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feet flowers, which are large and showy, yellow, spotted with 

 orange; pods chiefly produced by minute, imperfect flowers, 

 of which there are several with the perfect ones. Touch- 

 me-not. Moist woods and shady places. Fl. July to Sep- 

 tember. 



I. fulva : annual ; closely resembling the last, but the flowers 

 are deeper orange-colour, spotted with reddish-brown, and the 

 spur is very closely bent back upon the calyx. On the Wey, 

 and some other streams in Surrey. Fl. July, August. 



[Euonymus and Rhamnus, late spring or early summer- 

 flowering genera described at p. 90, will be found included 

 in the summary at p. 55.] 



(69) Ononis. 



O. arvensis : undershrub, low, spreading, much branched, 

 sometimes nearly erect, one foot high or more, with soft spread- 

 ing hairs, glutinous ; leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets obovate 

 or oblong ; flowers stalked, solitary, pink, the standard streaked 

 with deeper pink. Barren pastures. Fl. June to September. 



Var. campestris or antiquorum : glabrous, more erect, and 

 usually thorny. Barren pastures. 



(70) Anthyllis. KIDNEY VETCH. 



A. Vulneraria : stems spreading or ascending, |- 1 foot 

 long, clothed with short, silky hairs ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 narrow and entire ; flower-heads usually in pairs at the ends 

 of the branches, each surrounded by a digitate, leafy bract ; 

 flowers numerous, closely sessile, varying from pale or bright 

 yellow to deep red. Lady's Fingers. Dry pastures and stony 

 places. Fl. June to August. 



