94 25. LBGUMINOS^. 



i surrounded by the Hie.— -E. B. 169.— St. 2—3 feet high. Fl. 

 bluish purple. — Boggy meadows, rare. P. VI. Vn. E. S. I. 



8. i. marifimus (Big.) ; st. angular not winged, ped. short 

 many-flowered, Its. in 3 or 4 pairs oval, stip. large oval cordate- 

 hastate, pods oblong obliquely net-veined, seeds globose } sur- 

 rounded by the bile. — Pimm Sm. JE. S. 1046. — St. prostrate. 

 Leaflets large, blunt but apiculate ; petioles often recurved. 

 Fl. purple, variegated. — /3. acutif alius (Bab.) ; leaflets elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute, petioles straight, stems slender straggling. — 

 Pebbly sea-shores, rare. /3. Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland. P. 

 VII. Vm. Sea Pea. E. S. I. 



*«*» L. pinnate, without tendrils. Obobtjs. 



9. L. macrorrhizus (Wimm.) ; st. simple vdnged, peduncles 

 2 — 4-flowered, 1. of 2 — 3 pairs of oblong or lanceolate blunt 

 apiculate leaflets without tendrils, stip. half-arrowshaped broad, 

 pods cylindrical, seeds globose J surrounded by the hile. — 



Orobus tuberostis Sm. — £. B. 1158. — Root tuberous. L. glau- 

 cous beneath. Fl. purple, variegated with red and blue. — ^/3. 

 tenuif alius ; Its. linear. — Woods and thickets in hUly countries. 



P. v.— vn. E. s. I. 



10. L. niger (Wimm.) ; st, branched not loinged, ped. many- 

 flowered, 1. of 3 — 6 pairs of lanceolate or oblong leaflets without 

 tendrils, stip. linear-subulate the lower ones half-arrowshaped, 

 pods slightly compressed, seeds oval J surrounded by the hile. 

 —Orobus Sm., JE. B. S. 2788.— Turns black in drying. Fl. va- 

 riegated with red, blue, and pui-ple. Pods linear. Seed dark 

 brown, perfectly smooth. — Eocky woods in Scotland, rare. P. 

 VI. VII. S. 



Tribe III. Hedysarem. 

 15. Oeni iHOPTJS Linn. Bird's foot. 



1. 0. perpusil'lus (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, calyx-teeth 

 triangular acute g the length of their tube, beak scarcely as 

 long as a joint of the pod. — JH. B. 369. — A small prostrate plant, 

 3 — 12 in. long. L. with 5* — 12j pairs of elliptic downy leaflets. 

 Fl. small ; calyx hairy, cor. white with crimson veins. Pods 

 curved, joints beadlike wrinkled lengthwise. — ^Dry sandy and 

 gravelly places. A. V.— VH. E. S. I. 



16. Aeihkolo'bitjm Desv. 

 1. A. ebractedtum (1)0.) ; ped. about equalling the 1. 2 — 4- 



