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B. Stipules not attached to L.-dallc. Flowers 

 yellowish. 



i. Stipules separate. 



a. Root annual. • 



15. contortuplicatus. Procumbent, 

 somewhat villous. Lts. 7-9 pair, obovate, 

 emarginate. Rac. on stalks much shorter than 

 L. Leg. twisted, channeled on back, villous. 

 a. 5, 6. Grassy hills. Sic. 



16. hamosus. Diffuse. Lts. about 13 pair, 

 cuneate, emarginate, hairless above. Stalks 

 about 6-fiowered, shorter than L. Leg. much 

 curved, terete, furrowed on back, subulate at 

 top. a. 5, 6. Grassy, s. Fr. Italy. 



17. boeticus. Procumbent, pubescent. 

 Stip. membranous, ovate, acuminate. Lts. 10- 

 15 pair, obovate, retuse. Spikes on very short 

 stalks. Leg. erect, oblong, straight, with a 

 hooked point, a. 4. TJncv.lt. Sic. 



18. epiglottis. Procmnbent, villous. Stip. 

 lanceolate, covered with black hairs. Lts. 

 6-7 pair, lineari- oblong. Heads on very 

 short staUcs. Leg. depressed, somewhat cor- 

 date, acuminate ; the margins folded back, 

 spreading, pubescent. Fl. white, a. Woody 

 hills. Prov. 



b. Root perennial. 

 * Spilce stalked. Legume sessile. 



19. asper. Erect, rough with adpressed 

 hairs iixed in the middle. Stip. lineari-lan- 

 ceolate. Lts. 12-15 pak, oblong. Spike-stallc 

 far exceeding L. PI. erect. Leg. oblong, closely 

 pubescent, acuminate, p. 5, 6. Grassy, lower 

 Austria. 



20. depressus. Diffuse or stemless. Stip. 

 ovate, membranous, cHiate. Lts. 9-11 pair, 

 obovate. Spike-stalk shorter than L. Leg. 

 linear, sub-terete, straight, somewhat deflexed. 

 p. 5, 6. Rough open. Alps. 



21. glycyphyllos. Procumbent, nearly 

 smooth. Stip. ovate, acuminate. Lts. 5-6 

 pail', ovate. Spike ovato-oblong, on stalks 

 shorter than L. Leg. oblongo-subulate, curved, 

 erect, p. 6, 7. Meadows and thickets. 



** Spike nearly or quite sessile. Flowers 

 yelloiD. 



22. alopecuroides. Erect. Lts. about 

 20 pail', ovato-lanceolate. Stip. ovato-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Spikes oblong. Divisions 

 of Cal. setaceous, shorter than tube, nearly 

 equaling coi'oUa. p. 6, 7. Near Embrun, 

 Dau.? 



23. narbonensis. Erect, downy. Stip. 



lanceolate. Lts. about 20 j)air, oljlongo-linear. 

 Head subglobosc. Divisions of Cal. setaceous, 

 shorter than coroUa, as long as tube. p. 

 Rough. Narbonne. 



ii. Stipules united. 



24. Cicer. Procumbent, diffuse, somewhat 

 pubescent. Stip. lanceolate. Lts. 10-13 pair, 

 elliptic-oblong, mucrouate. Spike ovate. 

 Stalk shorter than L. Leg. inHated, hirsute, 

 mucronate. p. 6, 7- Sandy mountain pas- 

 tures, occ. 



C. Stipules attached to L.-stalk. 



i. L.-stalk persistent, spinescent. Flowers 

 axillary. 



25. Pseudo-Tragacantha. El. 7-8, 

 sessile, crowded, yelloiv. Cal. 5 -partite. Seg- 

 ments setaceous, longer than tube. Lts. 8-9 

 pail', oblong, somewhat acute, pointless, hoai'y. 

 s.S. Gravel amongst mountains. Abruzzi. 



26. siculus. El. crowded, sessile, white 

 or flesh-colozired. Cal. 5-pai'tite, awTied, very 

 callous, failing short of coroUa. Lts. 4-8 pair, 

 oblong or cuneate, mucronate, villous when 

 young. s.S. 5, 6. Dry hills. jEtna. Ma- 

 donie. Cal. 



27. aristatus. Stalks about 6-flowered, 

 very short. Teeth of Cal. long, setaceous. 

 Lts. 6-10 pair, oblong, pointless, hairy, green. 

 Cells of Leg. hai'dly half divided. s.S. 5, 6. 

 Rocky, s. Alps. Pyr. Sic. 



28. sirinicus. El. in spiked racemes, 2-10. 

 Stalks somewhat shorter than L. Cal. with 

 black and white hairs. Teeth setaceous. Cor. 

 three times as long as calyx. Lts. 14 pair, 

 eUiptico-oblong, somewhat obtuse, with ad- 

 pressed hairs on both sides. Leg. villous. 

 s.S. Stony pastures. Abruzzi. Mts. of Siiine. 



29. Tragacantlia. Stalks about 4-flow- 

 ered, about equalling L. Cal. cylindrical. 

 Teeth short and obtuse. Lts. 9-11 pah', ellip- 

 tic, hoary. s.S. 5. Sandy shores. Mars. 

 Narb. Corsica. Ti'apani. 



ii. L.-stalk not spinescent. Calyx not 



- bladder-like. 



30. caprinus. Neai'ly stemless. Lts. 9- 

 13 pail', oblong, ciliate. Rac. about half as 

 long as L. Di\isions of Cal. subulate. Cor. 

 hairless, yellow. Leg. stalked, ovate, inflated, 

 beaked, p. 3-5. Dry hills. Sic. 



31. exscapus. Stemless, soft, hii'sute. 

 Lts. 12-15 pair, ovate. El. crowded, nearly 



