90 25. LEGTJMnrosjs. 



9. Lo'iTJS Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



1. L. corniculdtus (L.) ; claw of the standard obovate trans- 

 versely vaulted, calyx-teeth adpressed in the bud subulate from a 

 triangular base, points of the 2 tipper teeth converging, heads 5 — 10- 



jlowered. — K B. 2090. — Glabrous or slightly hairy. St. ascend- 

 ing. Angle between the 2 upper calyx-teeth rounded. — a ; st. 

 short, Its. obovate thin, stip. rather narrowly ovate. — /3. villosus 

 (Ser.) ; upper part of st. 1. and cal. hairy with long spreading 

 hairs. — y. crassifolius (Pers.) ; pilose, st. csespitose, leaflets ob- 

 ovate fleshy, stip. ovate. — 8. L. tenuis (W. and K.) ; glabrous 

 or slightly hairy, st. filiform long procumbent or ascending, 

 leaflets linear or linear-obovate, stip. J-ovate. JE. B. S. 2615. 

 Perhaps a distinct species. — Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VI. 



-vrii. E.S.I. 



2. L. mdjor (Scop.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx-teeth 

 sp-eading lihe a star in the hid subulate from a triangidar base, 

 two upper teeth diverging, heads 8 — Vl-flowered, leaflets obovate, 

 stip. roundish-ovate. — E. B. 2091. L. uliginosus Schkuhr. — 

 Hairy. St. usually erect, 1' — 3 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 pro- 

 cumbent. — In damp places. P. VII. VlII. E. S. I. 



8. L. angustis' sirmis (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx- 

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

 as long as the calyx, heads about i-floioered. — E. B. 925. L. an- 

 gustissimus (L. !), L. diffiisus (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. — p. 

 Seringianus (Bab.) ; peduncle of the fl. and fr. as long as th% 

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

 L. anqustissimus (Ser.). — Soutli of England near the sea. A. 

 VII. VIII. E. 



4. X. his'pidus (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod nigose terete twice as long 

 as the calyx, heads few (3 — 4:)-floivered, leaflets obovate-lanceo- 

 late, stip. half cordate, st. procumbent. — E. B. S. 2823. — Stan- 

 dard longer than broad, exceeding the wings, not turning green. 

 — Near the sea in Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall. A. VII. VIII. 



10. Anthtl'lis Linn. Lady's Pinger. 



1. A. vulnerdria (L.) j herbaceoiis, 1. pinnate, leaflets unequal. 



