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2. iV. sylves'tre (B. Br.) ; creeping, 1. deeply pinnatifld, Its. 

 oblong or lanceolate cut, uppermost 1. often nearly entire, pet. 

 twice as hng as tlie calyx (yellow) , pods linear. — E. B. 2324. — 

 R:.-stalks patent ; pods patent or ascending, variable in length, 

 usually as long as tbeir stalks, sometimes shorter. — River banks 

 ajid wet places. P. VL— VHI. E.S.I. 



3. N. palus'tre (DC); 7-oot Jibroics, lower 1. lyrate, upper 1. 

 deeply pinnatifid. Its. oblong toothed, pet. not longer than the 

 cdyx, pods oblong thick. — N. terrestre Sm. E. B. 1747. — Fl. 

 small. Fr.-stalks patent or deflexed ; pods ascendrag, short, 

 about as long as their stalks. — Wet places. P. VI. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



4. Baebaee'a. R. Br. Eocket. 



1. B. vulgaris (R. Br.) ; lower I. lyrate, upper pair of lobes 

 equalling the hreadth of the large roundish subcordate terminal 

 lobe, uppermost 1. xmdivided toothed, pods adpressed obhquely 

 erect or patent with a subulate point. — E. B. 443. B. ii. 47. — 

 Pet, twice as long as the calyx. Flowering raceme lax. Pods 

 short. — I cannot separate B. arcuata (Sy. E. B. 121). — In damp 

 places. B. ? V.— VlH. Yellow Socket. E. S. I. 



2. B. stric'ta (Fries) ; lower I. lyrate, upper pair of lobes small 

 much shorter than the breadth of the large oblong-ovate terminal 

 lobe, uppermost 1. undivided toothed, pods adpressed with a 

 subulate point. — Sy. E. B. 122. R. ii. 47. B. parmflora Fries. 

 — ^Pet. half as long again as the calyx. Flowering raceme close. 

 PI. much smaller than in B. vulgaris. Pods short. Lateral 

 lobes of the lowermost 1. very small, often obsolete. — Yorkshire. 

 By Thames near Kew. B. ? V.— VIII. ,E. 



t3. B. intermedia (Bor.) ; lower 1. lyrate, upper pair of lobes 

 equalling the breadth of the cordate-ovate term, lobe, upper I. 

 all pinnatifid, pods ereet with a short conical point.-^—ISy. E. B. 

 123.— St. with 2 angles, IJ— 2 ft. high. Raceme close. Pet. 

 exceeding calyx. Pods thick, short, angular. — Near Manchester 

 and Armagh. B. V.— VIII. B. I. 



t4. B. prce'cox (R. Br.) ; lower 1. lyrate gradually larger 

 upwards, upper pair of lobes equalling the breadth of the sub- 

 cordate single terminal lobe, uppermost I. pinnatifid with linear- 

 oblong entire lobes, pods patent with a short thick point. — E. B. 

 1129. B.patula Fries.— Fl. moderate. Raceme close. Pods 

 long, torulose. Lower 1. usually interruptedly pinnate.— South 

 of England. B. V.— VIL r j ,; ^^ 



