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2. O. campes'tris (DC.) ; stemless, leaflets lanceolate in about 

 12 pairs, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. ascending hairy, bracts 

 equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate inflated hairy imperfectly 

 2-celled.— ^. £. 274. St. 19. 12.— Rootstook woody, prostrate. 

 Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yel- 

 lowish tinged with purple. — Clova Mountains. P. VII. S. 



12. AsTEAa'Attrs Linn. Milk-vetch. 



1. A. hypoglot'tis (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. united, leaflets 

 blunt in 8 — 10 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles exceeding the 

 leaves, pods ovate hairy erect stalked in the calyx, — -S. £. 274. — 

 Stip. opposite to the lea"ves. St. a few inches long, slender. 

 Leaflets small. Fl. in rather large heads, ascending, purple. 

 Ovary twice as long as its stalk. — Chalky and gravelly places, 

 rare. P. VI. VII. E.S.I. 



2. A. alpinus (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate free, leaflets 

 elliptic blunt in 10 — 12 pairs, racemes short close, peduncles 

 equalling the leaves, pods oblong hairy narrowed at both ends 

 pendulous stalked in the calyx.— ^. B. 8. 2717. St. 19. 18. — 

 Stip. sometimes slightly connected at the base. St. a few inches 

 long, slender. Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple. — 

 Lofty mountains. Glen Dole, Clova. Little Oraigindal, Brae- 

 mar. P.VIL S. 



3. A. glycyphyl'loa (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 

 free, leaflets ovate in 5 — 6 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles falling 

 much short of the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. — 

 E. B. 203. — St. 2 — 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly 

 glabrous. Fl. in short dense racemes, dull yellow. Pods an 

 inch long. — Thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil, rare. P. VI. 



Wild Liquorice. E. S. 



Tribe II. Viciece. 



13. Vi'ciA Linn. Vetch. 



* Upper part of tJie style equally hairy all over. 



t Peduncles long, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the base 

 on the upperside. — Annuals. Ebvtjm. Tares. 



1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; pei. 1 — Q-fl. about equalling the leaves, 

 leaflets in 6 — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate muoronate, calyx- 

 teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones converging, 

 pods sessile ohlang '2-seeded hairy, hile long linear. — Ervum Sm. 

 E. B. 970. Cracca minor Godr. — Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobetrifid 

 with setaceous segments, inner lanceolate. Fl. small, pale blue. 



