LATIIYKTJS. H1PPOCREPIS. I 03 



-***# L. pinnate, without tendrils. OBOBUS.. 



9. L. monta'nus (Hernh.) ; st. simple winged, peduncles 2 t- 

 flo wered, 1. of 2 3 pairs of oblong- or lanceolate Hunt apicukite 

 leaflets without tendrils, stip. half-arrowshaped broad, pods 

 cylindrical, seeds globo.se J- surrounded by the hile. L. ma- 

 crorr/tizus (Wimm.) ed. viii. O. tubero*us L. E. B. 1153. 

 Hoot tuberous. L. glaucous beneath. Fl. purple, variegated 

 with red and blue./:*. O. tenuifolius (Uoth) : Its. linear. 

 Woods and thickets in hilly countries. P. V. VII. E. 8. I. 



10. L. niyer (Wimm.) ; st.- branched not winged, ped. many- 

 flowered, 1. of 3 6 paiis of lanceolate or oblong leaflets ?#Ao 

 ft.ndriln, stip. linear-subulate the lower ones kalf-arrowshaped, 

 pods slightly compressed, seeds oval J surrounded by the hile. 

 E. B. S. '2788. Turns black in drying. Fl. variegated with 

 red, blue, and purple. Pods linear. Seed dark brown, perfectly 

 smooth. Rocky woods in Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. S. 



Tribe III. Hedysarea. 

 16. ORNI/THOPTTS Linn. Bird's Foot. 



1. O. perpusil'lus (L.); ped. exceeding 1 the leaves, calyx-teeth 

 triangular acute J the length of their tube, beak scarcely as 

 long as a joint of the pod. E. B. 3*39. A small prostrate plant, 

 3 12 in. long. L. with 5^ 1 2^ pairs of elliptic do^vny leaflets. 

 Fl. small ; calyx hairy, cor. white with crimson veins. Pods 

 curved, joints beadlike wrinkled lengthwise. l)rv sandy and 

 gravelly places. A. V. VII. E. S. I. 



17. ARTHROLO'BIUM Desv. 



1. A. ebractedtum (DC.) ; ped. about equalling the 1. 2 4- 

 flo wered, stip. minute distinct, 1. pinnate with many pairs of 

 elliptic-oblong leaflets, the lowest pair remote from the stem. 

 E. B. S. 2844. St. prostrate, iiliform. Fl. small, yellow, 

 standard red externally. Pod. curved upwards, joints cylindri- 

 cal rugose. Channel and Scilly Islands. A. VI. VII. .K. 



18. HIPPOCRE'PIS Linn. Horseshoe Vetch. 



1. H. comosa (L.) ; pods umbellate, their joints rough curvnd 

 neither dilated nor bordered, joinings glabrous, peduncles longer 

 than the leaves. E. B. 31. St. procumbent, of ten a foot long. 

 Fl. yellow. Leaflets 7 13, obovate, blunt or emarginate, 

 apiculate. Dry calcareous banks. P. V. Vllli E. 



