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lets obovate. Stip. ovate. Angle between the 2 u])per calyx- 
teeth rounded. — /S. villosus (8er.); ii])per part of st., 1., and cal. 
hairy with long spreading hairs. — y. crassifolius (Pers.); pilose, 
st. cffispitose, leaflets obovate fleshy, stip. ovate. — S. tenuis (Bah.) ; 
glabrous or slightly haiiy, st. filiform elongated procumbent or 
ascending, leaflets linear or linear-obovate, stij)ules half-ovate. 
E. B. S. 2615. L. tenuis Sm. — Pastures, tlry 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 
upper ones diverging, heads 8 — \2-Jlowered, leaflets obovate, stip. 
roundish-ovate. — E.B.'209\. — Ilaiiy. St. usually erect, 1 — 3 
feet high. Angle between the 2 u])j)er calyx-teeth acute. — /3. 
glabriusculus (Bab.); glabrous, the margins and nerves of the 1. 
stip. bracts and sep. ciliated, st. erect or procumbent. — In damp 
places. ^. on drier spots. P. VII. VIII. 
3. L. angustissimus (L.); claw of the standard linear, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate as long as their own tube 
shorter than the corolla, pod linear 6 times longer than the calyx : 
beak straight, head about 2-Jlowered. — E. B. 925. L. angustissimus 
(L. !), L. diffusus (Ser.). — Peduncle of thefl. as long as the 1. of 
the fr. twice as long, leaflets and stip. ovate-lanceolate acute, st. 
procumbent. — /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 standai’d subulate, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subidate longer than their omi tube 
shorter than the corolla, pod rugose terete twice as long as the 
calyx : beak elongate setaceous bent downwards, heads few (3 — 4) 
flowered, leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half-cordate, st. pro- 
cumbent. — E. B. S. 2823. — Near the sea in Devon and Cornwall. 
A. VII. VIII. E. 
9. Axthyllis Linn. Lady’s Fingers. 
I. A. Vulneraria (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets un- 
equal, 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. Fl. yellow, in terminal ]>airs of crowded 
many-flowered heads.— /3. Dillenii ; plant smaller, fl. red. Dill. 
Elth. 320. — Drj' pastures. P. VI. — VIII. 
10. OxYTROPis Cand. 
1. 0. Halleri (Bunge); stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 
