V- 34.—- Ferrum equinum Gertnanicum, siliquis in summitate, Ray’s Syn. p. 
325. — Blackst. Sp. Bot. p. 21. 
Localities. — On banks, and in pastures, on a calcarious soil.— Oxfordshire ; 
Bullington Green; Stokenchtireh Hills; and Burford Downs: Dr. Sibthoup. 
Headington Quarry, in abundance: June 14, 1831 ; W. B. Between Wood- 
stock and Enstone: Rev. W.T. Bre f.— Berks ; Near the Sham at Henley: 
May, 1831; W. B. — Beds. Barton Hill: Rev. C. Abbot. — Bucks; Hedsor, 
&c.: Mr. W. Hurst, in N. B.G. — Cambridgeshire; Chalk-pit Close ; Gog- 
magog Hills; Chippenham; Linton; and Newmarket Heath: Rev. R. Rilhan. 
Cherry Hinton : J. E. Lf.efe, in N. B. G. — Derbyshire ; A mile or two up Dove 
Dale ; and in Monsall Dale : N. B. G. — Devon. Rocks about Babbicombe and 
1 orquay : FI. Devon. — Durham; On Cronkley Fell, at an elevation of above 
I, 500 feet: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Gloucestershire; Clifton: G. Rogvrs, in 
N. B. G. Upper Slaughter: Rev. E. F. Witts. — Kent; Between Norlhfleet 
and Gravesend : Cambden. About Ospringe near Faversham : E. Jacob, Esq. 
Near Gravesend: Blackstone. Under Dover Cliffs: Mr. W. Christy. — 
Lancashire; Rocks at Kellet : G. Crosfield, Esq — Norfolk; AtMarham: 
Sir J. E. Smith. Swaffham: Mr. Woodward. — Notts; In Nottingham Park, 
but not very common: Dr. Deehing. — Somersetshire ; On Wick Cliffs, and 
St. Vincent’s Rocks: Rev. G. Swayne. Copse at Ford, on the Pollen Hills: 
J. C. Collins, in N. B. G. Brean Down: W .C. Trevelyan, Esq. in N. B.G. 
Wyck; Combehay ; Conkwell; and on many parts of the hills : C. C. Babing- 
ton, Esq. — Surrey; Field behind Juniper Hill; and about old quarries West 
of Dorking: N. J. Winch, Esq. Epsom Downs: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. 
Coulsdon: E. Wood, in N. B.G. Plentiful on Reigate Hill: G.Luxford. — 
Sussex; West of the County: N. B. G. — Westmoreland ; Scout Scar; and 
Hellbeck Scar: N. B. G. — Wilts ; On the high grounds North of Marlborough : 
Withering. Box, and Corsham: N. B. G — Worcestershire ; South side of 
Bredon Hill, below the (.'amp : Nash.— Yorkshire ; Aysgarlh Force, W'ensley- 
dale; MalhamCove; Craven; Rocks above Settle; Cronkley Fell; Gordale 
Scar; and Kilnsay Crag: N. B. G. — WALKS. Caernarvonshire; Rocks 
above Llandudno: Mag. Nat. Hist.— SCOTLAND. Ayrshire; Dundonald 
Castle near Ayr: Mr. Reid. 
Perennial. — Flowers from April to August. 
Root thick, woody, fibrous, running deep into the ground ; yellow 
on the outside, white within. Stems several, much branched, 
furrowed, glossy, smooth, or slightly hairy, leafy, procumbent, from 
3 inches to a foot long. Leaves alternate, pinnate ; leaflets uniform, 
from 7 to II, inversely egg-shaped, blunt, minutely pointed, some- 
what fleshy ; smooth on the upper surface, more or less hairy on 
the under. Stipulas in pairs, egg-shaped, entire, rather spreading. 
Peduncles axillary, and terminal, round, smooth, somewhat furrow- 
ed, longer than the leaves, and bearing, at their summit, an umbel 
of from 5 to 10 flowers, each on a very short, slightly hairy pedicel, 
bent down after flowering. Calyx small, striated, slightly pubes- 
cent, its teeth short and spreading, the two upper distant from the 
lower, and less deeply divided. Corolla pale yellow ; standard 
striated in front with very delicate veins. Legumes about an inch 
long, curved downward, of a bright-bay colour, rough with minute 
prominent tubercles ; their joints crescent-shaped (see fig. 8.), nearly 
cylindrical, obscurely 2-edged, but neither dilated nor bordered. 
This very pretty plant is a native of Europe, in Germany, Italy, 
France, Austria, and Britain ; but it appears not to have been found 
in Ireland, as it is not noticed in Mr. Mackay’s Flora Hibernica, 
published in 1836. It is said to be also indigenous to the north of 
Africa. It is quite worthy of cultivation in the garden, and is well 
fitted for ornamenting banks and rock-work. The flowers very 
much resemble those of Lotus corniculalus , t. 249 ; but the plant 
may be readily distinguished from that by its pinnated leaves, and 
its curiously notched legumes. 
