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LEGUMINOS.E. LXXIL Dorycnium. LXXIIL Lotus. 



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erect, spreading; leaves sessile; leaflets and stipulas oblong, in Pers. ench. 2. p. 354. gen. et spec, p, 23. Perhaps distinct 

 glaucous, and silky ; heads of flowers roundish ; pedicels short ; from D. microcdrpus. Flowers yellow. 



legume oblong, 2-seeded, rusty ; seeds globose, black, with a 

 white hilum, separated from each other by spongy substance. 

 %. H. Native of the Levant. Lotus Grse'cus, Lin. mant. 104. 

 L. Belgradica, Forsk. descr. fl. aegypt. p. 215. Flowers w^hite, 



Trvo-florvered 



PI. diffuse. 



10 D. dispe'rmum (Ser. mss. in D. C prod. 2. p. 209.) leaf- 

 lets and stipulas oblong, acute, tomentose, very white ; flowers, 

 capitate; legumes 2-seeded, inclosed in the calyx. 0.? H. 

 larger than those of i). hirsutuniy but smaller than those of D. Native of the south of Europe. Lotus dispermus, Desv- journ. 

 rectum. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 77. 



Grecian Dorycnium, PI. 1 to 2 feet. Two^seeded Dorycnium. PI. 



4 D. HiRsuTUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) plant 11 D. herba'ceum (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 417. t. 41.) stems her- 



erect ; leaflets and stipulas obovate, obtuse ; calyx 



clothed with hoary tomentum ; stem erect, suffruticose ; leaves bac 



sessile ; leaflets ovate, lanceolate or obovate ; stipulas lanceo- pilose ; teeth of calyx much shorter than the tube ; heads of 



late ; peduncles when bearing the fruit twice the length of the flowers on long peduncles ; bracteas simple, distinct from the 



leaves ; bracteas lanceolate, equal in length to the calyx ; heads head of flowers ; legume ovate, 3 or 4 times longer than the 



many-flowered : pedicels much shorter than the calyx ; the seg- calyx, many-seeded. 1/ 



Native of the south of Europe. 



ments subulate, and much longer than the tube, but shorter Lotus Dorycnium, Crantz, fl. austr. 402. Flowers white, 

 than the corolla ; legume turgid, oblong, hardly longer than the He ' ~ — - - 



calyx; seeds somewhat reniform. h 



Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1802, PL 1| ft. 



Native of the south 12 D. suffruticosum (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 416.) stems suffVuti- 



of Europe. Lotus hirsutus, Lin. spec. 1091. — J. Bauh. hist. 2. cose ; leaflets and stipulas oblong-lanceolate, acute ; calyx pilose, 



the teeth much shorter than the tube ; heads of flowers on long 

 peduncles; bracteas simple or 3-leaved; legume globose, 1- 

 seeded, twice the length of the calyx ; seeds globose, shining, 

 variegated, P> . H. Native of tho soutli of Eurone. L6tus 



p. 360. Flowers large, pale-red. 



Hairy Dorycnium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1683. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



5 D. TOMEXTosuM (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 300.) plant 

 shrubby, clothed with silky hoary down; heads of flowers more 

 dense, and on shorter peduncles than in the D. hirsufum, Tj 



T? . H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 Dorycnium, Lin. spec. 10!)3. D. monspeliense, Willd. — Lob. 



Native of Italy, in exposed places. Lotus tomentosus, Rhode in icon. 2. p. 51. f • 1 and 2. Flowers white, but with the keel 



Schrad.neue journ. 1809. p, 42. in a note, L. hirsiitus inca- reddish. PlanJ hoary. 

 , Lois. not. p. 116. L. sericeus, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 



122. and fl, fr, 5. p. 573. 

 81. -^ ■■ 



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_ ,. L. aff^inis, Bess. cat. hort. crem. p. 



D. hirsutum var. /3, incanum, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. 

 208. T.. , - ' _ f 



2 to 3 feet. 



Fi. June, May. Clt. IGtO. Shrub 



Flowers large, pale rose-coloured. 



D. argenteum 



yellow, 



Tomentose Borycnium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



6 D. arge'nteum (Delil. fl. segypt. 113. t. 40.) plant silky ; 

 stems suffruticose, prostrate ; leaflets, stipulas, and bracteas 

 mear-lanceolate ; heads 4-6-flowered ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves; calycine segments lanceolate, hardly equalling the corolla 

 m length ; legumes thick, ovate, hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 seeds globose, few. Tj • H. Native of Egypt. 

 Alexandrmum, Lippi, mss. in herb. Juss. Flowers 

 pamted with bay^coloured lines. 



plvery Dorycnium. 



cl th^A ^^.^^^^^^^UM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) plant 

 ^oned with soft hairs; stems rather prostrate; «« 



ceol t' f^'P^^^^ ^^^^^ 5 heads 4-5-flowered ; bracteas simple, lan- 

 ate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; calycine segments 



lei?? "^» ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ in length to the corolla, which is small ; 

 lond^^ ™"g' g^een, rather pellucid, veined transversely, hardly 

 N^t- r?<^^^^^^3^^5 seeds roundish, yellowish-^reen. 0. H. 



PL prostrate. 



Cult. Elegant plants of easy culture, growing best in dry 

 soil. They are all easily increased by seeds. 



LXXIIL Lax US (from Xwroc of Theophrastus, and Dios- 

 corides, but the true Xwrog is Zizijphus Lotos. Lotos was a 

 nymph turned into a tree to avoid the pursuit of Priapus. Ovid. 

 metam. 97, &c. But the name is perhaps of Egyptian origin). 

 Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209. — Lotus, species of Lin. 



Lm. sYST. DiadelphiUy Decandria. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. 

 Wings equal in length to the vexillum. Carina beaked. Legume 

 cylindrical or compressed, wingless. Style straight, crowned by 

 a subulate stigma. — Herbs, with trifoliate leaves, and leafy sti- 

 P^^^^' Peduncles axillary, 1-C-flowered, furnished with a floral 

 leaflets^"ob- simple or trifoliate leaf at the apex. Flowers yellow, rarely white 



Nati en ^"v-^ i seeus rounaisn, yeiiowisn-green. ^. n. 

 Dp^V *i ^^^^^^^ a^^ the Sta^chades Islands. Lotus parviflorus, 



Msn d nP^^^^- ^- ^^1- ^- ^- i^^»- ^^^- 1- P- ^- t. 30. Lotus 

 Flow^^*^* Vi' ^- ^^' ^^^- ^93^- eNclusive of the synonymes. 



^1 //^ '^^^'"S^^^"' ^^™^ narrow, and very long. 

 »sceXg|To'^^ Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. Myn7h:m"eth."l43:_Mor 



\>\LJi\ ^"^I^^ca'rpus (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209.) 

 Fatit clothed with nlli r \t.r ^ ^ " 



or rose-coloured. 



Sect. L Kroke'ria (in honour of A.J. Kroker, author of 

 Flora Silesiaca). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209.— Krokeria, 

 Moench. meth. 143. Legume turdd, curved. Flowers 1-2. 



1 L. EDULis (Lin. spec. 1090.) plant pilose; stems erect ; 

 leaflets ovate, ciliated; flowers 1-3; hracteas ovate, about equal 

 in length to the calyx ; legume turgid, arched, glabrous ; seeds 

 globose, compressed, wrinkled from dots. 0. FL Native of 

 the south of Europe. Cav. icon. t. 157. Krokeria olinrocer^tos, 



Moench. meth. 143. — ^^x^x*^. ...^.. ^. ^.. *.^. - 



Flowers yellow. The pods of this plant are eaten in Candia 



milao — r'"^ siems ascer 



Li'L^r^'^ ^' «°«^ewhat cordate ; 



pdi ; stems ascending ; leaflets obovate ; sti- 



peduncle 



, flowers capitate, on short 



corolla 1 ' ^^^ <Jeeply 5 -parted, hardly equal in length to the 

 longer tl!^^^T^^ ^"^ in a head, rather turgid, glabrous, hardly 

 form r!?'^TT ^^^^^' drooping; seeds 9-11? roundish, reni- 

 '^- 2. n 1 1 o ^^^^^'^ <>f Spain. Lotus microcarpus, Brot. fl. umbellate. 



plan h ?^'^^^^^^^'M 



t^gumesT^ ' ^^^^ branched, diffuse ; peduncles 2-3-flowered J 



^^e calvv'^^^i^^^^S^' ^^^ ^^^' ^^ ^'^^^ ^s the corollas, longer than 



when young by the poorer inhabitants, as we do French beans. 

 £JiWe-podded Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 175D. PI. trailing. 



Sect. TI. Lo'tea (see genus for derivation). D. C. fl. fr. 4. 



Lotea, Medic, phil. bot. fasc. I. p. 

 Legume compressed, long. Flowers 



p. 5.54. prod. 2. p. 209. 

 204. Moench. meth. 151. 



Flowers yellow. 



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cmum. PL ascending. 



(Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p 



stems diffuse ; leaflets obovate-rhomboid, entire ; stipulas ovate ; 

 ) flowers 3-5 in an umbel ; bracteas much longer than the calyx ; 



calyx. 



Native of Spain. Lotus subiflorus, Lag. sed, olive-coloured, smooth. O- H. 



legume compressed, somewhat lomentaceous, glabrous, a little 

 curved and deflexed, of a bay-colour ; seeds globose, compres- 



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