PL ex. cal, 63. LEGUMINOSAE. 373. Astragal. 609 
High sandy and chalk fields ; perennial ; June and July. 
Root creeping, branched ; stem rather branched ; leaflets 
small, hairy beneath; stipules ovate, lanceolate; Iracteae 
very short; flowers purple, sometimes white; legumen hairy, 
1 -seeded, channelled on the back. 
b. Stipules not adherent to the petiole ; flowers yellowish; 
stem prostrate . 
2. Astragalus glycyphyllus. Sweet -leaved milkvetch . 
Stem prostrate ; leaflets bald, ovate, blunt with a point ; 
stipules oval, lanceolate ; racemes peduncled, shorter than 
the leaves ; legumens rather 3-sided, slightly bent. 
Astragalus luteus perennis procumbens vulgaris sive sylvestris, Ran 
Syn. 326, 1. 
Hedysarutn glycyrrhizatuin, Ger. em. 1233. 
Glaux vulgaris leguminosa, seu Glycyrrhiza sylvestris. Park. 109S; de- 
scription not figure. 
Astragalus glycyphyllos, Lin. S. P. 1067. 
Sweet milkvetch. Wild liquorice. Liquorice vetch. 
Woods and hedges on chalk; perennial ; June and July. 
Root branchy ; stem round ; leaves light green ; calyx- 
teeth very short ; legumen many-seeded. 
C. Lathyroidea:. Cotyledons not coming out of the 
ground ; leaves pinnate ; main petiole ending in a filament 
or tendril; stamens 10, diadelphous; legumen 1 -celled. 
XIII. 374. LATHYRUS. Theophrastus. Vetchling . . 
Calyx 5-cut, 2 upper lobes short ; style flat, broad at the 
tip ; hairy or downy before ; legumen oblong, many-seeded. 
—Petiole ending in a tendril. 
a. Annual; peduncle 1 or 3-flower ed. 
1. Lathyrus aphyllus. Leafless vetchling. 
Leaves 0 ; stipules arrowshape, approaching to heartshape, 
very large; peduncles 1 -flowered. 
Aphaca, Raii Syn. 320, 1 ; Ger. em. 1250, 3 j Park . 1067, 
Lathyrus Aphaca, Lin. S. P. 1029. 
Yellow vetchling Small yellow fetch. 
Corn-fields and woods; annual; June to August. 
Stem branchy at bottom; tendrils simple; stipules ribbed, 
glaucous; peduncles bracteated ; flowers small, drooping; 
legumen bald. 
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