SG 
2b. LEGUMINOS^. 
many-flowered, 1. of 3 — 8 pairs of oval leaflets, slip, large oval 
cordate-hastate, calyx-teeth unequal, ])ods oblong obliquely reti- 
eulated, seeds globose ^ surrounded by the hilum. — Pisum Sm., 
E. B. 104G. — St. prostrate. Leaflets large, obtuse but apiculate ; 
petioles often recurved. FI. purple, variegatcd.^ — /3. acutifolius 
(l?ab.); leaflets elliptic-lanceolate acute, ])etioles straight, stems 
slender straggling. See Edmondston’s FI. Shetl. 31.- — Pebbly 
sea-shores, rare. /3. Bnrraflrth, Unst, Shetland. P. VII. VIII. 
Sea Pea. 
14. Orobus Zftm. 
1. 0. tuberosus (L.); leaflets oblong or lanceolate blunt apicu- 
late in 2 — 3 pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped broad, st. simple erect 
winged. — E. B. 1153. St. 21. 5. — FI. purple, variegated with 
red an<l blue. Pods linear. Root tuberous. — /3. tenuifolius ; 1. 
linear. — Woods and thickets in hilly countries. P. VI. VII. 
2. 0. niger (L.); leaflets oblong-lanceolate or oblong more or 
less rounded at the end and aj)iculate in 3 — 6 pairs, stip. linear- 
lanceolate acute the lower ones half-arrowshaped, st. branched 
erect angular not winged. — E. B. S. 2/88. — Whole plant be- 
comes quite black in drying. FI. variegated with red blue and 
purple. Pods linear. Seed oblong ellij)tical, dark brown, per- 
fectly smooth. — Rocky woods in Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. S. 
Tribe III. Hedysarea. 
15. Orniteiopus Linn. 
I. 0. perpusillus (L.) ; peduncles longer than the leaves, calyx- 
teeth triangular acute ^ the length of their tube, beak as long as 
a joint of the pod. — E. B. 369. — A small prostrate plant, 3 — 12 
in. long. L. with 5^ — 12^ pairs of elliptical dowry leaflets. FI. 
small; calyx hairy, cor. white wth crimson veins. Pods curved, 
joints beadlike wrinkled lengthwise. A minute scale at the base 
of each pedicel. — Dry sandy and gravelly jflaces. A. V. — VII. 
Birdsfoot. 
IG. Arthrolobium Eesv. 
I. A. ebracteatum (DC.); peduncles about as long as the 1. 
2 — 4-flowered, sti]). minute distinct, 1. pinnate with many pairs 
of elliptic-oblong leaflets, the lowest pair remote from the stem. 
— E. B. S. 2844. — St. prostrate Aliform. FI. small, yellow, 
standard red externally. Pod curved upwards, joints cyliEidrical 
rugose. A minute scale at the base of each j)edicel but no leafy 
bract. — Channel and Scilly Islands. A. VI. VII. E. 
17. Hipi’ocrepis Horseshoe Vetch. 
I. H. comosa (L.); pods umbellate, their joints rough curved 
