John Keble's Parishes

LEGUMINOSE

FURZE (Ulex europæus).-Brilliant on all the commons on gravel or peat.

DWARF FURZE (U. nanus)-Rather less frequent.

BROOM (Genista scoparia).-Exquisite golden spires on the peat.

NEEDLE BROOM (G. anglica).-Cuckoo Bushes.

DYER'S GREENWEED (G. tinctoria).-In a ditch in a meadow on the Ampfield Road.

REST HARROW (Ononis arvensis).-Pretty pink and white blossoms like miniature lady-peas on a troublesome weed.

KIDNEY VETCH (Anthyllis Vulneraria) .-Borders of down.

BLACK MEDICK (Medicago lupulina).-Chalk-pit.

(M. denticulata) .-Ampfield.

MELILOT (Melilotus officinalis).-Kiln Lane, Otterbourne.

BIRDSFOOT (Ornithopus perpusillus).-Otterbourne Hill.

(Trigonella ornithopodioides).-Otterbourne.

TREFOIL ( Trifulium subterraneum).

(T. pratense).

DUTCH CLOVER (T. repens).

HOPDOWN (T. procumbens).

(T. minus).

(T. hybridum).

STRAWBERRY TREFOIL (T. fragiferum).-Once on canal bank.

MILK VETCH (Hippocrepis comosa).-Hursley.

BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL (Lotus corniculatus).-This golden or ruddy part of the embroidery of the down is known to children as Ladies' Slippers or Ladies' Fingers.

(L. major).-A taller variety.

TARE (Ervum hirsutum).-Tiny grey flowers.

(E. tetraspermum).

PURPLE VETCH (Vicia Cracca).-Throwing royal purple garlands over every hedge in the lanes.

COMMON V. (V. sativa).-Very common, varying from crimson to dark red.

WOOD V. (V. sepium).-A brilliant little red flower.

GRASS VETCHLING (Lathyrus Nissolia).-Found once in a bank near Chandler's Ford; once at Silkstede.

WOOD V. (L. sylvestris).-Doubtful, but something like it grows in Sparrow Grove near the waterworks.

YELLOW V. (L. pratensis).-Common, mixed with grass.

HEATH PEA (Orobus tuberosus).-On the peat soil.