DIADELPHIA DECJANDRIA. Astragalus. 211 



HEDYSARUM. Saint-foin ' 



* H. Onobrychis. Common Saint-foin. Leaves winged 

 with an odd one, nearly smooth. Legume single- 

 seeded, toothed at the margin and ribs. Wings of the 

 corolla not longer than the calyx. Stem lengthened 

 out. E. B. 96. Onobrychis seu caput gallinaceum. 

 G. E. 1243. 



Dry, dialky hills, open downs. 



Per. June. 



Plant lying down, two to three f. Fl. spiked, crimson, varie- 

 gated. Standard egg;-shaped, with a little tooth in the notch at 

 the end, red in the middle, with eight or ten deeper coloured 

 lines, white at the edges, and mottled with red : wings red and 

 wliite ; keel reddish, with deeper coloured lines. 

 Valuable for feeding cattle ; grows luxuriantly where grass or 



corn would yield but small produce. 



ASTRA'GALUS. Milk-vetch. 



A. glycyphyllos. Sweet 31. TFtld Liquorice. Stem 

 prostrate. Legumes obscurely triangular, curved 

 inwards. Leaves longer than the flower-stalks ; leaf- 

 lets oval. E. B. 203. Hedysarum glycyrrhizatum. 

 G. E. 1233. 



floods, thickets, borders of fields, on gravel or chalk. * Sm. (Be- 

 tween the two Hinkseys : beyond South Hinksey, not uncom- 

 mon. Bx.) Side of a ditch round Headington Copse, near 

 Marston Lane. R. W. Cuddesdon, near the Palace. R. W. 

 Per. July. 



Stem two to three f., more or less zigzag. Ls. alternate, leajl. 

 roundish or oval, with an odd one. Stij). egg-shaped, pointed 

 at the base. Fl.-spikes axillary, _/?, pale sulphur coloured, often 

 with a brownish tinge. Pods reddish. 



Chewed Is. of a sweetish taste, changing to a somewhat unplea- 

 sant bitter. 



A. hypoglottis.^ Purple Mountain M. Stem prostrate. 

 Flowers in round heads. Legumes egg-shaped, deeply 

 channelled along the back, compressed, hairy ; hooked 

 at the point. Leaflets blunt. E. B. 274. 



Downs, dry pastures. * * Burford Downs. Sb. Under a wall on 

 the side of the road between Witney and Bm-ford, about three 

 or four miles from the latter place. Bx. 



Per. June. 



1 Sain-foin, Fr. 



2 i. e. with Is. somewhat tongue-shaped, 



p 2 



