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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
THE ALPINE MILK-VETCH. (A. alpinus, Lin.) 
This is a very elegant plant, with slender stems, and drooping racemes of pale lilao flowers, tipped with very 
dark purple. This species can scarcely be called a native of Great Britain, as it has only been found in one 
situation in Scotland. 
GENUS VII. 
THE OXYTROPIS. (Oxytropis, Dec.) 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx 5-toothed. Keel ending in an ex- I with pinnated leaves. Peduncles axillary or radical. Flowers in 
serted point. Stamens diadelphous. Pod two-celled, or half two- spikes. (Dec.) 
celled, the upper suture being turned inwards. Herbaceous plants, I 
Description, &c. —This genus is divided from Astragalus by Professor De Candolle, on account of the keel 
of the corolla ending in a narrow point, instead of being obtuse; and the cells of the legume being formed 
by the indexed margin of the upper suture, instead of the lower. The name of Oxytropis is derived from two 
Greek words, signifying a sharp keel. It is placed in the same Linnaean class and order as the preceding genus. 
1.—THE HAIRY MOUNTAIN OXYTROPIS. (Oxytropis uralensis, Dec.) 
Synonymes. —Astragalus uralensis, Lin.; Phaca uralensis, Wahl. \ leaves. Legumes oblong, tumid, poiuted, shaggy, erect. Leaflets 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 466 ; 2nd ed., t. 1024. ; ovate, acute, all over silky like the calyx. (Smith.) 
Specific Character. —Stem none. Stalk upright, taller than the 
Description, &c. —This plant has only a very small head of purple flowei’S, which appear in June and July. 
It has no proper stem, but the flower-stalk rises from a tuft of pinnate leaves, which are covered with a long 
silky pubescence. The plant is a perennial, and it is very abundant in dry mountainous pastures in Scotland, 
though it has never been found in England. 
2.— THE YELLOW OXYTROPIS. (Oxytropis campestris, Dec.) 
Synonymes. —Astragalus campestris, Lin. ; A. sordidus, Willd. ; Specific Character. —Stem none. Stalk asceuding. Legumes 
Phaca campestris, Wahl. ovate, inflated, hairy, erect. Leaflets lanceolate, acute, somewhat 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 2522 ; 2nd ed., t. 1025 ; and our fig. hairy. (Smith.) 
3, in PI. 27. 
Description, &c. —This species can hardly claim to be considered a real native of Great Britain, as it has 
only been found in Angusshire, in Scotland. It bears considerable resemblance to the preceding species, 
excepting in the colour of the flowers, which are yellow, with a slight tinge of purple on the keel. 
GENUS VIII. 
THE MELILOT. (Mehlotus, Tourn.) 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Lin. Syst. 
Generic Character _Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Keel simple; 
wings shorter than the vexillum. Pod longer than the calyx, coria¬ 
ceous, one or few seeded, indehiscent, of various form. Herbaceous 
Description, &c.—This genus was formerly included in 
plants. Stipules adnate to the petiole. Leaves 3-lcaved; leaflets 
often toothed. Flowers in loose racemes, either yellow or white. 
(Dec.) 
Trifolium , of which Linnaeus made it a section. 
There are numerous species of it found wild in different parts of Europe, particularly in Switzerland ; but only 
