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xxvi. LEGUMlNOSiE : trifolieje. [ Anthjllis . 
any advantage in separating them, particularly as we have seen forms 
between the two. 
2. O. reclinuta L. ( small spreading 11 .) ; herbaceous spread- 
ing viscid and hairy, leaves all ternate, stipules broadly ovate, 
peduncles 1 -flowered, calyx about as long as the corolla, shorter 
than the closely reflexed cylindrical legumes, seeds 14 — 16 
warted. E. B. S. t. 2838. 
Steep bank, close by the sea, about three miles north-west from the 
Mull of Galloway. Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Q 6, 7. 
— This little species is principally found in the South of Europe, and 
could scarcely have found its way to the first of these localities except 
along with ballast. 
5. Anthyllis Linn. Kidney-vetch. 
Cal. inflated, mouth oblique and 5-toothed. Pet. nearly 
equal in length, erect. Keel obtuse or shortly pointed. Legume 
oval, 1 — 3-seeded, enclosed in the permanent calyx. — Leaves 
usually pinnate. — Name: avOoQ a jlouver , and iov\oc, a beard or 
down ; from the downy calyces. 
1. A. Vulnerdria L. (common K., or Lady’s Fingers ); her- 
baceous, leaves pinnate, leaflets unequal, heads of flowers in 
pairs. E. B. t. 104. 
Dry pastures, frequent. With red and sometimes white or cream- 
coloured flowers, in Devonshire, Wales, and South of Ireland, mostly 
by the sea. If. 6 — 8. — Stem ascending. Leaflets 5 — 9, lanceolate, 
entire, hairy, terminal one the largest. Flowers in crowded heads; 
bracteas large, digitate or palmate; calyx hairy, the teeth ovate, 
pointed. 
Tribe II. Trifoliete. Legume l-celled. Stamens diadelphous. 
Stems herbaceous , rarely shrubby. Leaves 3 — 5-foliolate. 
(Gen. 6—10.) 
6. Medicago Linn. Medick. 
Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel obtuse. Legume falcate 
or spirally twisted. — Leaves trifoliolate. — Name : the of 
the Greeks, so called because it was introduced into Greece by 
the Medes. 
1 . M. falcuta L. ( yellow Sichle M.) \ perennial, stem de- 
cumbent slightly hairy, leaflets obovate-oblong toothed, pedun- 
cles racemed, racemes many-flowered subcorymbose, pedicels 
usually longer than the bracteas, legume compressed downy 
falcate or with one spire. E. B. t. 1016. M. sylvestris Fries : 
Bab. 
Dry gravelly banks and old walls, chiefly in Norfolk, Suffolk, and 
Cambridgeshire; rare. 7/.. 6,7 Flowers usually yellow, some- 
