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! terete tioice as long as the calyx, heads few {3~'4:)-Jloivered, 
leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half cordate, st. procumbent. 
—E. B. S. 2823.— Standard longer than broad, exceeding the 
wings, not turning green. — Near the sea in Devon, Dorset, and 
' Cornwall.— A. VII. VIII. E. 
11. Anthyl'lis Linn. Lady's Finger. 
1. A, Fw^Tiemrjia (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets unequal, 
heads of fl. in pairs, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. — E. B. 104. 
St. 49. 4. 5. — Pod semiorbicular, long-stalked, upper suture 
arched outwards, 1 -seeded. St. 6 — 12 in. high, silky. Root-1. 
simple, oval-oblong. Fl. yellow, in terminal pairs of crowded 
many-flowered heads. — ^. cocciuea (L.), A. DiUenii (Scliult.) ; 
invol.-l. nearly equalling fl., plant smaller, fl. red-tipped. Dill. 
Elth. 320. [The following vars. have also been recorded : — ovata (Bab.) 
having a large broadly-ovate terminal It. ; Allionii (DC.) having the st. clothed 
with many spreading hairs ; maritima (Koch) also very hairy, with tall erect 
branched st. and many flowering heads.] — Dry pastures. P. VI. — VIII. 
E. S. I. 
12. Oxy'tropis DC. 
1. 0. uralen'sis (DC.) ; stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 
12 pairs, peduncles exceeding the leaves erect silky, bracts equal- 
ling the calyx, pods erect ovate-oblong inflated si,lky imperfectly 
2-celled. — Astragalus uralensis (Sm.). E. B. 466. — Rootstock 
woody, branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute point. 
Fl. bluish purple. More silky and hairy than Sp. 2. — Dry hilly 
pastures in Scotland. P. VII. S. 
2. 0. campes'tris (DC.) ; stemless, leaflets lanceolate in about 
12 pairs, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. ascending hairy, bracts 
equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate inflated hairi/ imperfectly 
2-celled.— B. 2522. St. 19. 12.— Rootstock woody, prostrate. 
Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yel- 
lowish tinged with purple. — Clova mountains. [Perthsh.j. ' P. 
vn. s. 
13. Astkag'axus Linn. em. DC. Milk-vetch. 
1. A. dan'icus (Retz.) ; st. prostrate, stij). united, leaflets 
blunt in 8 — 10 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles exceeding the 
leaves, pods ovate hairy erect stalked in the calyx. — E. B. 274. 
A. hypoglottis ed. viii. — Stip. 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, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
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