LATHTBUS. ARTHROLOBIUM. 
87 
rssed smooth \ surrounded by the hilum." — E. B. 169. — St. 
-3 feet hi^h. Fl. bluish purple. — Boggy meadows, rare. P. 
VI. VII. E. S. 1. 
8. L. marit'imiis (Big.); st. angular 7iot ivinffed, ped. short 
many-flowered. Its. in 3 or 4 pairs oval, stip. large oval cordate- 
hastate, pods oblong obliquely net-veined, seeds globose \ siir- 
ounded by the hilum. — Pimm Sm., E. B. lO-W.— -St. prostrate. 
[Leaflets large, bhmt but apicidate ; petioles often recui-ved. Fl. 
purple, variegated. — /3. acutifolius (Bab.); leaflets elliptic-lan- 
3eolate acute, petioles straight, stems slender straggling. — Pebbly 
jea-shores, rare. /3. Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland. P. "VTI. \T[I. 
Sea Pea. E. S. I. 
**** L. jniinate, without tendrils. Okobus. 
9. L. macrorrhisns (Wimm.); st. simple winged, peduncles 
flowered, 1. of 2 — 3 pairs of oblong or lanceolate blunt api- 
lulate leaflets withoid tendrils, stip. half-arrowshaped broad, pods 
■a/Kndrical, seeds globose ^ suiTounded by the hUum. — Orohts 
'itAerosus Sm., E. B. 1153. — Root tuberous. L. glaucous be- 
eath. FL purple, variegated with red and blue. — 0. 0. tenui- 
fjoiUus (Roth) ; Its. linear. — Woods and thickets in hilly countries. 
P. YI. \T1. E. S. I. 
10. L. 7uger (Wimm.) ; d. hi-anehed not tcinged, ped. many- 
flowered, 1. of 3 — 6 pairs of lanceolate or oblong leaflets witkoid 
tettdrils, stip. linear-subidate the lower ones haLf-aiTowshaped, 
pods slightly compressed, seeds oval | sun-ounded by the hilum. 
Orobus Sm., E. B. S. 2788. — Turns black in drying. Fl. va- 
riegated with red, blue and pui-ple. Pods linear. Seed dark 
brown, perfectly smooth. — ^Rocky woods in Scotland, rare. P. 
VI. VII S. 
Tribe III. HedysarecB. 
J 14. Okut'thopus Linn. Bird's-foot. 
1. 0. perpusil'lus (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, calyxrteeth 
triangular acute ^ the length of their tube, beak scarcely as long 
a joint of the pod. — E. B. 3G9. — A small prostrate plant, 
-12 in. long. L. with 5| — \2\ pairs of elliptic downy leaf- 
lets. Fl. small ; calyx haiiy, cor. white with crimson veins. 
Pods curved, joints beadlike wrinkled lengthwise. — Dry sandy 
and gravelly places. A. V. — VII. E. S. I. 
15. Aethrolo'bium Desv. 
1. A. ehracteufum (DC): ped. about equalling the 1. 2 — i- 
Swwesred, stip. minute distinct, 1. pinnate with many pairs of 
