100 
25. LEGUMINOSiE. 
1168. St. 31. 6.— St. 3—4 feet long. Tendrils branched. Fl. 
blue varied with purple. Seeds subglobose, black. Hile linear, 
extending i round the seed. [a dwarf greyer and more pubescent form 
is var. argentea (C. & G.).)— Hedges. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
*** Style bearded heloiv the stigma, in other respects glabrous or 
unif orrrdy hairy all over its upper part ; calyx gibbous at the 
base on the npj^erside. 
7. F. bithyn'ica (L.) : ped. falling short of the leaves 1 — 2- 
flowered. Its. ofiqypei- 1, in 2 pairs elliptic-lanceolate mvcronate o?- 
linear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped toothed, calyx- 
teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, pods linear- 
oblong haini.—E. B. 1842. St. 32. 5.— St. 12—18 in. long. 
Fl. almost always solitary, purple. " Seeds globose, speckled 
with black and grey ; hile oval." Upper part of the style hairy 
all over. The inland plants have broader leaflets and more cut 
stip. than those [var. angustifolia Sy.] found near the sea. — 
Bushy places on a gravelly soil, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 
8. v. se'pi7im (L.) ] ^fl. 4 — 6 in small a,t illary nearly sessile 
clusters, leaflets in 4 — 8 pairs ovate Hunt mucronate gradually 
smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. half -arrowshaped undivided 
or lobed, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube, 2 upper 
ones curved upwards, pods linear-oblong glabrous. — E. B. 1515. 
St. 31. 16. — St. about 2 feet high. Fl. purplish. Calyx hairy. 
HUe linear, extending about it round the seed. Upper part of 
the style nearly or quite glabrous, bearded. L. more or less 
hairy, leaflets sometimes ovate-lanceolate truncate. — Woods 
and hedges. P. VI.— VIII. E. S, I. 
[F. hybrida (L.) and V. larigata (Sm.) are now lost.] 
9. 1". Idtea (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 5 — 8 pairs, calyx- 
teeth unequal, upper ones very short and curved upwards, lower 
one longer than the tube, standard glabrous, pods elliptic-oblong 
hairy.— i^. B. 481. St. 31. 13.— St. procumbent, 1—2 feet long. 
Fl. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the pod bulbous. Seeds round 
compressed, with a short hile. L. varying greatly in hairiness. 
—Pebbly and sandy ground near the sea. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. 
10. V. satlva (L.) ; /I. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 
5 — 7 pairs eUiptic-oblong retuse or obcordate mucronate, upper 
ones narrower or linear truncate mucronate, calyx-teeth equal 
lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard glabrous, 
pods linear slightly silky, seeds globose smooth. Seeds slightly 
