114 LKGUMiNOSiE. \yinthyllis. 



erect obliquely rhomboid 2 — 3 seeded, seeds tuberculated." — Br. 

 Fl. p. 96. 



a. repens. Prostrate, spinous, and very shaggy and hoary. O. repens, L. . E. B. 

 Suppl. t. 2659. 



^. spinosa. "Erect or ascending more glabrous." — Br. Fl. p. 96. JS. B. 

 t. 682. 



In barren pastures, by roadsides, the borders of fields and thickets, and on dry 

 sandy banks and cliffs by the sea ; abundantly. Fl. Jane — September. !(.. 



The Rest-harrow is called Cammock in this island, in Sussex, and in other 

 parts of England, where it is reputed to communicate its nauseous goat-like 

 odour to the milk and cheese of cows pastujijd where it abounds ; cheese so tainted 

 is said in these counties to be cammocky. 



V. Anthyilis, Linn. Kidney-vetcb. 



Calyx inflated, 5-toothed. Petals nearly equal in length. Keel 

 obtuse or shortly pointed. Legume oval, 1 — 3 seeded, enclosed 

 in the permanent calyx. — Leaves usually pinnate. 



1. A. Vulneraria, Ij. Common Kidney-vetch o7- Lady's Fingers. 

 " Herbaceous, leaves pinnate, leaflets unequal, heads of flowers 

 in pairs."— 5r. Fl. p. 96. E. B. t. 104. 



0. Leaves fleshy, nearly glabrous, flowers paler. A. maritima, Schweigg. Bluff 

 et Fingerh. Comp. Fl. Germ. ii. p. 187, No. 1976. 



In dry, and especially chalky or limestone pastures, and on grassy slopes, but 

 not very common in this island. Fl. May, June. If. 



E. Med. — Plentiful by the palhside along the brow of Cowpit Cliff, hetweeii 

 Shanklin and Cook's Castle. About St. Catherine's lighthouse, abundant. Vent- 

 nor. Chalky hollow between Niton and Whitwell. 



W. jt/ed.— White Pit, Newport ; and Lenten Pit, Carishrooke. 



^. Abundant on the steep banks in Sandown bay. Cliffs near the Needles. 

 Between Foreland puint and Wbitecliff bay. Cliff near St. Catherine's point. 



Claws of the petals extremely lonu and slender ; keel and wings cohering 

 strongly. Style very long, with a swollen joint at some distance below the stigma. 

 Legume very small, quite concealed in the white, chaffy, inflated calyx,' stipitate 

 on a slender pedicel from the upper suture, blackish, reticulated, nearly semiorbi- 

 cular, the -edges much compressed. Seed solitary, large, ovate, greenish, very 

 smooth. 



Subtribe 2. TniFOLiEa;. 



Legume ] -celled. Staynens diadelphovs. Stems herbaceous, rarely shrubby. 

 Li-aves 3 — 5-foliolate, rarely imparipinnaie. 



VI. Medicago, Linn. Medick. 



Calyx with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel obtuse. Legume fal- 

 cate or spirally twisted.— Leaves trifoliolate. 



*1. M. saliva, L. Pmple Medick. Lucerne. " Stem usually 

 erect, leaflets obovate-oblong toothed, peduncles many-flowered 

 racemed, pedicels usually shorter than the bracteas, legumes 

 compressed downy twisted 2 — 3 times in a loose spire." — Br. Fl. 

 p. 97. E. B. t. 1749. 



In meadows and pastures, on dry banks, borders of fields, and by waysides, 

 occasionally ; naturalized. Fl. ,June, .July. 2f . 



