Tas. 8603. 
LOTUS camMpyLocLapws, forma VILLOSIOR. 
Canary Islands, 
LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe LOTEAE. 
Lorvus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol, i. p. 490; Brand in Engl. 
Jahrb, vol. xxv. p. 166. 
Lotus (§ Pedrosia) campylocladus, Webb et Berth. Phyt. Canar, vol. ii. 
p. 83, forma villosior, Sprague; caulibus, foliis, calycibus patule villosis, 
foliolis longioribus agnoscendus. 
Herba radice lignoso, a basi ramosa, caulibus ascendentibus basi lignescentibus 
ramosis superne ut folia calycesque breviter densiuscule patule villosis ; 
internodia in planta culta 1-2°5 cm. longa, in silvestribus ad 5 cm. longa. 
Folia petiolata, trifoliolata; foliola subsessilia, cuneata, apice retusa vel 
subtruncata, rarius rotundata, in planta culta 8-6 mm. longa, 1-2 mm, 
lata, in sylvestribus ad 11 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis; petiolus foliolis 
brevior; stipulae foliaceae, petiolum aequantes vel superantes, elliptico- 
oblongae. Umbellae longiuscule pedunculatae, bractea singula suffultae, 
capituliformes, 3-5-florae; pedunculus 8-5 cm. longus; pedicelli vix 
1 mm. longi; bractea sessilis, plerumque unifoliolata, rarius trifoliolata. 
Calyx infundibulari-campanulatus, bilabiatus; lobi ascendentes, subulato- 
lanceolati, tubum aequantes vel superantes, duo postici 4 mm. longi, tres 
antici 2°5-3 mm. longi. Corollae vexilli limbus ovatus, 1 cm. longus, 
luteus, rubro-striatus ; unguis circiter 3 mm. longus marginibus sub angulo 
recto inflexis inferne per 0°5 mm. connatis; alae cymbiformes, auriculatae, 
circiter 1 cm. longae ungue 2°5 mm. longo excluso, auriculis es marginibus 
anticis infra apicem leviter cohaerentes, auriculo vix 1 mm. longo valde 
concavo ; carinae petala antici connata, postice leviter cohaerentia, rostrato- 
cymbiformia, 8°5 mm. longa ungue 2°8 mm. longo excluso, Stamina 
diadelpha, stamen posticum liberum, 8 mm, longum; filamenta antica 
dimidio inferiore connata; partes liberae alterne inaequales, 5 longiores 
4-4°5 mm. longae, apice spongioso-clavatae, 4 breviores 2°5 mm. longae, 
antherae anguste oblongae, 0°5 mm. longae. Ovariwm lineare, 6 mm. 
longum, superne secundum suturam ventralem barbatum; ovula nume- 
rosa; stylus dente postico 0°6 mm. longo 1°5 mm. infra apicem orto 
munitus, stigmate oblique capitato. Legumina subcylindrica, cuspidata, 
2-3 em. longa, nitida.—L. arenarius, Webb et Berth, Phyt. Canar. vol. ii. 
p. 82; non Brot.—T. A. SpraGue. 
The subgenus Pedrosia, Brand, is readily distinguished 
from the rest of the genus Lotus, Linn., by the presence 
of a distinct tooth below the apex of the style. The 
distribution of the subgenus is circumscribed ; that of 
the species L. campylocladus, a form of which is here 
figured, is of the “ Atlantic” type, for it is confined to 
the Atlantic Islands, the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. 
Marcu, 1915. 
