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</.? the calyx, heads few (&4)-Jlowi>.red, leaflets obovate-lanceo- 

 late, stip. half cordate, st. procumbent.^. B. S. 2823. Stan- 

 dard longer than broad, exceeding the winjrs, not turning green. 

 Near the sea in Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall. A. VII. VIII. 



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11. AKTHYL'LIS Linn. Lady's Finger. 



1. A. Vuhierdria (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets unequal, 

 heads of fl. in pairs, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. E. B. 104. 

 >SY. 49. 4. 5. Pod semiorbicular, long-stalked, upper suture 

 arched outwards, 1-seeded. St. 612 in. high, silky. Root-1. 

 simple, oval-oblong. Fl. yellow, in terminal pairs of crowded 

 many-flowered heads. /3. coccinea, L, (A. Dillcnii, Schult.) : 

 invol.-l. nearly equalling fl., plant smaller, fl. red-tipped. Dill. 

 Elth. 320. [The c ollowing vars. have also been recorded : ovata (Bab.) 

 having a large hroadly-ovate terminal It. ; Allionii (DC.) having the st. 

 clothed with many spreading hairs ; maritima (Koch) also very hairv, 

 with tall erect branched st. and many flowering heads.] Dry pastures 



\\ VL VIII. E. S. I. 



12. OXY'TROPIS Cand. 



1. O. uralcnsis (DO.) ; stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 

 12 *p&\v$, peduncles exceeding the leaves erect silky, bracts equal- 

 ling the calyx, pods erect ovate-oblong inflated silky imperfectly 

 2-celled. Astragalus uralensis Sm. E. B. 4(36. Rootstock 

 woody, branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute point. 

 Fl. bluish purple. More silky and hair}^ than Sp. 2. Dry hilly 

 pastures in Scotland. P. VII. S. 



2. O. campes'tris (DO.) ; stemless, leaflets lanceolate in about 

 12 pairs, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. ascending hairy, bracts 

 equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate inflated hairy imperfectly 

 2-celled. E. B. 2522. St. 19. 1 2. Rootstock woody, prostrate. 

 Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. FL yel- 

 lowish tinged with purple. Clova mountains. [Perthsh.]. P. VII. 



13. ASTRAGALUS Linn. Milk-vetch. 



1. A. dan'icus (Retz.) ; st. prostrate, stip. united, leaflet* 

 blunt in 8 10 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles exceeding the 

 leaves, pods ovate hairy erect stalked in the calyx. E. B. 274. 

 A. liypoglottis (L.) ed. viii. Stip. opposite to the leaves. St. 

 a few inches long, slender. Leaflets small. Fl. in rather large 

 heads, ascending, purple. Ovary twice as long as its atalk. 

 Chalky and gravelly places, rare. P. VI. VJI. K. S. I. 



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