LEGUMINOSiE. LXXIIL Lotus. LXXIV. Tetragonolobus. 



199 



El 



ar 



/fornec? or Common Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Sept. Brit, erect, and are as well as the leaves hairy; leaflets obovate, 



PI. recumbent. acute ; stipulas ovate, rather cordate, size of the leaflets ; heads 



42 L. MA*J0R (Scop. earn. 2. p. 86.) stem erect, tubular, 

 more or less pilose, rarely smooth ; leaflets obovate, fringed, or 

 hairy ; peduncles long, bearing from 6-12 flowers in an umbel ; 

 calycine teeth stellate ; claw of vexillum linear ; shorter fila- 



usually 4-flowered ; legume terete, glabrous. 1/ . H. Native 

 of Candia. Flowers yellow. Habit of Z. corniculatus. 



Marsh Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL July. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 ft. 



48 L. ambi'guus (Besser. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 282.) plant 



^ ments not dilated ; legumes drooping, terete. 1/ . H. Native herbaceous, decumbent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acute, and are 





of Europe^ in wet bushy places, osierholts, and in hedges and 

 ditches. 



Smith, engl. hot. 2091. 

 fl. brit. 794. 



pilose as well as the ovate stipulas ; umbels of flowers on long 



L. corniculatus /3, Hook. scot. 220. L. corni- 

 . culitus /3, m^jor, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 514. L. uligi- 

 ^ n6sus, Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 211. 



Lotus corniculatus y, Smith, peduncles, somewhat bracteate ; legumes torulose, obtuse, awned, 



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spreading. ©. H. Native of Volliynia. Flowers yellow. 

 Ambiguous Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. decumbent, 



•f Species not suffidently known* 



there may be any difference in the agricultural qualities of these „f^ ^- interme'dius (Pers. ench. 2. p. 354.) stems erect, 

 two plants, and whether the present might be capable of culti- villous, herbaceous ; leaflets obovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; 



heads roundish, containing 6-8-flowers, axillary, on long pedun- 

 cles. 



Flowers larger and of * 

 duller orange-colour than those of L. cornkulalus. 



Whether 



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vation in wet meadows, no one has hitherto inquired. 



Var. /3, villbsus ; stems and leaves villous ; erect. L. villosus, 

 Thuill. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 387. 



Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL Jul. Aug. Brit, PL 1 to 3 ft. 

 43 L. CRAssiFOLius (Pers. ench. 2. p. 354.) plant glaucous 



and pilose ; stems recumbent ; leaflets ovate, fleshy ; root thick, 

 fibrous. --'-«-- - - 



0. H. Native of? Flowers purplish. 

 Intermediate Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



50 L. 



PL I foot. 



Lam. diet. 3. p. 612.) 



If . H. Native of the south of Europe, in sterile 

 places by the sea-side. Flowers yellow. ^ 

 ^ sifolius, Pers. 1. c. 



L. cornicul^ta ^, cras- 



Thick-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 PL recumbent. 



44 L. TENUIS (Kit. in Willd. enum. 797.) plant glabrous ; 

 stems decumbent, branched ; leaflets . and stipulas linear-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; legumes usually 4 in an umbel, terete, awned. 

 4. H. Native of Europe, in waste places, particularly in 

 "ungary and France. L. depressus and L. humif ilsus, Willd. 



prod. 



enum. suppL p. 52. ex Link. enum. 2. p. 265. L. tend: 



9 ?, ^' P' ''^^- ^' corniculatus 4, tenuifolius, D. C. 

 ^- p. 214. Flowers yellow. 



Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. Jul. Aujr. Ch. 1816. PL pr. 



45 Ji. FoRSTE^Ri (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 206.) stems recumbent, 

 nearly solid, angular, smooth, and glaucous ; leaves gla 

 smooth above, but 



Fl. June, July. 

 TRiFonA^STRUM (Dcsrous. in 



plant hairy ; stems prostrate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse ; stipulas 

 ovate, acute, small ; flowers capitate ; calyx bilabiate ; upper 

 lip 2-lobed ; lobes acute ; lower lip tridentatc ; bracteas seta- 

 ceous; corolla length of calyx ; legume turgid, villous* 11/ . II. 

 Native of the Levant. Perhaps a species of Dorycnhtm, 



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



51 L. ca'ndidus (Mill. diet. no. 7.) stems erect, branched, 

 hairy ; leaflets tomentose ; heads of flowers nearly globose, 

 hairy. If.. H. Perhaps Dorycnium tomeniosum. Flowers pale- 

 red or white. 



White Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, Aug. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The hardy species of Lotus are well adapted for orna- 

 l' tenuif 6iTus menting rock-work or dry banks. The seeds of the annual kinds 



FL July, Sept. Clt. 1812. 



ucous 



only require to be sown in the open border or on rock-work in 

 spring. The greenhouse and frame kinds grow well in any 

 light soil, and young cuttings of them will root if planted in a 

 pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them ; however, all 

 the species are most easily increased by seeds. 



LXXIV. TETRAGONO'LOBUS(from Terpac, telrasjoxn, 



an angle, and Xo/3oc, a pod ; in reference to the 



anceolate ; peduncles 4 or 5-times the length of the leaves, 

 ^ a^Dearing an umbel of 3-6-flowers, accompanied by a ter- 



yoivia, goma, 



legumes, which are furnished with 4 wings or angles). 



Scop. 



cam. 2 p. 87. Moench. meth. p. 164. D. C. prod. 2. p. 215. 



Scandalida, Neck. elem. no. 1506. 



niinni 1 r 1 »-'-v/-injvvcia, av^v-wi uptime Li u^ a ici- Kjuaiiviaiiua, i.^cviv. i^i^iii. uv/. ±.\j\j\j* 



mim ' 1 ^^ having its teeth shorter than the tube ; le- Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. 



tar;!fi^i? "^'"^y^^*"'^^^^^ ^-H. Native of Bri- "" " " ' 



Wings shorter than the vexillum. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. 



**^tyle flex- 



Le- 



Carina beaked. 



hith^ ^^^s and meadows ; at Hastings, Sussex ; near Bulver- uous. Stigma funnel-shaped, at length obliquely beaked. 



nJrV p'^^^^'^'''^^'^^''^^^^^^'^^^^^ i-----i-^-i r.....-._i._i _....i. . r.,i:„.„ : .. 



the ml* P^^^^^^^^r^y in the Forest-moor, and at Balincho on 

 of Swit 7 f '*''>'^"i^- The plant is said also to be a native 

 of ^;^;i^^ V^ ,^'^^ ^^^ Levant, as well as on the sandy shores 



of Sicily. 



gume cylindrical, furnished with 4 foliaceous wings, so as to 

 give it a tetragonal appearance. — Herbs, with broad leafy sti- 

 pulas, trifoliate leaves, winged petioles, alternate leaflets, axil- 

 lary, 1-2-flowered peduncles, each furnished with a bractea or 



floral leaf at the apex. 



1 T. purpu'reus (Moench. meth. p. 164.) plant pilose ; stems 

 rather decumbent ; leaflets obovate, entire ; stipulas ovate ; 

 flowers solitary or twin ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; legume 

 glabrous, with broad wings; seeds globose. 0. H. Native 

 of the south of Europe. . Lotus tetragonolobus, Lin. spec. 1089. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 553. Curt. hot. mag. 151.— J. Bauh. hist. 2. 

 p. 258. f. 2. Flowers dark-purple. 



Far. ft, minor (Moricand, herb.) stem, leaves, and legumes 



^"TOiate a r 1 " ^"1"^"^'^ Liiuuci ui iiuv.ci», uiai^Lcao *«ix- much smaller. 



late • r^l ' ser than the calyx, which is rather campanu- Purjyle Winged-pea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1769. PL 1 foot. 



_ ,» caiycine secmiPnfQ r.on.i 1 «.,... i .u ^r *.,k^ u,,^ 2 T. biflorus (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 215.) plant pilose, 



1^.? H. Native of Spain, rather decumbent; leaflets obovate, somewhat mucronulatc. 



P 814 'k . ^^cumbens, Forst. tonb. 86. Smith, eng. fl. 3. 



aDnm. 1 """^ ""^ ^^^^- Flowers bright-yellow. This plant 

 .Fioaciies nearer t. 164. but 



the Jl!^' n"^ ^^ ^^^^^' ^^o^t 3 feet high, and every part of 

 ^P^"^^ Imperfectly smooth. ^ ^ ^ 



P-rster's Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



«niooth ' sT^^'^''^^'''''^^^^ ^^^''' '*^^"'^- P- 52- ^- 164.) plant 

 •talkr^fl! ^f.^m erect; leaflets lanceolate, acute, terminal one 



FL July. Brit. PL recumb. 



'^'^g bea * ^ , ovate, somewhat cordate ; peduncles very 

 ceotato /'"«^f^" a capitate umbel of flowers; bracteas Ian- 



much a'^I"^ segments nearly equal, acute, length of tube, but 

 f lo-er! yX;^^" '^^ --11a. 



UH''^f.'^Tf''^J^'''^'^-foot Trefoil. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 



*7L. 



1 to 3 feet. 



rALu'sTRis (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1394.) stems branched, Barbary, and infields about Palermo. 



entire ; stipulas orbicularly-oblong, acuminated ; flowers twin 



bracteas ovate, sliorter than the calyx ; legumes pilose, 



with narrow wings; seeds almost globose. 0. H. Native of 



' ' ~ * Lotus biflorus, Dcsrous. 



or tern 



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