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xxvi. leguminosyE : viciea:. \Hippocrepis. 
1. A. ebractedtum DC. (Sand J .) ; stem filiform, peduncle 
about equal to the leaves 2 — 4-flowered, stipules very minute, 
leaves pinnate with many pairs of equal elliptic-oblong leaflets, 
the lower ones remote from the stem. E. B. S. t. 2844. 
Sandy ground near Grand Havre, Guernsey, but rare ; Alderney ; 
Scilly. ©. 6 — 8. 
15. Hippocrepis Linn. Horse-shoe Vetch. 
Cal. campanulate. Keel about as long as the wings, acumi- 
nate. Legume compressed, submembranaceous, of numerous 
joints, which are curved like a horse-shoe, so that each legume 
has many notches on one side. — Flowers umbellate, axillary and 
nearly sessile. — Name: Innoc, a horse, and Kpntrig, a shoe ; from 
the form of the notches of the fruit. 
1. II. comdsa L. (tufted II.) ; casspitose, perennial, peduncles 
longer than the leaves, flowers 5 — 8 umbellate, legumes curved 
scabrous with glabrous joints and semicircular notches. E. B. 
t. 31. 
Chalky and limestone banks and pastures, plentiful in the chalky 
counties of England. Near Ayr, Scotland, 7J-. 5 — 8. — Stems 
4 — 6 inches high, much branched and woody at the base. Leaflets 
4 — 6 pairs, with an odd one, obovate-elliptical. Peduncles long. 
Flowers pale yellow, much resembling those of Lotus corniculatus ; 
but the legume is quite different, and very remarkable : its notches are 
about twice as broad as deep, whereas, in the foreign H. glauca, they 
are much wider. 
16. Onobrychis Tourn. Saint-foin. 
Keel truncate, longer than the wings. Legume sessile, of one 
indehiscent joint, compressed, coriaceous, prickly, crested or 
winged. — Flowers racemose. — Name : ovog, an ass, and fjpuxoi, 
to bray ; from that animal braying in order to get at it. 
1. O. sativa Lam. (common S.) ; leaves pinnate nearly gla- 
brous, legumes toothed on the lower margin with elevated 
wrinkles on the sides, wings of the corolla as short as the calyx, 
the keel as long as the standard, stem elongated. Hedysarum 
Onobrychis L. : E. B. t. 96. 
Dry chalky hills and open downs, in various parts of England. 
71. 6,7 A plant cultivated to great advantage in dry, and espe- 
cially chalky, soils. 
Tribe V. Vicieye. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Legume 
1-celled, 2-valved, several-seeded, the suture not introflexed. 
Cotyledons thick, farinaceous. Leaves pinnate, with the common 
petiole not articulated upon the stem , and ending in a tendril , 
