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flowered, awned, equalling L. Cor. slioj-ter 

 tlian calyx. Leg. drooping, twice as long as 

 calyx, a. 4, 5. Dry calc. hills. Sic. 



9. pubescens. Erect, hairy. Upper L. 

 simple. Lts. ovali-oblong. Stip. large, acu- 

 minate, entire. Stalks 1 -flowered, awnless, 

 shorter than L. Cal. broad, striate. (Leg. few- 

 seeded. Ten.) Standard sometimes purplish. 

 a. 5.? Bosquet de Mireval at Mtp. Avignon. 



b. All L. ternate. 



10. longearistata. Haiiy, somewhat 

 viscid. Upper L. teniate. Lis. obovato- 

 elliptic, serrulate, obtuse, the middle larger. 

 Stip. entire. Stalis 1-flowercd, shorter than L. 

 Awn long. Divisions of Cal. linear, exceed- 

 ing corolla, shorter than legume, a. 5, 6. 

 Grassy hills. Pal. Cat. " This and brevi- 

 flora are perhaps varieties ofO. viscosa." — 

 Guss. 



11. Sieberi. Hairy, somewhat viscid. 

 Upper L. tei'nate. Lts. elliptic-oblong ; lower 

 bluntly, upper very acutely serrate above the 

 middle. Stip. entire. Stalks generally 1 -flowered; 

 at last exceeding L. Awn not constant. Divi- 

 sions of • Cal. lanceolate, somewhat shorter 

 than corolla and 4-6-seeded legmne. — Guss. 

 " This and polymorpha are perhaps varieties 

 ofO. pubescens." — Guss. 



12. ornithopodioides. Hairy. L. all 



ternate. Lts. oblong. Stalks 1-2-flowered, 

 awned. Leg. linear, ccmuous, contracted be- 

 tween the seeds, a. 6. Dry calc. hills. 

 Capri, s. It. s. Sic. Cors. 



S. Flowers stalked, axillary, purple or white. 



i. L. ternate {except in O. oligophyUa). 

 Plant shrubby. 



13. rotundifolia. Lts. ovate, dentate. 

 Stip. separate. Stalks 2-3-flowered, awned. ' 

 Bracts 0. (Leg. nodding, linear, turgid, Koch.) 

 s.S. 5, 6. Alps and Pyr. 



14. tribracteata. " Lts. ovate, dentate. 

 Stalks about 3 -flowered. Cal. triphyHo-brac- 

 teate. s.S. Carinthia ? Perhaps an ill de- 

 scribed form of the former y — DC. 



15. &uticosa. Lts. sessile, lanceolate, ser- 

 rate. Stip. united into a 4-awned sheath ; the 

 uppermost leafless. Stalks 3-flowered, race- 

 mose. s.S. 6, 7. Open hills. Dan. Prov. 



ii. Perennial, not properly shrubby. 



16. cenisia. Somewhat shrubby at base. 

 Stems diffuse, prostrate. L. ternato-digitate. 

 Lts. cuneate, serrate. Stip. serrate. Stalks 



1-flowered, awnless, exceeding L. p. 7, 8. 



Pastures, w. Alps. 



1 7. oligophylla. Stems ascending, difiuse, 

 viUous. L. simple, roundish, serrulate. Stip. 

 ovate, serridate. Fl. axillary, solitary. Stalks 

 awnless, exceeding L. ; the terminal ones some- 

 what racemose. Cal. viUous, shorter than co- 

 rolla, as long as legume, p. or a. Clayey 

 fields. Sic. common. 



iii. Annual. 



18. reclinata. Diffuse. Lts, obovate, ser- 

 rate, hairy, viscid. Stip. broadly ovate, acute, 

 serrate. Stalks 1-flowered, as long as L. ; 

 with a small bract near the summit, but 

 no awn. Divisions of Cal. lanceolate, exceed- 

 ing corolla. (Leg. nodding, linear, turgid, 

 Koch.) a. 5. Coasts. Mdt. 



19. mollis. Somewhat erect. Lts. ob- 

 longo-obovate, serrate at top. Stip. nearly 

 entire. Stalks awnless, 1-flowered, equalling 

 L. Divisions of Cal. linear. Cal., Cor., and 

 at last Leg., equal, a. 5. Coasts. Cors. Sic. 



20. Schotvii. Lts. oblongo-obovate, seri'ate. 

 Stip. serrate. Stalks 1-flowered, awTiless, 

 hardly as long as calyx, forming an ovate ra- 

 ceme. Cal. shorter than corolla and legume, 

 a. 4, 5. Open hills, s. Sic. Pal. 



21. Cherleri. Hirsute. Lts. oblongo-cu- 

 neate, serrate at top. Stip. nearly entire. Stalks 

 awnless, 1-flowered, shorter than L., in a crowd- 

 ed raceme. Cal., Cor., and Leg. equal, a. 5. 

 Dry stony, mdt. Pr. Nice. Cors. 



C. Floioers axillary, sessile or nearly so, 

 purple or white. 

 i. Perennial, somewhat woody. 



22. hircina. Erect. Branches unarmed, 

 everywhere vOlous, somewhat viscid. Lts. ob- 

 longo-lanceolate, acute, denticulato-serrate. Fl. 

 usually in pairs, forming a dense spike. Divi- 

 sions of Cal. villous, exceeding erect, ovate 

 legume, w. 6, 7. Meadows and uncult. G. 

 Dau.? 



23. repens. Stems rooting at base, diffuse. 

 Branches everywhere pubescent. Lts. ovato- 

 subrotund, glandular on both sides, serrate. 

 PL solitary. Divisions of Cal. exceeding le- 

 gume, w. 6, 8. Pastures. 



24. spinosa. Stems with one or two 

 smooth lines. Lts. oblongo-cuneate at base, 

 nearly entire. PI. solitary. Leg. erect, ovate, 

 as long as calyx, 'w. 5. 6. 



/3. antiquorum, Linn. Branches nearly hair- 

 less.. 



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