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LEGUiMINOSiE. LXXIII. Lotus. 



Europe. Cav. icon, 2. p. 48. t. 163. Lotea ornithopodioides, 

 Moench. meth. p. 151. Flowers yellow. Seeds about the size 

 of those of L. siliqtibsus. 



Glaucous ^\xdis-^oot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. PI. 



prostrate. 



9 L. sessilifo'lius (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 122.) plant 



Bird''s-foot~rike-\ioiM{edL Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1683. glaucescent ; stem sufFruticose ; leaflets rather fleshy, linear, 



PI. 2 feet long, diffuse. 



sessile, canescent ; stipulas linear ; peduncles very long, axil- 



3 L. PEREGRiNus (Liu. spcc. 1090.) plant pubescent; stems lary; flowers corymbose, on short pedicels; legumes cylindrical, 



diffuse ; leaflets obovate, entire ; stipulas ovate ; flowers 2-3 in 

 an umbel ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; lateral leaflets 

 smallest and sessile, terminal one larger and stalked ; legume 

 compressed, somewhat lomentaceous, glabrous, straight, hori- 

 zontal ; seeds globose, compressed, dark, smooth. ©. H. Na- 



1/. G. 



glabrous, divaricate ; seeds almost globose, small, dark, smootli. 



Native of TenerifTe. L. dorycnoides, Poir. suppl 3. 

 p. 507. Flowers yellow. 



Sessile-leaved Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. I to 1 foot. 



Foreign Bird's-foot Lotus, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1713. PI. 



tive of the south of Europe. L. oligoceratos. Lam. diet. 3. p. 605. .10 L, antuylloides (Vent. malm. p. 92, t. 92.) shrubby; 



leaflets and stipulas spatulate and pilose ; bracteas shorter tban 

 diffuse, 2 feet long.- the calyx ; peduncles long ; flowers on very short pedicels, dis. 



4 L. rNDicus (Lam. diet. 3. p. 606.) plant pubescent ; stems posed in a corymb. \ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 diffuse ; leaflets obovate-llnear, entire ; stipulas lanceolate ; Perhaps only a variety of L. Jacob^eus, with yellow flowers. 



flowers usually twin, opposite the leaves, on very short pedun- 

 cles, bractless ; legume compressed, pilose, erect, hardly arched. 

 ©. H. Native of the East Indies. TrlgoncUa Fndica, Lin. 

 spec. 1095. Burm. fl. ind. 173.— Pluk. phyt. t. 200. f. 7. 

 Flowers yellow. Perhaps a species of Ilosdckia, 



Indian Bird's- foot Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. PI. 

 diffuse. . 



5 L. tetraphy'llus (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 340.) plant rather his- 

 pid; stems prostrate ; leaves with one stipula only; leaflets ob- 

 cordate, cuneated, entire ; flowers axillary, on long peduncles ; 

 bracteas obovate, much shorter than the calyx. ©. H. Native 

 of the Balearic Islands and of Cyrenaica, on the mountains. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 605. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum 

 dark-purple on the outside. Leaves having two leaflets on one 

 side, and one on the other, as well as a terminal one. 



Four-leaved Bird's-foot Lotus. PI. prostrate. 



6 L. suBPiNNA^TUS (Hook. in Beech, voy. p. 17. t. 8.) plant 

 pilose; stems erect ; leaves pinnate, exstipulate ; leaflets 5-6, 2 

 or 3 of these terminal, and other 2 on one side of the petiole, 

 all elliptic; peduncles very short, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered; 

 legume straight, compressed, margins hairy. ©. H. Native 

 of Chili, at Conception. Flowers yellow. Stigma obtuse, not 

 subulate, as in the rest of the genus. It comes nearest to L. 

 tetraphyllusy that species being furnished with one additional 

 leaflet at the side of the petiole, and this is furnished with 2 uni- 

 lateral leaflets. Stamens diadelphous. Lotus utriculatus, Dom- 

 bey. etLag. herb. AnthjHlis Chilensis, D. C. prod. 2. p. 171. 



^owewAa^-pmwa^e-leaved Bird's-foot Lotus. Pi. ^ foot. 



7 L. FLEXUo'sus (Lam. diet. 3. p. 600.) plant pilose ; stems 



Anthyllis-Uke Bird's-foot Lotus. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. June, Aug. Ch.l812. 



11 L. ATROPURPU^REUs (D. C. cat. hort. mousp. p. 121.) plant 

 glaucescent ; stem shrubby ; leaflets and stipulas obovate, 

 smoothish ; bracteas either of 1 or 3 leaflets, obovate ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves ; flowers corymbose, on very short 

 pedicels ; legumes terete, glabrous ; seeds nearly globose, of a 

 greenish-black colour. T2 . G. Native of? Perhaps a variety 

 of Z. Jacohceus. Perhaps a hybrid between L . anthylloides dxA 

 L. Jacohceus. Flowers very dark purple. 



Z)«r^-;)wrp;e-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil, Fl. April, Dec. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



12 L. Jacob^'us (Lin. spec. 1091.) plant rather glaucous; 

 stems shrubby ; leaflets and stipulas linear or linear-spatulate, 

 rather pilose and canescent, mucronate ; bracteas of 1 or 3 linear 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers corymbose, 

 on very short pedicels ; legume terete, glabrous. \ . G- Na- 

 tive of the Island of St. James. We have also seen this planj 

 in the Island of Teneriffe, and in several of the Cape de Vera 



Curt. bot. mag. 79. Mil. 



Moench. meth. suppl. 



islands, particularly in St. Jago. 



fig. 168. Comm. hort. 2. p. 165. t. 83. 



p. 52. Corolla dark-purple, almost black, with the vexillun» 



yellowish. 



a 



Var. /3, luteus ; flowers yellow. Reared in the gardens. 



St. Jago Island Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. all the year. 

 1714. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



13 L. arena'rius (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 120.) stems procum- 

 bent, branched, pubescent ; branches and peduncles erectish, 

 leaflets rather acute, cuneated ; stipulas ovate ; heads 5-1"' 



prostrate, branched, flexuous ; leaflets and stipulas lanceolate, flowered ; bracteas nearly lanceolate, smaller than the c^b^| 

 ciliated, small ; flowers solitary ; peduncle longer than the leaf; ' ^' 



bracteas shorter than the calyx ; calycine segments acute, length 

 of tube, but shorter than the coi'olla. 0. ? H. Native of Eu- 

 rope. Flowers yellow. 



F/exM0«5-stemmed Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1816. PL prostrate. 



Sect. Ill- Eulo'tus (from cv, ew, well or good, and \wroc, 

 lotosy the lotus; in reference to its containing the genuine 

 species). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 210. Legume cylin- 

 drical, long. Flowers disposed in corymbose umbels. 



§ 1. Style furnished with one tooth. 

 8 L. GLAu'cus (Ait. hort. kevv. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 92. ed. 2. 



calyx somewhat bilabiate, the two superior teeth longest ; leguni^ 

 terete, glabrous. ©. H. Native of Portugal, in the sea-sand 

 at Costa da Trafaria, beyond the Tagus. Flowers yellow. 

 Sand Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. PI. procumbent. 



§ 



Styles Without a tooth. 



10 

 14 L. Broussone'tii (Choisy, fl. tenerifF. mss. D.C P^^.V" 



p. 211.) stems shrubby; leaflets broad, obovate, smoothisD» 

 petioles and branches tomentose ; stipulas ovate, obtuse, solita ,» 

 or twin, about the size of the leaflets ; corymbs of flowers te 

 minal, bractless, on short peduncles ; pedicels and caiy^ 

 tomentose ; the segments length of the tube. ^ ^ ^^ 



el 



of Teneriffe or Moffodor. 



BroussoneVs Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



Flowers yellow ? 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



vol. 4. p. 392.) plant gl 



, and pilose ; stems prostrate ; 



leaflets and stipulas thickish, obovate, small ; flowers 3-4 in a p 



)pi 



quite glab 



D. C. pro(J- * 



obo- 



icaiicio a.i\Kx oLijjuiu^* iiai«_evioii, vTMvyvuLi., oiiiciii , iiijvv^ia c#-T in a p. /ill. J piuuL quilU glauruuiS , sicui sum ULicuac; , av««.*--- 



corymb ; bracteas form of the leaflets, shorter than the calyx ; vate, rather retuse ; stipulas ovate-roundish, much smaller tn 



pedicels very short ; legume somewhat lomentaceous, smoothish, the leaflets; corymbs many-flowered, axillary, bractless;!^ 



shining; seeds rather globose, black, smooth. %. F. Native duncles longer tban the leaves; pedicels about the ^^^^\^ 



of Madeira. Flowers yellow. the calyxes ; calycine segments shorter than the tube ; J^o^ 



