80 25. LEGUMINOS^E. 



st. 1. and cal. hairy with long spreading hairs. y. crassifolius 

 (Pers.); pilose, st. caespitose, leaflets obovate fleshy, stip. ovate. 

 d. L. tennis (Sm.) ; glabrous or slightly hairy, st. filiform elon- 

 gated procumbent or ascending, leaflets linear or linear-obovate, 

 stip. i-ovate. E. B. S. 2615. Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VII. 



2. L. major (Scop. ?) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx-teeth 

 spreading like a star in the bud subulate from a triangular base, 

 two upper ones diverging, heads 8 12-flowered, leaflets obovate, 

 stip. roundish-ovate. E. B. 2091. L. uliginosus Schkuhr. 

 Hairy. St. usually erect, 1 3 feet high. Angle between the 

 2 upper calyx-teeth acute. jB. glabriusculus (Sab.); glabrous, 

 the margins and veins of the 1. stip. bracts and sep. ciliated, 

 st. erect or procumbent. In damp places. /3. on drier spots. 

 P. VII. VIII. 



3. L. angustissimus (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod linear straight 6 times 

 longer than the calyx, beak straight, heads about 2-fowered. 

 E. B. 925. L. angustissimus (L. !), L. diffusus (Ser.). Pe- 

 duncle of the fl. as long as the 1., of the fr. twice as long; leaflets 

 and stip. ovate-lanceolate acute; st. procumbent. /3. Seringianus 

 (Bab.) ; peduncle of the fl. and fr. as long as the leaves, leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, stip. ovate acute, st. ascending. L. angustis- 



(Ser.). South of England near the sea. A. VII. VIII. E. 



4. L. hispidus (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod rugose terete twice as long 

 as the calyx, beak elongate setaceous bent downwards, heads few 

 (3 4}-flowered, leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half-cordate, st. 

 procumbent. E. B. S. 2823. Near the sea in Devon and Corn- 

 wall. A. VII. VIII. E. 



9. ANTHYLLJS Linn. Lady's Fingers. 



1. A. Vulneraria (L.); herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets un- 

 equal, heads of fl. in pairs, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. 

 E.B. 104. St. 49. 4. 5. Pod semiorbicular, long-stalked, upper 

 suture arched outwards, 1 -seeded. St. 6 12 in. high, silky. 

 Root-1. simple, oval. Fl. yellow, in terminal pairs of crowded 

 many-flowered heads. j3. Dillenii ; plant smaller, fl. red. Dill. 

 Elth. 320. Dry pastures. P. VI. VIII. 



10. OXYTROPIS Cand. 



] . O. Halleri (Bunge) : stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 

 12 pairs, peduncles exceeding the leaves erect silky, bracts equal- 

 ling the calyx, pods erect ovate-oblong inflated silky 2-celled. 



