Leaflets in 6-12 

 pairs, linear-oblong. Flowers pale rose with red veins, numerous, in long dense 

 heads on peduncles much longer than the leaves. Standard longer than the 

 keel ; wings shorter than the calyx. Pod smaller, pubescent, the face covered 

 with spines, and the outer suture keeled and edged with spines. 



Dry hills, road-sides, and waste places. May-June. 



O. vici.tfolia Scop. = O. sativa Lamk. Common Sainfoin. 



This is often cultivated in the South and found naturalized here and there. 



O. saxatilis Lamk. Leaflets in 6-14 pairs, linear or narrow lanceolate. 

 Flowers yellowish-white, veined, in elongated spikes. Pod neither toothed nor 

 spiny. 



Rocky places, rare. May-July. Toulon, Le Luc, Ollioules, near Drap, etc. 



PISUM L. 



P. elatius Stev. Wild Pea. Stems robust, flexuous, often over 3 ft. 

 long. Leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of oval leaflets, entire or slightly crenate. 

 Stipules very large, with rounded auricles, not spotted. Standard and keel rose- 

 purple, wings dark purple; flowers large, i or 2 on peduncles about twice length 

 of the stipules. Pods long, 6-10 cm. by 10-14 mm. Annual. 



Woods, hedges, and thickets, rare. May-July. 



LATHYRUS L. 



* Petioles, at least the lower ones, deprived of leaflets. 



L. Aphaca L. Yellow Vetchling. Annual, glabrous. Stipules leaf-like, 

 J-i in. broad, entire ovate-hastate. Leaves reduced to tendrils. Flowers small, 

 pale yellow, i or rarely 2 on long slender peduncles. Calyx-teeth twice length 

 of tube. Pod i-ij in. long, slightly falcate, glabrous. 



Dry, sandy places, very common. May- June. 



L. Nissolia L. Grass Pea. Annual, glabrescent. Stem erect, 1-2 ft. 

 Leaves linear, grass-like, finely pointed, angular. Stipules minute, setaceous. 

 Leaves (phyllodes) grass-like, entire. Peduncles very slender, 1-2 flowered. 



