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CALYCIFLOR^ 



(ill) L. villo$m. — A form resembling the common type, but 

 covered with spreading hairs and confined to Kent and Devon- 

 shire. 



(iv) L. tenuis. — Distinguished by its very slender, branched 

 stems, narrow leaflets, and smaller flowers. Rare. 



2. L. angusiissinius (Slender Bird's-foof Trefoil). — Stems .slender 

 and branched ; leaflets small ; whole plant clothed with soft hairs ; 

 flowers small, i or 2 or occasionally 3 or 4 in an umbel ; calyx- 

 teeth very long ; legume about an inch long. South coast of Eng- 

 land ; rare. — /Annual. 



10. Anthyllis {Lady's Fingers) 



I. A. vulneraria (Common Lady's 

 Fingers, or Kidney Vetch). — The 

 only British .species. A handsome, 

 herbaceous plant, with pinnate 

 leaves clothed with silky hairs (the 

 terminal leaflet largest) and yellow 

 ^; flowers, with pale inflated calyces. 

 The dense heads of flowers grow 

 two together at the end of each 

 stalk. Varieties with crimson, 

 purple, cream-coloured, and white 

 flowers occur. — Fl. June to August. 

 Perennial. 



II. OXYTROPIS 



I. 0. Uralensis (Purple or Hairy 

 Mountain Oxytropis). — Leaves and 

 flowers rising directly from the 

 roots ; flower-stalks longer than the 

 leaves, silky like the rest of the 

 plant ; legume 2-celled ; flowers in 

 heads, bright jiurple. Dry moun- 

 tain pastures in Scotland. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



2. 0. campestris (Yellow Oxytropis). — Leaves and floicer-stalks 

 about equal in length ; flowers yellowish, tinged with purple ; 

 legume imperfectly 2-cclled. Found only among the Clova hills 

 in Scotland. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



Anthyllis Vulneraria 

 {Common Lady's Fingers) 



12. Astragalus {Milk Vetch) 



I. A. glycyphyllus (Sweet Milk Vetch).— Sfe«; prostrate, 2-3 feet 

 long ; legumes erect, curved, smooth, 2-celled ; flowers dull yellow, 

 in short dense racemes ; leaves consisting of 5 or 6 pairs of leaflets. 



