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LEGUMINOS^. LXXIIL Lotus. 



Var. (i.fiUformis (Poir. I.e.) stem and branches filiform and obcordate ; stipulas ovate-roundish; peduncles axillary, elon- 



very long ; leaflets smaller. 



Very 'pilose Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 PI. decumbent. 



FL June, July. Clt. 1818. 



gated, drooping, 1 -flowered. 



Flowers rose-coloured. 



O. H. Native of the Levant 



_. _ . ^ Bracteas ovate, hardly equal in lenrfi 



to the calyx ; calycine segments lanceolate, hardly longer taan 



SO L. HispiDUS (Desf. cat. hort. par. 190.) stems numerous, the tube, but much shorter than Uie corolla. 



leaflets hispid, oblong-lanceolate; stipulas ovate; 



Woolly Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 



37 Jj. Coimbrice'nsis (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 118. phyt. p. 121. 



t. 53.) plant rather glabrous ; leaves glaucescent ; intermediate 



leaflet obovate, lateral ones lanceolate ; stipulas ovate ; pedun- 



Native of France, about cles very short, 1 -flowered; calycine segments narrow, lengtl 



prostrate ; 



heads few-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; bracteas lan- 

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

 but shorter than the corolla; legume compressed, dotted ; seeds 

 orbicularly reniform, black. 0. H. 



Bayonne, and of Corsica. Lois. fl. gall. 490. t. 1(5. D. C. fl. fr. 



572. Flowers yellow. 



//;.v;;;j Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. PL pr. 



31 L. unibractea'tus (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 48. t. 18. f. 4.) plant 

 diflTuse, clothed with rufescent hairs ; leaflets and stipulas ob- 

 ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calycine segments lanceolate- small, white, with the keel purple. 



5. p 



of tube, but shorter than the corolla; the tops of the leaflets 

 and stipulas cihated and awned ; legume cylindrical, very long, 

 *arched, glabrous ; seeds very numerous, ovate, green. 0.a 

 Native of the south of Europe, particularly in Portugal, about 

 Coimbra. L. aristatus, D. C. hort. monsp. p. 122. Flowen 



linear, setaceous at the apex, much shorter than the corolla ; 



Coimhra Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 18O0, 



wings length of carina, whicli terminates in a long beak ; bracteas PI. 2 to 3 inches. 



solitary ; legume unknown. ©. H. Native of Cyrenaica, on the 

 mountains. Corolla with the vexillum and carina deep-purple, 

 as well as the tops of the wings, the rest yellow. 

 One-bracted Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. diffuse. 



38 L. glabe'rrimus (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 122.) plant 

 quite smooth, diffuse ; leaflets obovate ; stipulas ovate ; flowen 

 axillary, solitary, on very short pedicels ; legumes linear, ratker 

 compressed, a little arched, 0. H. Native of? Flowen 



32 L. suave'olens (Pers. ench. 2. p 

 pilose, tomentose ; leaflets ovate, rather oblique ; bracteas 

 usually solitary ; flowers generally 3 on the top of each pedun- 



1/ . H. Native of the south 



354.) stem diffuse, small, white, but w^ith the carina purple. 



Quite smooth Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, June. CU, 1815. 



PI. 2 to 3 inches. 



PI. ascending. 



cle ; calyx hairy; legumes terete. l/.H. Native of the south 39 L. trichoca'rpus (Lag. nov. gen. 23.) stems decumbent; 



of France. Flowers 3-5 in an umbel, at first pale-yellow, but leaflets cuneated, pilose; stipulas cordate, twice the length of 

 at length becoming bay-coloured, smelling like those of Lupinus 

 luteus. The plant is like L, hispidusy but larger. 



Sivcet-scented-Aowcred Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, Aug. 

 Clt. 1816. 



33 L. angust/ssimus (Lin. spec. 1090.) stems branched, 

 prostrate, tubular, and are as well as the leaves hispid ; leaflets 

 and stipulas ovate or oblong-linear, rather pilose, and glaucous ; 

 heads 1-3-flowered ; peduncles hardly twice the length of the 

 leaves ; bracteas unequal or solitary ; calyx loosely hairy ; caly- 

 cine segments fringed, longer than the tube but shorter than the 

 corolla ; legume compressed, 2-edged, very slender, and usually 

 solitary; seeds globose, pale-green. ©. H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. In Britain in meadows towards the sea, on 

 the south and western coasts of England ; on the rocky beach 

 at Hastings, Sussex ; in Devonshire ; in a meadow near St. 

 Vincent's Rocks, Bristol. L. angustif olius, Gouan. hort. 394. 



J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 356. f- 2. — Moris, hist. vol. 2. p, 175. 

 sect. 2. t. 18. f. 1. Lotus diffijsiis, Sol. in Smith, fl. brit. 2. 

 p. 794. engl. hot. t. 925. Flowers yellow. 



Ferv/-?irtrron-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Britain. PI. procumbent. 



the common petiole ; bracteas length of calyx ; legumes very 

 long, nearly terete, falcate, tomentose. 0. H. Native countrj 

 unknown. Flowers white, but the keel is dark purple at tre 

 apex. Perhaps a hairy-fruited variety of L. Coimhncen&is. 



Hairy-fruited Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt? PI- 

 2 to 3 inches. 



40 L. odora'tus (Sims, hot. mag. 1233.) plant hairy; steiw 

 diffuse ; leaflets lanceolate ; stipulas ovate ; bracteas usually I* 

 leaved, lanceolate ; peduncles long, usually bearing aoout ^ 

 flowers at the anex : leerumes straight, somewhat torulose. 



wets yellow. Perhaps only a 



O. H. 



apex ; legumes 

 Native of Barbary. 



Flowers y 



FL May, June 



84 L, cilia'tus (Ten. prod. p. 44. cat. 1819. p. 58. )stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets glabrous, with the margins and calyxes ciliated ; 

 legumes solitary, cylindrical, glabrous, sessile. ©. H. Native 

 of Sicily, in humid fields. Flowers yellow. Perhaps only a 

 variety of L. diffiisus. 



C/Zm^ec? Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Pl.pr. 



variety of Z. corniculatus. .., 



Sweet-scented Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.l8U». 



PI. diffuse. , , 



41 L. coRNicxjLATUS (Lin. spec. 1092.) stems recumbeni. 



pithy ; leaflets obovate, acute, entire, glabrous, o^.^'^^"^^'! 

 stipulas ovate ; leaflets of bractea lanceolate or linear ; p^ 

 cles very long, each bearing 3-4-5 or 10 flowers at the ^P^^*^^ 

 a kind of flat umbel ; calyx campanulate ; the segments leng 

 of tube but much shorter than the corolla ; legumes ^F^^^^^^ 

 nearly cylindrical; seeds reniform, blackish-green; ^ . ^j( 

 all dilated; claw of the vexillum obovate. !(.. H. ^^^\ ^ 

 Europe, in open grassy pastures, heaths, and commons ; p 

 ful in Britain. Smith, engl. hot. 2090. Curt. fl. lond. 2- 1- ' 

 Mart. rust. t. 53. Fl. dan. t. 991. Stems like the leaves glauco^j 

 underside of the leaves clothed with close-pressed "^^^j^^^ 

 sometimes they are quite smooth ; when tliis is the case ^ 



3o L. gra'cilis (Waldst. et Kit. hung. p. 254. t. 229.) stems arvensis of Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 211. 



erect, and are as well as the leaves pilose ; leaflets and stipulas fading to an orange-colour, but becoming dark-green i^ 

 lanceolate ; peduncles twice the length of the leaves, usually 

 bearing about 2 flowers ; bracteas equal in length to the caly> 

 calycine segments narrow, pilose, longer than the tube, but 



Flowers bright yeiio^ 

 The vexillum is striped with red at the base in troni- 



plant has been recommended for cultivation under ^"^^^v )s(e 



names of Milk-vetch and Astrdgalus glycyphtjllus by Ui^^^ ^^ 



shorter than the corolla ; legumes linear, very slender, almost Dr. Anderson, in his Agricultural Essays, as very exce ^^ 



♦r^^r.f^ rrloi^^rtiic? n_fi'innc lnnrTi^*« fiioti fi^o *^oi, v . o^^c^A^ v^z^o^Ur foddcr 38 wcll as for hay ; it has been tried as a subst ^ 



clover on moist lands, and seems to succeed very well, 

 have no particular advantage over the clover. , .^^ 



Far. /3, alpmus (Sclileich. cent, exsic. no. 75.) stems ana^^^^^ 



terete, glabrous, 6-times longer than the calyx ; seeds nearly 



globose. 



haps only a variety of L. angustissimus. 

 Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



0. H. Native of Hungary. Flowers yellow. Per- 



36 L. LANVGiNosvs (Vent. 



Fl. Ju.Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl.ift. 

 malm. p. 22. in a note) stems 



prostrate, branched, and are as well as the leaves woolly ; leaflets 



small ; flowers usually reddish on the outside, 

 of the alps of Switzerland. 



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