PAP 1 LION ACEiE. 



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together, very seldom 3 or even 4 in the 

 umbel. Calyx-teeth longer than the tube. 

 Pod slender, 8 or 9 lines long. 



In meadows, pastures, and fields, very 

 common in southern Europe, extending 

 eastward in southern Russia to the Altai, 

 and northward along the coasts of west- 

 ern Europe to the Channel. In Britain, 

 only on the south coasts of Ireland and 

 England, extending eastward to Hast- 

 ings. Fl. early summer, and often again 

 in autumn. The hispid L. (L. hispidits, 

 Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2823) is a larger, 

 more hairy variety, having often 3 flowers 

 to the umbel, with a thicker pod, often 

 less than 6 lines long. It has the same 

 range as the more slender variety. 



Tiff. 262. 



X. ANTHYLLIS. ANTHYLLIS. 



Herbs, with pinnate leaves, and yellow, red, or purple flowers in 

 crowded heads or umbels, with a deeply divided bract close underneath. 

 Calyx inflated, with 5 small teeth. Stamens all united in an entire 

 sheath. Pod enclosed in the calyx, with few seeds. 



A genus of few species, chiefly from the Mediterranean region, allied 

 to Lotus in inflorescence, to Genista in the stamens, and easily distin- 

 guished by the calyx. 



1. Common Anthyllis. Anthyllis vulneraria, Linn. 

 (Fig. 263.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 104. Kidney Vetch, or Lady s- fingers.) 



Stock perennial, and often tufted, with spreading or ascending stems, 

 from a few inches to a foot long ; the whole plant more or less clothed 

 with short, appressed, silky hairs. Leaflets narrow and entire, 6 lines 

 long or more ; in the upper leaves often numerous and not very un- 

 equal ; in the lower leaves the terminal leaflet is usually oblong, an 

 inch long or more, with very few much smaller ones along the stalk ; 



