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.