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26. ROSACEA. 
elliptic-oblong leaflets, the lowest pair remote from the stem. — 
JE. B. S. 2844. — St. prostrate, filiform. Fl. small, yellow, standard 
red extemallT. Pod curved upwards, joints cylindrical rugose. 
—Channel and Scilly Islands. A. VI. VH. E. 
16. Hippocke'pis Linn. Horseshoe Vetch. 
1. H.comdsa (L. ) ; pods umbellate, their joints rough curved 
neither dilated nor bordered, joinings glabrous, peduncles longer 
than the leaves. — E. B. 31. — St. procumbent, often a foot long. 
Fl. yellow. Leaflets 7 — 1.3, obovate, blunt or emarginate, api- 
culate. — ^Dry calcareous banks. P. V. — VIII. E. 
17. Oxobet'chis Gaert. Saintfoin. Cock's-head. 
1. O. safiva (Lam.) ; wings shorter than the calyx, keel about 
as long as the standard, st. ascending, pods with netted spinous 
elevations on the disk and short sharp flat teeth on the lower 
suture.—^. B. 96. St. 19. 10.— St. often 2 feet long. Fl. in long 
dense tenninal racemes, crimson variegated. Tube of the calyx 
silky, short ; teeth very long. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, mucro- 
nate, entire, glabrous above, in about 12^ pairs. — On chalky and 
limestone hills. P. VI. Vn. E. 
Order XXVI. ROSACEA. 
Cal. 4 — 5-parted, or 8 — 10-parted in 2 rows, free, or adhering 
to and inclosmg the ovary ; odd lobe superior. Pet. usually 5, 
equal, perigynous. Stam. perigynous, usually indefinite. Carp, 
several or solitary, distinct or combined with each other or with 
the calj-x. Stjles distinct, often lateral. Fruit various. Seeds 
nearly without albumen, embryo straight. — L. alternate, usually 
compound, with stipules. 
Suborder I. -IMYGDALE^. 
Fruit a dinpe. Calyx deciduous, inferior, quite free from the 
solitary ovary. Stipules free. 
1. Pnuxrs. Drupe fleshy, indehiscent; its nut smooth or 
furrowed. 
Suborder H. ROSE/E. 
Carpels several, distinct from each other and from the caljTC. 
Stipules united to the petiole. 
Tribe I. SPIRJEIDjE. Follicles several ; seeds 1—6, sus- 
pended from the inner edges of the follicles. Calyx persistent 
2. Spib.£a. Cal. 5-cleft. Stam. many, inserted with the 
