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axillaiy, stallced, tcmate, forming a sort of 

 raceme at the tops of the branches. Bracts 0. 

 Teeth of Cal. small. Leg. villous. S. 4. 

 Hill thickets, mdt. Fr. Kome. Nap. Sic. 



8. Beolicus. "Stem tall, erect. L. stalked, 

 temate, somewhat acute ; the younger mth a 

 silvery siLkiness on both sides. Stalks axillary, 

 clustered, 1 -flowered, collected into a terminal 

 raceme. Cal. nearly globose, densely villous ; 

 upper Hp with two teeth ; lower entire. Leg. 

 broadly linear, hairless, somewhat falcate. S. 

 3, 4. Volcanic rocks. Lipari Islands." — 

 Guss. 



ii. Flowers axillary. 



9. afiBnis. " Downy. Branches angular. 

 L. nearly sessile. Lts. obovate. H. axillary, 

 stalked, ternate. Sic." — Guss./?wb Pkesl. 



10. glabrescens. M. axiUaiy, crowded, 

 from the same hud with the bundles of L. 



(Leg. smooth, Rchb.) Stalks four times as 

 long as calyx. Bracteole linear. Stems diffuse. 

 Under side of L., Stallvs, and Cal. covered with 

 adpressed hairs. S. Hugged mountains. 

 Ticiuo. Comi di Canzo. 



11. arboreus. Branches striate, hairless. 

 L. stalked, all temate. Lts. obovate, downy 

 beneath. Fl. crowded. Stalks nodding. No 

 Bract at base of calyx. Leg. silky. l.S. or s.T. 

 Monte Gargano. 



12. scoparius 



stalked ; uppermost simple 

 ax illary, solitary, stalked, 

 margin. 



Branches angular. L. 

 Lts. oblong. Fl. 



Leg. hairy on 



B. Very thorny. Calyx circumsciss {lurst- 

 ing, not opening, as the flower expands) . 

 Ihe upper suture of the Legume di- 

 lated. 



13. spinosus. Branches angiJar. Lts. 

 obovato-eEiptic. Leg. hairless, somewhat 

 thickened on both sutui-es. Fl. lateral, fasci- 

 culate. (Bracts trifid, Guss.) l.S. Coasts of 

 Mediterranean. 



14. lanigerus. Branches striate. Lts. 

 obovato-eUiptic. Leg. wooUy, thickened on 

 both sutures. (Bracts truncate, Guss.) S. 3, 4. 

 Very dry hills. Alicata and Siculiana in Sic. 

 Naples. 



15. infestus. Branches angular. Lts. 

 obovate. Leg. silky. Lower Suture not 

 thickened. Bracts small, entire or somewhat 

 3-lobed. S. 4, 5. Barren calc. hills. Sic. 

 common. Calabria. 



O. Calyx nearly cylindrical, i-lipped. 

 i. Plant thorny. 



16. spinescens. Branches silky. Lts. 

 elliptic, acute at each end, silky. Fl. -stalks 

 1-2, axiUai-y, short. Cal. silky. S. .5, 6. 

 Rocks. Isle of Cherso. Capri. Abruzzi. Monte 

 Gargano. 



ii. Plant unarmed. 



17. hirsutus. Decumbent. Hairs spread- 

 ing. Branches terete, rod-like. Lts. obovate, 

 villous beneath. Fl. crowded, lateral, on very 

 short stalks. Cal. and Leg. hirsute. s.S. 5, 6. 

 Stony. Boh. s. Eur. 



18. biflorus. {Ratisbonensis of Koch.) 

 Procumbent, silky, the hairs everywhere ad- 

 pressed. Fl. lateral, usually in pairs, on short 

 stalks, w. 4, 5. Hill meadows. Bav. and 

 e. G. The C. biflorus of Tenore, which is 

 described as sometimes spinescent, is perhaps 

 a different species. 



19. prostratus. Prostrate. Hairs spread- 

 ing. Lts. obtuse, hirsute. Fl. on the shoots 

 of the year terminal ; on those of the preceding 

 year lateral. No Bracts on lateral flower- stalks. 

 S. 5, 6. Phugged hills. Camiola. s. Tyr. 



20. austriacus. Erect. Branches terete, 

 rod-like, adpressedly pubescent, as well as L. 

 Lts. obovato-lanceolate. Fl. terminal, in an 

 umbel-like head. Outer Stalks with bracteoles. 

 Cal. and Leg. somewhat villous. S. 7, 8. 

 Rough woods. Austi-ia. Moravia. Bohemia. 



21. supinus. Decumbent. Branches terete. 

 L. obovate, somewhat hairy beneath. Hairs 

 spreading. Fl. 2-4, stalked, subteiminal. Cal. 

 and Leg. somewhat vtHous. ■w. 5, 6. Heathy. 

 Vienna. Dau. Rheims. Fontainebleau. 



22. capitatus. Erect. Branches straight, 

 hispid. Lts. oLovato-eUiptic, villous. Fl. 

 crowded at the tops of the branches. Cal. and 

 Leg. villous. TV. 6. Open woods, e. G. s. Fr. 

 Dvjfers from C. supinus ly its much larger 

 and more numerous flowers and more villous 

 calyx. 



23. purpureus. Ascending. Branches, 

 L., and Cal. with few or no bail's. Fl. lateral, 

 usually in pairs, pm-ple 1 Cal. and claws of 

 Pet. fringed. S. 4-6. Hills, s. e. Alps. 



D. Calyx ohconical. Upper Lip deeply 

 divided. Corolla hardly exceeding calyx. 



24. ar^enteus. Decumbent. L., Cal., 

 Cor., and Leg. silky. L. stalked. Lts. oblongo- 

 lanceolate. Fl. 3-4, terminal, w. 4, 5. s. 

 Fr. adr. G. It. 



