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rhomboid 2 — 3-seeded, seeds tuberculated. — a. procumbent 

 branches uniformly hairy, calyx longer than the legume and 

 usually shorter than the floral leaves. E. B. S. t. 2659.— ^. 

 erect or ascending, more glabrous, branches with the hairs usually 

 arranged in two rows, calyx rather shorter than the leo-ume 

 and usually longer than the floral leaves. E. B. t. 682? O. 

 campestris Koch, O. antiquorum L ? 



Barren pastures and borders of fields. %, 6 — 9. A very variable 



plant, erect or procumbent and rooting, more or less spinous ; leaves 

 ovate or cuneate : stipules adhering to the petioles ; Jlowers rose- 

 coloured, sometimes white. The var. ^, is usually more spinous, 

 and with smaller flowers and upper leaves; but it has so much the 

 habit of «., and so many of its characters, that we do not perceive 

 any advantage in separating them, particularly as we have seen forms 

 between the two. 



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2. 0. reclindta L. (small spreading R.) ; herbaceous spread- 

 ing viscid and hairy, leaves all ternate, stipules broadly ovate, 

 peduncles 1-flowered, calyx about as long as the corolla, s?iorter 

 than the closely reflexed cylindrical legumes, seeds 14—16 

 warted. E. B, S. t. 2838. 



Steep bank, close by the sea, about three miles north-west from the 

 Mull of Galloway. Alderney, one of the Channel Islands, 0. 6, 7. 

 ■— Tills little species is principally found in the South of Europe, and 

 could scarcely have found its way to the first of these localities except 

 along with ballast. 



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5. Anthyllis Linn. Kidney -vetch. 



CaL inflated, mouth oblique and 5-toothed, Pet. nearly 

 equal in length, erect. Keel obtuse or shortly pointed. Legume 

 oval, 1— 3-seeded, enclosed in the permanent calyx. — Leaves 



usually pinnate. 



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1. A. Vulnerdria L. {common K., or Ladys Fingers) ; her- 

 baceous, leaves pinnate, leaflets unequal, heads of flowers in 

 pairs. E. B. t. 104. 



Dry pastures, frequent. With red and sometimes white or cream- 

 coloured flowers, in Devonshire, Wales and South of Ireland, mostly 

 y the sea. if.. 6—%.— Stem ascending. Leaflets 5— 9, lanceolate, 

 tntire, hairy, terminal one the largest. Flowers in crowded heads ; 

 pofntel °''''^ °' palmated ; calyx hairy, the teeth ovatei 



Tribe II Trifolie^. Legume 1- celled. Stamens diadelphous . 

 (Gen. 6^1'io7"*' ^«''^^^ *^?^%- Leaves 3-5 -foliolate . 



6. Medicago Linn. Medick. 



Cal with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel obtuse. Legume falcate 



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