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4. Ii. hispidus (hispid 13.) A larger and more hairy variety 

 of the last. Flowers often 3 in the umbel ; pod thicker and 

 shorter. Hedgerow by the fir-plantation near Hope's Nose (Mr. 

 C. Parker). (E. B. S. t. 2823.) A. V.-VIII. 



TRIBE III. ASTBAGALE,E. 



TEIBE IY. 

 ORNITHOPUS. BIRD'S-FOOT. 



O. perpusillus (common B.) In sandy and dry rocky pas- 

 tures. Stems spreading on the ground, from 2 or 3 to 8 inches 

 long. Leaves pinnate, with from 5 to 10 pairs of oval or oblong 

 leaflets, with an odd terminal one, softly hairy. Flower-stalks 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers white with red lines, nearly ses- 

 sile. Pods downy, curved upwards, terminating in a beak. 

 Daddyhole Plain. Top of the cliffs, near Hope's Nose. Babbi- 

 combe and Ilsham Downs. Bovey Heath. Chagford. (E. B. t. 

 369.) A. T.-VII. 



HIPPOCREPIS. HORSE-SHOE VETCH. 



H. comosa (tufted Horse-shoe Vetch.) In pastures and on 

 banks, in limestone districts chiefly. Stems numerous, branching 

 at the base ; leaves pinnate, leaflets small, oblong or linear, from 

 9 to 15. Flowers umbellate, from 5 to 8, pale yellow, resembling 

 those of Lotus comiculatus, the pods however are quite different, 

 and distinguished by the broad and deep semicircular notches at 

 their inner edges. Daddyhole Plain. Ansti's Cove. Babbi- 

 combe Down. (E. B. t. 31.) P. v.-vin. 



ONOBRYCHIS. SAINFOIN. 



O. sativa (common Sainfoin.) On limestone hills, and dry 

 open downs. Stems ascending, from 1 to 2 feet high ; leaves 

 pinnate, with numerous oblong leaflets. Flower-stalks long, 

 bearing a spike of light pink flowers ; pods sessile, bordered with 

 short teeth, the sides marked with elevated veins. Fields above 

 the walks from Meadfoot to Hope's Nose. Hedysarv/m Onobry- 

 chis, Linn. (E. B. t. 96.) P. v.-viu. 



