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2. Cor. yellow, shorter than, or scarcely as long as, the cal. 
Stipules lanceolate, brownish. Stems 10—20 cm long.— 
Hills; T. W. Y. 6 . . . . Column® All. 490. 
— Cor. rose-coloured (rarely white or violet), longer than 
the cal. Stipules demi-oval, herbaceous. Stems40—70 cm3 
3. Cal. enlarged at maturity, longer than the pod. Stem 
prostrate or ascending, with or without simple spiny 
branches. Leaflets oval, pubescent-glandular. O. repens 
Koch.—Yaried with violet fls, also b. fallax (0. mitis 
Gmel. ? O. hircina auct. helv. non Jacq.). Stem erect, 
almost without spines, leaflets larger.—Road- and field- 
sides; everywhere; b. Graub., Tess., Wall. 6 
procurrens Wallr. 491. 
— Cal. almost unaltered at maturity, shorter or barely so 
long as the pod. Stem ascending, always with spiny 
(often geminate) branches. Leaflets oblong, not very 
hairy.—Road-sides, dry pasturages; as a rule less com¬ 
mon than the last 6 spinosa Wallr. 492. 
4(1). Fls yellow, streaked with red veins. Leaflets oblong. 
—Gravelly places; T. W. V. 6 . . Natrix L. 493. 
— Fls rose-coloured. Leaflets large, almost orbicular.—As 
the last; G. T. W. V. B. A. 5 . rotundifolia L. 494. 
140. Anthyllis. Kidney-Vetch. XYI, 12. 
1. Ls with 1—5 pairs of leaflets; leaflets unequal, the 
terminal one much larger (sometimes the only one 
present). Fls yellow.—b. alpestris Heg. Fls whitish or 
pale yellow, more or less tinted with red, or (v. Dille- 
niiSchult.?) entirely red.—Dry meadows, slopes; every¬ 
where: b. Central and southern Alp.; with red fls near 
Zermatt. 5 . Vulneraria L. 495. 
2. Ls with 10—13 pairs of leaflets; leaflets almost equal. 
Fls red. — Rocky places of the Jura (Creux du Yan, Dole), 
Saleve. 6.montana L. 496. 
141. Medicago. Medick. XVII, 8. 
1. Fls of moderate size (8—12 mm). Perenn. pis with ob¬ 
long-cuneiform or linear-cuneiform leaflets . 2 
— Fls small (yellow). Ann. pis with obovate or rhomboidal- 
obovate leaflets. 3 
2. Fls violet, blue or lilac. Pod twisted spirally with 14/2 — 3 
turns.Lucerne.—Cultivated and subspontaneous. 6 
sativa L. 497. 
— Fls of a more or less vivid yellow. Pod sickle-shaped, 
or with only 3 /4 of a turn. Stems most commonly pro¬ 
strate. Racemes and bracts shorter than in the last. — 
Road-sides, slopes; distrib. 5 . . falcata L. 498. 
