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11. Astragalus Linn. 
1. A. hypoglottis (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. comhined, leaflets 
blunt in 8 — 10 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles longer than the leaves, 
jmds 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. — Chalky and gravellv places. P. VI. 
VII. E. S. 
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. — E. 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, Biaemar. P. VII. S. 
3. A. glycyphyllos (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 
free, leaflets ovate in 5 — G pairs, spikes orate, peduncles much 
shorter than the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. — 
E. B. 203. — St. 2 — 3 feet long, scarcely branched. Fl. in short 
dense spikes, dull yellow. Pods an inch long. — Thickets on a 
chalky or gravelly soil. P. VI. 
Tribe II. Viciece. 
12. Vicia Linn. 
* Upper part of the style hairy all over; peduncles elon- 
gated, few-JJowered ; cal. not gibbous at the base on the tipper 
side. 
1. V} hirsuta (Koch) ; peduncles 2 — 6-fiowered about as long 
as the leaves, leaflets in G — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mu- 
cronate, calyx-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones 
converging, pods oblong 2-seeded hairy. — Ervum Sm. E. B. 970. 
St. 32. 12. — Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobe tririd with setaceous seg- 
ments, inner lanceolate. Fl. small, pale blue, standard entire. 
Calyx-teeth subulate. Style short, from the upper suture of the pod, 
curved downwards. Seeds orbicular, compressed, red with darker 
spots, smooth. — Mi". Borrer found a few specimens in the Isle 
of Wight with 1 — 2-flowered peduncles and glabrous pods in 
company with the usual form of the species, they are the /3. an- 
gnstifolia (Fries). — Corn-fields and hedges. A. VI. — VIII. 
Hairy Tare. 
2. V. tetrasperma (Koch) ; peduncles 1 — 2-flowered about as 
long as the leaves, leaflets linear-oblong blunt mucronate in 4 — 6 
1 The plants contained in this section are referred to Vicia instead 
of Ervum, from their style having exactly the same structure as that of 
several true species of Vicia and not that of Ervum. 
