2.24 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



** Leaves with one pair of leaflets. 

 t Flowers yellow. 



L. pratensis : stems much branched, glabrous, straggling 

 or half climbing to the length of 1-2 feet ; stipules large, 

 broadly-lanceolate, sagittate ; leaflets narrow-lanceolate or 

 linear; peduncles elongated, with a short raceme of about 

 610 yellow flowers; pod glabrous. Moist meadows and 

 pastures. Fl. July, August. 



"ft Flowers red, 



L. sylvestris : stems glabrous, straggling or climbing, 3-6 

 feet high, the angles expanded into narrow green wings ; leaf- 

 stalks flattened or winged ; leaflets long-lanceolate ; stipules 

 narrow; flowers in loose racemes, large, pale reddish-purple, 

 the standard broad, with a green spot on the back. Hedges 

 thickets, and bushy places. Fl. July to September. 



The Everlasting Pea of our gardens is a broad-leaved va- 

 riety, with larger and more richly-coloured flowers. 



*** Leaves with 2-4 pairs of leaflets. 



L. macrorrhiza : tuberous ; stems glabrous, erect, simple 

 or nearly so, |-1 foot high ; leaves without tendrils ; leaflets 

 usually 2 sometimes 3-4 pairs, oblong-lanceolate or linear; 

 peduncles slender, bearing a loose raceme of 24 bright 

 reddish-purple flowers; pod glabrous. Thickets and open 

 woods. Fl. June, July. 



(78) Astragalus. MILK VETCH. 

 * Flowers bluish-purple. 



A. hypoglottis : stem prostrate, branching at the base, 2-6 

 inches long, slightly hairy ; stipules free from the leafstalk, 

 more or less united together on the opposite side of the stem ; 



