Plex.cal. 63. LEGUMlNOSiE. 373. Astragal. 609 



High sandy and chalk fields ; perennial ; June and July. 



Root creeping, branched j stem rather branched ; leaflets 

 small, hairy beneath ; stipules ovate, lanceolate ; bractece 

 very short; Jioivers purple, sometimes white; legumen hairy, 

 1 -seeded, channelled on the back. 



b. Stipules not adherent to tfie petiole; flowers yellowish; 

 stem prostrate. 



2. Astragalus glycyphyllus. Sweet-leaved milkvetch. 



Stem prostrate ; leaflets bald, ovate, blunt with a point ; 

 stipules oval, lanceolate ; racemes peduncled, shorter than 

 the leaves ; legume?is rather 3-sided, slightly bent. 



Astragalus luteus perennis procumbens vulgaris sive sylvestiis, Rati 

 Syn.326,1. 



Hedysarum glycyrrhizatum, Ger. em. 1233. 



Glaux vulgaris leguminosa, seuGlycyrrhiza sylvestris, Park. 109S; de- 

 scription not figure. 



Astragalus glycyphyllos, Lin. S. P. 1067. 



Sweet milkvetch. Wild liquorice. Liquorice vetch. 



Woods and hedges on chalk ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Hoot branchy ; stem round ; leaves light green ; calyx- 

 teeth very short ; legumen many-seeded. 



C Lathyroideje. Cotyledons not coming out of the 

 ground ; leaves pinnate ; main petiole ending in a filament 

 or tendril; i/awewy 10, diadelphous; legumen i-ceW-eA. 



XIII. 374. LATHYRUS. Theophrastus. Vetchling. 



Calyx 5-cut, 2 upper lobes short ; style flat, broad at the 

 tip ; hairy or downy before ; legumen oblong, many-seeded. 

 — Petiole ending in a tendril. 



a. Annual; peduncle 1 or S-flowered. 



1. Lathyrus aphyllus. heafless vetchling. 



Leaves ; stipules arrowshape, approaching to heartshape, 

 very large ; peduncles 1 -flowered. 



Aphaca, Raii Syn. 320, 1 ; Ger. em. 1250, 3; Park. 1067- 

 Lathyrus Aphaca, Lin. S. P. 1029. 

 TTellow vetchling: Small yellow fetch. 



Corn-fields and woods; annual; June to August. 



Stem branchy at bottom ; tendrils simple ; stipules ribbed, 

 glaucous; peduncles bracteated ; ^ow^eri small^ drooping; 

 legumen bald. 



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