78 25, LEGUMINOSE. 
10. Oxyrropis Cand. 
1. O. Halleri (Bunge); stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 
12 pairs, peduncles longer than the leaves erect silky, bracts as 
long as the calyx, pods erect ovate-oblong inflated silky 2-celled. 
— Astragalus uralensis Sm. E. B. 466.—Root, or more correctly 
stem, woody, branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute 
point. Fl. bluish purple. “Pl. uralensis ab europea differt.” 
Koch.—Dry hilly pastures in Scotland. P. VI. s. 
2. O. campestris (DC.); st. short procumbent, leaflets lan- 
ceolate in about 12 pairs, peduncles rather longer than the 1. 
ascending hairy, bracts as long as the calyx, pods erect ovate in- 
flated hairy imperfectly 2-celled—Astragalus Sm. E. B. 2522. 
St. 19. 12.—Root woody, producing short procumbent stems. 
Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yel- 
lowish tinged with purple —Clova Mountains. P. VII. s. 
11. Asrracaus Linn, 
1. A. hypoglottis (L.); st. prostrate, stip. combined, leaflets 
blunt in 8—10 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles longer than the leaves, 
pods ovate hairy stalked in the calyx erect —E. B. 274.—Stip. 
quite combined into one leaflet opposite to the leaves. 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. P. VI. VII. 
2. A. alpinus (L.); st. procumbent, stip. ovate free, leaflets 
elliptical blunt in 10—12 pairs, spikes capitate, peduncles as long 
as the leaves, pods oblong hairy narrowed at both ends stalked 
in the calyx pendulous.— EB. B. S. 2717. St. 19. 13.—Stip. some- 
times slightly connected at the base. St. elongated, slender. 
Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple.—Lofty mountains. 
Glen Dole, Clova. Little Craigindal, Braemar. P. VII. Ss. 
3. A. glycyphylios (L.); st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 
free, leaflets ovate in 5—6 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles much 
shorter than the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous.— 
E. B. 203.—St. 2—3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly gla- 
brous. FI. in short dense spikes, dull yellow. Pods an inch 
long.—Thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil. P. VI. 
Tribe II. Viciee. 
12. Vicra Linn. 
* Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 
+ Peduncles elongated, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the 
base on the upper side. Ervum. Tares. 
1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; peduncles 1—6-flowered about as long 
