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XXVL LEGUMINOSiE: HEDYSAKE^, \_OrnUliOpus. 



a fQw inches in length. Leaflets elliptic-ovate, retuse, hairy. 



2. A. hypoglottis L. (jmrple Mountain 31.) ; stem prostrate 

 spikes ovate, leaflets slightly emarginate, stipules united, ml 

 duncles longer than the leaves, legumes ovate stipitate erect 

 capitate hairy 2 -seeded. £J. B. t. 274. 



Dry gravelly or chalky pastures ; chiefly in the east of Eno-land 

 and Scotland, as far north as Blair in Athol. 7/.. 6, 7. — ^ftem \veak 

 - - . . , Stipules 

 united together, but free from the petiole. Peduncles longer than the 



leaves, curved upwards. Heads o^ flowers large in proportion to the 

 size of the plant, bluish-purple, sometimes white. Legumes ovate 

 acuminate, hairy, stalked within the calyx, 



3. A* alpinus L. (alpine M,) ; pubescent, stem asceudinf*' 

 spikes capitate, leaflets elliptical, stipules 'ovate free, peduncles 

 the length of the leaves, legumes elliptical pointed at both ends 



stipitate pendulous racemose clothed with black hairs 2 3- 



seeded. E. B. S. t. 2717. Phaca astragalina DC. and others. 



Head of Glen Dole, Clova; and Little Crairindal, Braemar. 



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Stem slender, much and diffusely branched. 



Racemes of few 



spreading or drooping j^ozf;er6*j white, tipped with purple. 



Tribe IV. Hebysabeje. Stamens diadelpJioiis (9 and I). Le- 

 gume separating transversely into one or more 1 -seeded joints 

 or cells^ but otherwise indehiscent. Leaves pinnate with an 

 odd one without tendrils. (Gen, 13 — 16.) 



13. Ornitiiopus Linn. Bird's-Foot. 



Cal. elongated, tubular. K^eel very small, obtuse, 

 compressed, curved, of many close single-seeded joints, whose 



Legume 



leaf 



foot 



■9 



sides are equal. 



their apex. 



the similarity of the seed-vessel to a bird's foot. 



1. . perpuslllus L. (common B,) ; leaves pir 

 pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, flowers nearly sessile, legumes curved upwards with a 

 beak scarcely longer than the upper joint. E. B. t. 369. 



Sandy and dry gravelly soil ; not unfrequent in Scotland. 0. 

 5 — 7, — Stem 2— -6 inches high, much branched at the base and 

 spreading. Leaflets oval. Flowers white with red lines. 



Legume 



14. Arthrolobium Desv. Joint-vetch. 



(Jal elongated, tubular. Keel very small, obtuse, 

 cjlindrical, curved, of many close single-seeded joints, whose 

 sides are equal.— Flowers capitate; peduncles naked at the apex. 

 — Name: ap£pog^ Si Joints and Xo€og, sipody from the jointed cha- 

 racter of the seed-vessel. 



1. A, ebractedtum DC. (Sand J".); stem filiform, peduncle 

 about equal to the leaves 2 — 4-flowered5 stipules very minute, 



