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Lotus PINNATUS. PINNATE-LEAVED 
Lotus. 
ERE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
Diapetpuia Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
6h RS 
Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus. Ale vexillum subeequantes ; 
‘Carina rostrata. Legumen cylindraceum vel compressum 
apterum ; stylus rectus; stigma oculo nudo subulatum (vel 
Capitatum.) De C. 
Specific Character. 
Lorus* pinnatus ; foliis pinnatis, foliolis 4jugis cum im- 
pari oblongis glabris. és 
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Descr. Whole plant glabrous. Stems decumbent, branch- 
ed near the base, branches terete, striated. Leaves remote, 
alternate, pinnated with about three pairs of alternate ob- 
long, or, in the wild specimens, obovate leaflets, and ter- 
minated by an odd one. Stipules ovate, rather small, erect, 
appressed. Rachis or main petiole a little swollen at the 
base. _ Peduncles axillary, but generally spreading in a 
direction opposite to that of the leaves, equal to them in 
length or longer, sometimes shorter. Flowers umbellate. 
Pedicels short. Calyx tubular, thick and fleshy at the base, 
the rest rather membranous, four-toothed, the two — 
SaaS 
* A tink ous ryptians and the Greeks to some plant, which 
employed by the Egyptians and the Greeks to some plant, 
Was esteemed as food, sed heneelgeshenss applied to this Genus, of which our 
jpecies, the Lorvs edulis, is used as food by man in Italy; while the others 
are unquestionably good for cattle. 
