LOTirS. ASIHYLLIS. t?!/ 



triangular hase,points of the 2 upper ones converging, heads 5 — 10- 

 Jlnwered. — Glatrous or slightly hairy. St. ascending. Leaflets 

 obovat€. Stip. rather narrowly ovate. Angle between the 2 

 upper calyx-teeth rounded. — p. rillosus (Ser. ) : upper part of St. 

 l.ajidcal. haii-ywith long spreadinghairs. — y. crassifoliiis(VeTa.); 

 pilose, i?t. cfespitose, leaflets obovate fleshy, stip. ovate. — c>. Z. 

 tenuis (Sm.) ; glabrous or slightly hairy, st. filiform long pro- 

 cumbent or ascending, leaflets linear or linear-obovate, stip. |- 

 ovate. Ji. S. S. 2615. Perh aps a distinct species. — Pastures, 

 dry banks, &c. P. ^a.— "\TII. E. S. I. 



2. X. ina/or (Scop. ?) ; claw of the standard linear, cciyx- 

 teeth spreading like a star in the hud subulate from a triangulaT 

 base, two vpper ones diverging, heads 8 — \%Sowered, leaflets 

 obovate, stip. roundish-ovate. — L. vliginosns fechkuhr. — Hairy. 

 St. usually erect, 1 — S feet high. Angle between the 2 upper 

 calyx-teeth acute. Sometimes glabrous, the margins and veins 

 of the 1. stip. bracts and sep. ciliate, st. erect or procumbent. — 

 In damp places. P. VIl. '^IH. E. S. I. 



.3. L. angustis' simus (L.); daw of the standard linear, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod linear straight 6 times 

 as long as the cah/x, beak straight, heads aboid 2-j^otcered. — 

 i. angustissimiis (L. !), L. diffiisiis (Ser.). — Standard broader 

 than long, not exceeding the wings, fading to a greenish colour. 

 Peduncle of the fl. as long as the 1., of the fr. twice as long; 

 leaflets and stip. ovate-lanceolate acute ; st. procumbent. — /3. 

 Seringianus (Bab.) ; peduncle of the fl. smi fr. as long as the 

 leaves, leaflets obovate-oblong, stip. ovate acute, st. ascending, 

 i. an(fustissimtis (Ser.). — South of England neaj the sea. A. 

 YU. YUI. E. 



4. L. Ms'pidits (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod rugose terete ticice as long 

 as the calyx, beak long setaceous bent downwards, heads few 

 (3 — i)-Jfoicered, leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half-cordate, 

 St. procumbent. — K B. S. 2823. — Standard longer than broad, 

 exceeding the wings, not turning green. — Near the sea in Devon 

 and Cornwall. A. YH. "VIII. E. 



10. Ajteectl'ijs Linn. Lady's Finger. 



1. A. mdnerdria (L.) ; herbapeous, L pinnate, leaflets .unequal, 

 heads of fl. in paiis, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. — St. 49. 4 5. ' 

 — Pod semiorbicular, long-stalked, upper suture arched out- 

 wards, 1-seeded. St. 6 — 12 in. high, silky. Root-l. simple, 

 oval Fl. vellow, in terminal palix3 , o^ crowded many-flowered 

 heads.— /3."i)(7.'<>««; plant smaller, fl. red. Dill EUh. 320.— 

 Dry pastures. P. VI.— VUL E. S. I. 



