26. ROSACEA. • 95 



flowered, stip. minute distinct, 1. pinnate with many pairs of 

 elliptic-oblong leaflets, the lowest pair remote from the stem. — 

 E. B. 8. 2844. — ^St. prostrate, filiform. Fl. small, yellow, stan- 

 dard red externally. Pod. curved upwards, joints cylindrical 

 rugose. — Channel and Scilly Islands. A. VI. VII. E. 



17. Hippocee'pis Linn. Horseshoe Vetch. 



1. H. comdsa (L.) ; pods umbellate, their joints rough curved 

 neither dilated nor bordered, joinings glabrous, peduncles longer 

 than the leaves. — U. B. 31. — St. procumbent, often a foot long. 

 Fl. yellow. Leaflets 7 — 13, obovate, blunt or emarginate, api- 

 culate. — Dry calcareous banks. P. V. — VIII. E. 



18. Onobbt'chis Gaert. Sainfoin. Cock's-head. 



1. O. sativa (Lam.) ; wings shorter than the calyx, keel 

 about as long as the standard, st. ascending, pods with netted 

 spinous elevations on the disk and short sharp flat teeth on the 

 lower suture.—^. B. 96. «._19. 10.— St. often 2 feet long. 

 Fl. in long dense racemes, crimson variegated. Tube of the 

 calyx silky, short ; teeth very long. Leaflets eUiptic-oblong, 

 muoronate, entire, glabrous above, in about 12^ pairs. — On 

 chalky and limestone hiUs. P. VI, VU. E. 



Order XXVI. ROSACEA. 



Cal. 4 — 5-parted, or 8 — 10-parted in 2 rows, free, or adhering 

 to and enclosing the ovary ; odd lobe superior. Pet. usually 5, 

 eq^ual, perigynous. Stam. perigynous, usually indefinite. Carp, 

 several or solitary, distinct or connate or adnate to the calyx. 

 Styles distinct, often lateral. Fruit various. Seeds nearly 

 without albumen, embryo straight. — L. alternate, usually com- 

 pound, with stipules. 



Suborder 1. AMYGDALE^. 



Fruit a drupe. Calyx deciduous, inferior, q^uite free from the 

 solitary ovary. Stipules free. 



1. Pkunus. Drupe fleshy, indehiscent; its nut smooth or 

 furrowed. 



Suborder n. EOSE./E. 



Carpels several, distinct from each other and from the calyx. 

 Stipules united to the petiole. 



