84 26. ROSACER. 
standard red externally. Pod curved upwards, joints cylindrical 
rugose.—Channel and Scilly Islands. A. VI. VII. E. 
16. Hrppocreris Linn. Horseshoe Vetch. 
1. H. comosa (L.); pods umbellate, their jomts rough curved 
neither dilated nor bordered, joinings glabrous, peduncles longer 
than the leaves.—E. B.31.—St. procumbent, often a foot long. 
Fl. yellow. Leaflets 7—13, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, api- 
culate.—Dry calcareous banks. P. V.—VIII. E. 
17. Onosrycuis Gaert. 
1. O. sativa (Lam.); wings shorter than the calyx, keel about 
as long as the standard, st. ascending, pods with reticulated 
spinous elevations on the disk and short sharp flat teeth on the 
lower suture—E. B. 96. Sé.19.10.—St. often 2 feet long. Fl. 
in long dense terminal racemes, crimson, variegated. Tube of 
the calyx silky, short; teeth very long. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, 
mucronate, entire, glabrous above, in about 122 pairs.—On chalky 
and limestone hills. P. VI. VII. Sazntfoin. E.S. 
Order XXVI. ROSACEA. 
Cal. 4—5-parted, or twice as many in 2 rows, lined with a disk 
below, odd lobe superior. Pet. 5, equal. Stam. usually inde- 
finite. Carp. several or solitary, distinct or combined with each 
other or with the calyx. Styles distinct, often lateral. Fruit 
various. Seeds nearly without albumen, embryo straight. —L. 
alternate, usually compound, with stipules. 
Suborder I. AMYGDALEZ. 
Fruit a drupe. Cal. deciduous, quite free from the solitary 
ovary. Stip. free. 
1. Prunus. Drupe fleshy, indehiscent ; its nut smooth or 
furrowed. 
Suborder II. ROSE. 
Carpels several, distinct from each other and from the calyx. 
Stip. united to the petiole. 
Tribe I. SPIRAL. Follicles several ; seeds 1—6, suspended 
from the inner edges of the follicles. Cal. persistent. 
2. Spirwa. Cal. 5-cleft. Stam. numerous, inserted along 
with the pet. on a disk adhering to the calyx. Follicles ] or 
more, usually distinct. Seeds 2—6. 
