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6. Lotus {Hirfutus) capitulis hirfucis, caule erecto liir- 



fiuo, Icguriunibus ovatis. 



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Bird's-foot 



foot 



Hort. Uplal. 220. Bird's- 

 foot Trefoil with hairy hecds^ an ereB hairy falk^ and 

 cval feds. Lotus penraphyllos filiquofus viHofus. 

 C. B. P. 332, Five-leaved^ hairy ^ podded Bird'' s-foct 



Trefoil, 



Lotus {Candidas) capitulis fubglobofis hiriutis, caule 

 credo ramolb, hirfuto, foliis tomcntofis. 

 Trefoil %vith -globular heads^ which are hairy ^ an upright 

 Iranching hairy flalky and woolly leaves, Lotus hre- 

 morrhoidalis humilior & candidior. Tourn. Inft. 403. 

 Lower bird'S'fcot Trefoil^ having whiter leaves, 



8, Lotus (Prnitbopodicidcs) Leguminibus lubquinatis ar- 

 cuatis comprcffis, caulibus difFufis. Hort. Cliff. 372. 



Bird's-foot Trefoil zviih five arched comprejfed pods^ and 

 . diffiifedfialks, Lotus filiquis ornkhopodii. C. B. P. 

 332. Bird's- foot Trefoil with pods like birds feet, 



9, Lotus {Peregrinus) leguminibus fubbinatis lincari- 

 bus comprefils nutantibus. Hort. Cliff. 372, Bird's- 



Trefoil zvith two narrow comprejfed nodding pods. 

 Lotus liliquis geminis pcregrina. Eoerh. InJ. 2. 

 p. 38. Foreign Bird's-foot Trefoil with twin pods, 



10, Lotus (jPr^/t?;7/?j) leguminibus folitariis reCtis tere- 



tibus terminalibus, caule ereclo. Sauv, Monlp. 189. 



Bird'S'foot Trefoil with an ercB flalk,^' terminated by a 



fingle,,^ taper ^ ere^t pod, Lotus pratenfis filiquofa kitea. 



C. B. P. 332, TelloW'i 7neadow^ podded Bird's-foot 

 Trefoil 



J I. Lotus [Edulis) leguminibus fubfolitariis gibbis in- 



curvis. Hort. Cliff. '37b. ' Bird's-foot Trefoil with 



fmgle^ convex ^ incurved pods, 'l:^ol^^%1^txiX.z:^^ViO%^ fili- 



qua cornuta. C. B. P; ^'^z.^iFiye-leaved Bird'^-fcot 



Trefoil with horned pods. - -^^ ■ ' -^^^-^^-^-^ " - -^" 



12. Lotus {Maritirmis) leguminibus folitariis membra- 

 naceo-quadrahgulatis, ■brafteis lahceolatls. It, Oel. 



. .. 143. Flor. Suec. 610, --Bird's-fpot Trefoil with fingle 

 pods %phicb . are quadrangular by a membrane^ a7td a 

 y fpear-fhaped braBe^e, Lotus marltima lutea filiquofa, 

 \.., folio pingui glabro. Bot. Monfp. Podded, yellow f 

 ,;. ^maritinic Bird's-foot Trefoil with a fmootb leaf* - ■ - ■ 



13. Lotus {Conjugatus) leguminibus conjugatis mem-^ 

 :,.. branaceo quadrangulis, brafteis oblongo-ovatis. Lin. 

 K, Sp. Plant, y J Ji^. Bird's-foot Trefoil with conjugated pods' 



which are quadrangular by a membrane, and oblong oval 

 ■■iraLlea, Lotus lutea, filiqua angulosa. Boerh. Ind. 



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irt thofe paftures where thcfc pl.mts have grown, thnf 

 the cattle of all fores have avoided caring" them, but 

 the Grafs all round them has been eaten very bare. I 

 have cut the plants when young, and given it to va- 

 rious kinds of animals, but could never get them to 

 eat it i and yet the feeds of thefe have been gathered 

 and fold by fome quacks in hufbandry, under the 

 title of Lady's Finger Grafs, to be fown as an im- 

 provement to land for pafture. 



The roots of thefe are perennial, fo are difficult to 

 get out when they have had long poffeffion of the 

 land i and they produce great quantities of feeds, 

 v/hich is caft about by the elafticity of the pods whca 

 ripe, to a confiderable diilance ; they fiowcr in June, 

 and the feeds ripen in September. 

 The fourth fort grows naturaHy in the fouth of 

 France, in Italy, and Sicily; this has by fome been 

 fuppofed the Cytifus of Virgil, but without founda- 

 tion, for it does not anfwer the defcription given of 

 that plant. This hath a ftrong perennjal root, from 

 which arife many upright ftrong ftalks from three to 

 four feet high, covered with a purpliih bark, and to- 

 ward the top fend out a few fide branches ; thefe 

 are garnilhed at every joint by a trifoliate leaf, whofe 

 lobes are wedge-fhaped ; at the bafe of the foot- 

 ftalk are placed tv/o heart-fhaped lobes fitting clofe 

 to the branch; the leaves are hairy on their under 

 *f5tie;" the flowers are produced at the end of the 



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'" branches almoft in globular heads, fitting clofe to 

 '■ the foot-ftalk : ttiefe are of a pale fiefh colour and 

 appear in June, and are fucceeded by fmooth ftrait 

 pods almoft an inch long, which change to a brown 

 colour when ripe, and contain feveral roundifh feeds 

 ■which ripen in Septemlier.^'lt is rarely cultiVated 

 * but in botanic 'gardehs for VaVietyV but if any jier- 

 ion has an inclination to cultivate this plant for feed- 

 ing o^ cattle, it. .may be done in the fame way as 

 the Lucern, for which' tliere is full direflrions m the 

 article Medicago. It rifes eafily from feeds^ is very 

 hardy, and will thrive on any light dry poor ground. 

 Cows and horfes will eat this plant when green, but 

 1 have not tried if they will feed on it when made 

 into nav. ' . ^ ' 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Syria and Crete 5 

 this rifes with (lender ftalks which require fupport. 



. , ^lt..2.p.37. Tellow Bird's-foot Trefoil with angular pods,] 'from three to four feet high, fending out a few fide 



14. Lotus {Tctragonolobus) leguminibus folitariis mem- 

 i branaced-quadvarlgulatis, bratteis ovatis." TTort! Up- 

 ■*; fal. 22b.- Bird's-foot Trefoil with Jingle fbds which are 

 ; quadrangular, ' with a membranej-'and oval b^aSlcte, 

 '■ Lotus ruber fiiiqua angulosa. C. B. P. 332.^ '\^^i 





branches ; thefe are garnilhed at each joint with neat 

 ' fliinihg filvery leaves whicRT'are triFoIiate^ and'Iiave 

 '■**'/t^o'appendigcs" at^tRe liafe" of their foot-ftalks;^^^^^ 



he other forts; they are in fhape like the former. 





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little fmaln 



er, and have an acute point at their 



' Bird's-foot Trefoil with angular pods f commonly called /. top. ^ The foot-ftallcs of the flowersr"which are from 



.mf7(Tfir1 Pp/t > i : *.^4.'-;iA.i^^"^ : rtfe;"^ : "^ '^ "*^(^te^ ' twn tfi three inches lonp-. arife from the fide of thf* 



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15. Lotus {Cytifoidcs) capitulis dimidiatis, caule dif- 



,„fyfo raniofiflimb, folii^jpmentofis. Prod. Leyd, 387. 



Mird'sf'oot Trefoil with heads divided into two equal parts^ 



''■'** ^ ' ""alkland woolly leaves.' ^l^oius 



^^ ' two t6 three inches long, arife from the fide of the 



branches^ and fuftain heads of yellpw flowers, which 



art in the middle, each head containino; four or fix 



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X a very branching 

 -filiquofa maritima lutea, Cytifi facie. ^Barrer.'Icoh. 

 1031. Podded, yellow, maritime Bird's-foot Trefoilm^h 



the appearance of Cytifus. 

 16.. Lotus {Jacohaus) leguminibus fubternatis, caule 

 ' herbaceo erefto, foliis linearibus.^ Hort. Cliff. '372. 



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owTrs ) 'thefe appear in May, June,' and July, and 

 are fucceeded by long taper pods filled with roqndifti 

 ^feeds' which ripen in thS atiturnhV^' 





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Bird's-foot Trefoil with three\ 

 \fialk and narrow leaves':- Lotus 'auguftifolia,' flordili- 

 xeopurpurafcente,*inful^ St. Jacobi. Hort. Amft.j^. 

 p. 1 6 £.' Narrow-leaved Sir d^ s-foot Trefoil of St, James's 

 yiand^ with a yellow pur phjh Jiower, --.*-<i.T.:. .^,.*%r^4: ■. 

 l7/LbTus '(i)m'^«/V?;/) capitulis aphyllis, foliis feffili- 

 • bus quinatis. Lin. Sp. PlaiTt. 7^6.^^ Bird^s-foot Trefoil 

 wUk .naked heaJs, " and ledveT^placed by Jives yitting 

 clofe to jhe h'anches. Dorycniuni Mpnfpelienfij^im, 

 Lob. Icon, 51 r I)crjr»/z/»^ of Montpelitr.-'*'^''^^'' 

 The firft,*fccond, and third forts grow naturally in 

 rnany parts of England, fo are rarely admitted Into 

 ardens. VL^hen thefe grow in moift landTahd 'li' 

 )ady fitu alio n, "they fend out ftalks near two feet 

 long V but ypoi^- dry chalky and gravelly ground, 

 their n:alks iare not more than four or five inches long, 

 and lie flat upon 'the ground? '^ I have always obferved 



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•This fort has a perennial ft^Jk^'bqt is too tender to 

 live through the wi^nter in the "open air in England, fo 

 is Icept in pots anS removed into the green-houfe in 

 ."'autumn^ and treated' like other hardy exotic plants 

 ' which only require pfotedtion from froft^'^ fo want nq 

 ^r 2:ftificial heat. It may be propagated by feeds^ which 

 ' r if fown off a bed of light earth in April, the plants will 

 "come up in about a month after, and in another 

 \>^ month will be fit to remove jwhen they mould be each 

 ^ i -puYinb a fepara^^ filled with^frefh light 



' T earth, 'placing them'mifie Ihade till they, haye t|ken 

 ; -hew r6gtV ,then they majr >e rem^v^^ to a; jheltx^ 



>-^firn;4rion:' where thev mav remam till autumn. ''-" \ - 



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g' lanted during any of the fumm^r months, upon a 

 ^d of ligh't earth, cd^^ering thpm clofe with a bell 

 * ' or hahd-grafs,' and fcreening them from the fun^ in 

 ^bout five or fix \Mfeks they wi_U have taken ropt, 



^ wlien they muft be ^r^^^^ air, and 



' foon after may be planted in p6t?,'an3 treated in the 



fame w?y as the feedling plants, - ■ • j-:^; ~ i^ 





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