Hippocrepis.] DIADELPHIA — decanduia. 273 



mean fame, who appear entirely to have overlooked it. Stem slender, 

 much and diffusely branched. Racemes of few, spreading or drooping 

 flowers, white, tipped with purple. 



14. OxYTROPis. De Cand. Oxytropis, 



1. O. RraUnsis, DC. (hair// Mountain Oxi/tropis) ; silky, 

 sternless, scape longer than the leaves, legumes erect ovato-cy- 

 lindrical inflated pubescent 2-celled, style persistent Astraga- 

 lus, L.—E. Bot. L 466. 



Dry mountain pastures, in Scotland. Queensferry ; Montrose ; Mull 

 of Galloway. Frequent on the coast of Sutherland. Fl. June, July. 

 1^. — A very beautiful plant, clothed with silky pubescence, especially 

 on the young leaves. Leaflets 8 — 12 pairs with an odd one, narrow, 

 ovate, acute. Scape, when in^r,, 4 — 6 inches high. Flowers capitate, 

 bright purple. 



2. O. campestris, DC. {yellowish Mountain Oxytropis); some- 

 what silky, sternless, scape about the same length as the leaves, 

 legumes erect ovate inflated pubescent semibilocular. — Astra- 

 galus, L.—E. Bot. t. 2.522. 



Rocks facing the south, a little to tiie north of Bradooney, in the 

 Clova mountains. FL July. If. — Leaflets elliptical-lanceolate. Floioers 

 capitate, yellowish, tinged with purple. 



( Coronilla varia, L. has been found in Devon, at Bury-head, by Dr Brom- 

 Jield 1 and at Linton, by the Rev. Mr Levett, in situations apparently wild.) , 



13. Ornithopus. Linu. Blrd's-foot. 



1. O. perpusillus, L. (common Bird' s-fl)ot) ; leaves pinnated 

 with 6 — 9 pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, flowers capitate 

 bracteated, legumes curved upwards. E. Bot. t. 369. 



Sandy and dry gravelly soil ;. not frequent in Scotland. Very fine 

 in thin soil upon whinstone at Touch, Stirling; Dr Graham. Sandy 

 fields in Kinross-shire ; Mr Arnott. Near Dumbarton. Fl. June. 0. 

 — Stems 2 — 6 inches high, much branched at the base and spreading. 

 Leaflets oval. Flowers white with red lines. 



16. Arthrolobium. Desv. Joint-vetch. 



1. A. ebractedtwn, DC. {sand Joint-vetch) ; stem filiform, pe- 

 duncles about equal to the leaves 2 — 4-flowered, stipules very 

 minute, leaves pinnated with many pairs of equal elliptic-oblong 

 leaflets, the lower ones remote from the stem. DC. Bot. Gall. 

 i. 146. Bab. Prim. FL Sam. ined. — Ornithopus, Brot. 



Sandy ground near Grand Havre, Guernsey, but rare. Babington 

 and Christy. Fl. July, Aug. © . {Bab.) 



17. Hippocrepis. Linn. Horse-shoe Vetch. 



1. H. comosa, L. {tufted Horse-shoe Vetch) ; legumes 5 — 8 

 clustered pedunculated curved scabrous sinuated at each mar- 

 gin. E. Bot. t.Q\. 



Chalky and limestone banks and pastures, plentiful in the chalk coun- 

 ties of England. Dundonald near Ayr, Scotland, Fl. July. %.— 



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