LEGUMINOS.E. LXXIII. Lotus. 



197 



Till long, many-seeded. Tp . G. Native of TenerifFe or Mogodor. 



Mi 



Shrub 1 foot. 



Flowers yellow. The habit of this plant is very like that of 23 L. obtusatus (Scr. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p, 212.) plant 



Coronilla E'merus. canescent ; stems decumbent; leaflets and bracteas obovate, 



^iSAew^ Bird's-foot Trefoil. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. clothed with hoary tomentum, mucronulatc, rather thickish ; 



16 L. pusiLLUS (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 47. t. 17. f» 3.) plant diffuse stipulas ovate, much shorter than the peduncles ; heads few- 



lyi and hairy ; stems diverging, filiform, rather stiffish ; leaflets, flowered ; calycine segments obtuse, much shorter than the tube 



m stipidas, and bracteas ovate-elliptic; peduncles 1-flowered, 3- and corolla ; style inclosed in the calyx ; legume ratlier terete, 



times longer than the leaves; legume unknown. ©. H, Na- bay-coloured, but ending in a yellow mucrone. 1^. H. Native 



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tive of Cyrenaica, on the mountains. Like L, cyihoides and Z. 

 secundijldrus. Flow^ers yellow. 



Zea5/ Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Au<r. Clt. 1816. Pl.difl^. 



of Eg 



Iter- plant clothed with hoary tomentum; stems prostrate; leaflets 

 (,^1^; obovate, somewhat truncate ; stipulas ovate-roundish ; leaflets 

 smaller than the stipulas ; peduncles axillary, twice the length of 

 the leaves ; heads few-flowered ; bracteas obovate, hardly 

 longer than the calyx ; calycine segments length of tube, but 

 much shorter than the corolla. 1/. H. Native of Persia. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Mkhaux's Bird's -foot Trefoil. PL prostrate. 



ypt. Flowers yellow\ 

 Oi/?/5e-calyxed Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 24 L. Garcini (D. C. prod. 2. p 



PL decumbent. 



212.) stems pubescent, 



17 L. MicHAuxiA^-us (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 211.) branched; leaflets nearly sessile, and are as well as the stipulas 



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(fcl 



obovate-oblong and pubescent; flowers axillary, usually soli- 

 tary, almost sessile ; segments of the calyx oblong, villous ; 

 legume glabrous, straight, a little longer than tlie calyx. ©. ? H. 

 Native of Persia. Aspalathus Persicus, Burm. fl. ind. 155, ex- 

 clusive of the synonymes. Legumes black when dry. 

 hardly longer than the calyx. Stamens diadelplious. 



Garcln's Bird's-foot Trefoil. PL prostrate. 



25 L. DioscoRiDis (AIL pedcm. no. 1131. t. 50, f. 1.) stems 

 18 L, Cre Ticus (Lin. spec. 1091.) plant silky; stems suf- erect, branched ; leaflets obovate, thickish, emarginate, glaucous ; 



CorolL 



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fruticose, ascending ; leaflets obovate ; stipulas ovate, 3-times 



shorter than the fructiferous peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate, 



linear, smaller than the calyx; heads usually containing 4 flowers; lanceolate, longer than the tube, but shorter than the corolla ; 



calycine segments lanceolate, length of tube, bvit much shorter legumes usually twin, long, torulose. 0. H. Native of Pied- 



stipulas ovate, shorter than the petiole ; peduncles axillary, mucl 



than the leaves, usually 2-flowered ; calycine segments 



longei 



a, I 





than corolla ; style exserted ; legume terete, smoothish, erect, 

 somewhat torulose. ^2 . F. Native of Syria, Candia, and 

 Spain. Cav. 



Flowers yellow. 



mont, and about Nice. Flowers small, yellow. 



Dioscorides's Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1G58. 



icon. 2. p. 44. t. 156.— Pluk. phyt. t. 43. f. 1. PL 1 foot. 



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Sh. 



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2G L. Gebe^lia (Vent, hort, eels. t. 57.) plant glabrous ; 

 stems decumbent, rather woody ; leaflets and stipulas ovate, 

 rather glaucescent ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 heads of long peduncles usually 3-flowered ; calycine segments 

 length of tube, but much sliorter than the corolla ; legume cy- 



^^.... ^y^^. .v^^^.y ocv.^x.^ ^..woixc*..^ c*^ ...i^. lindrical, torulose, thick ; seeds globose, bay-coloured. 7/ . H. 



base, a little branched ; pedicels and calyxes hoary ; leaflets Native about Aleppo, on Mount Gebel-cher. Flowers large, 

 obovate, rather fleshy, covered with adpressed pili ; calycine at first red, but at length becoming pale rose-coloured. The 



A slender shrub, requiring support. 

 ^ Var. ft, varians (D. C. prod. 2. p. 211.) taller; stem sufTru- 

 ticose. L. varians, Desv. journ, bot. 1814. p. 77. 



Cretan Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, Sept. Clt. 1680. 

 foot. 



19 



L, cYTisoiDEs (Lin. spec. 1092.) stems prostrate at the 



segments shorter 

 glabrous 



than the tube ; legume somewhat torulose, pods or 



0. H. Native 



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s. 



, seeds ovoid, bay-coloured, shining. 



ot Europe, in sterile places by the sea-side. AIL pedem. no. 

 1136. t. 20. f. 1. - - ^ ^ 



legumes are 



eaten by the inhabitants of its native 



country, as French beans are with us. 



Gebel-cher Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 181G. 



pl. rar. t. 40. ? 

 Flowers yellow. 



D. C, fl. fr. 4. p. 555, 

 but not of Solander. 



L. dIfFusus, Schrank, PL decumbent. 



Barrel, icon. t. 1031, 



CV//W///:e Bird's-foot T^ FL JuLAug. Clt.1752. Pl.pr. 



20 L. prostra'tus (Desf. atl. 2. p. 206.) stems procumbent, 

 Ji^uch branched ; leaves glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 egume compressed, torulose, spreading. %. H. Native of 

 the north of Africa. - ^ ^ 



of Poir. 

 2. p. 211. 



L. Allioni, Desv. journ. bot. and perhaps 

 L^cytisoides /3, prostratus, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 



Like Z. corniculata. 



27 L. Ara'bicus (Lin. mant. 104.) stems prostrate; leaflets 

 and stipulas obovate-cuneated, equal, hoary beneath ; heads few- 

 flowered ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; peduncles length of 

 bracteas ; calycine segments very narrow, longer than the tube ; 

 legume terete, very smooth, somewhat torulose ; seeds somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, variegated. 1/. F. Native of Arabia. Jacq. 

 hort. vind. t. 155. Flowers red. 



^r«6;an Bird's-foot TrefoiL FL Jul. Sep. Clt. 1773. PLl^ft. 



28 L. decu'aibens (Poir. suppL 3. p, 508.) plant pil 



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Flowers yellow. 



^^r. /3, uniflorus (Ser. mss. in D. C. 1. c.) flowers solitary ; 

 eatlets smaller. 0. H- Native of the Island of Melos, in ccolate; heads on long peduncles, containing about 4 flowers 

 the sand by the sea-side. " " 



prostrate Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



FL June, Aug. PI. prostrate. 



J} • SECUNDiFLoRus (Viv. fl. libyc. 46. t. 21. f. 3.) plant 



ttruticose, silky and silvery; stem furrowed; leaflets obo- 



hp ^'^HP^^^^^ ' stipulas ovate, oblique ; peduncles bearing a 



vat -^ r^""^ reflexed flowers ; leaflets of the bracteas obo- 



^ ' , ^^ somewhat bilabiate, shorter than the corolla ; le- 



K»nie glabrous, but unknown in a mature state. 



aiive of Cyrenaica, on dry hills. Allied to L. cyiisoides. 

 i'lowers yellow. ^ 



fciind^flonered Bird's-foot Trefoil. PL i foot. 

 entT a ^^^^^"^'^Lus (Clark, itin. vol. 3. ex Spreng. neue 

 jn, ' P' ^64.) stem suffruticose ; leaflets linear-parabolic, 



X^fU w**^ '^^"^"y ^^'"^ ; legume turgid, glabrous. ^ . F. 

 *^ati%e on Mount Garjiaro. ^ ° ^ 



stems slender, decumbent, branched ; leaflets and stipulas lan- 

 ceolate; heads on long peduncles, containing about 4 flowers 

 each ; bracteas lanceolate, about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 calycine segments acute, hardly longer than the tube ; legume 



Native of the 



rather terete, glabrous, bay-coloured. 0. II. 



south of France. Flowers yellow, greenish at the apex. 



Z)ec?/?«&^?2/ Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 



PL decumbent. 



29 L. piLosissxMUs (Poir. suppL 3. p. 501.) plant very pilose ; 

 ©.? H. stems branched, rather prostrate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate; 



stipulas ovate, acutish ; heads on long peduncles, few-flowered ; 

 bracteas narrow-lanceolate; calycine segments narrow, acute, 

 longer than the tube; legume nearly terete, gIal)rous, brown. 



L. hfspidus, Pers. 



Native of the south of France. 



0°H. 



ench. 2. p. 354. but not of D. C. Corolla yellow, but be- 

 coming green when dried. Perhaps only a variety of L. hU- 



pidus. 



