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ovate. — 6. tenuis (Bab.) ; glabrous or slightly hairy, st. filiform 
elongated procumbent or ascending, leaflets linear or linear-ob- 
ovate, stipules half-ovate. — E.H.S.2615. L. tenuis Sm. — See Ann. 
Nat. Hist. ii. 260.— Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VII. VIII. 
2. L. major. (Scop.); claw of the standard linear, calyx-teeth 
spreading like a star in the bud subulate from a triangular base as 
long as their own tube but much shorter than the corolla : two 
vpper ones diverging, beak springing from the upper suture of the 
pod, heads 8 — \2-jlowered, leaflets obovatc, stip. roundish-ovate. 
E.B. 2091.— Hairy. St. usually erect, 1—3 feet high. Angle 
between the 2 upper calyx-teeth acute. — (i. glabriusculus (Bab.) ; 
glabrous, the margins and nerves of the 1. stip. bracts and sep. 
ciliated, st. erect or procumbent. — In damp places, (i. on drier 
spots. P. VII. VIII. 
3. L. august issimus (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate as long as their own tube 
shorter than the corolla, beak straight springing from the upper 
suture of the linear pod which is 6 times longer than the calyx, 
head about 1-flowered. — E. B. 925. L. angustissimus (L. !), 
L. diffusus (Ser.) — Peduncle of the fl. as long as the 1. of the fir. 
twice as long, leaflets and stip. ovate-lanceolate acute, st. pro- 
cumbent. — /3. seringianus (Bab.) ; peduncle of the fl. and fr. as 
long as the leaves, leaflets obovate-oblong, stip. ovate acute, st. 
ascending. L. angustissimus (Ser.). — South of England near the 
sea. A. VII. VIII. E. 
4. L. hispidus (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate longer than their own tube 
shorter than the petals, beak elongate setaceous bent downwards 
springing from the middle of the end of the rugose terete pod 
which is twice as long as the calyx, heads few (3 — 4) flowered, 
leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half-cordate, st. procumbent. — 
E. B. S. 2823.— Near the sea in Devon and Cornwall. A. VII. 
VIII. E. 
10. Oxytropis DeCand. 
1. 0. uralensis (DC.) ; 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. 
— E. B. 466. — Root, or more correctly stem, woody, branched. 
Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute point. Fl. bluish purple. 
— Dry hilly pastures in Scotland. P. VII. S. 
2. 0. 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. — E. B. 2522. St. 19. 12. — Root 
woody, producing short procumbent stems. Pods narowed up- 
wards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yellowish tinged with 
purple. — Clova Mountains. P. VII. S. 
