266 WILSON’S OBSERVATIONS, 
than the tube. Stem solid. Legumes a little depressed, chan- 
nelled along the suture, shorter and thicker than in Z. major, 
abruptly rounded at the extremity, so as to appear gibbous 
below the permanent, flattened, and deflexed beak, or base of 
the style. 
31. Lotus major. August 23, 1826. Stems hollow through- 
out. Claw of the standard narrow, but not linear, very little 
vaulted, and not causing any perceptible elevation of the 
upper teeth of the calyx. Calyx-teeth much narrower than 
in the last, being linear, or tapering, and a/ways rather longer 
than the tube; the two upper teeth not differing much from 
the rest, nor distantly separated ; neither do they converge 
as in the last, and the interstice between them is angular at 
the base. Legumes mostly horizontally spreading ; in a half 
ripe state cylindrical, but when ripe much depressed, gradually 
tapering at the extremity, by no means gibbous or abrupt as 
in the last, beak deflexed, sometimes almost hooked. The 
legume has a double ridge, especially along the upper 
suture. i 
32. Lotus decumbens. I fear this will not prove a good 
species. I found about Bangor, specimens of a Lotus some- 
what agreeing with the description, but which I could not 
then satisfactorily distinguish from L. major, differing chiefly 
in size and its procumbent habit. I have not since pursued 
the inquiry. 
- 83. Medicago lupulina. Cheshire, June 7, 1827. Stipules 
semicordate, not lanceolate, toothed. Germen downy, with 
glandular-tipped hairs, falling off as the fruit ripens. 
34. Medicago maculata. Ormeshead, 1826. Stems 4-sided, 
hairy as well as the lower surface of the leaves and the calyx- 
Leaves not always spotted, on long foot-stalks. Leaflets almost 
sessile, inversely heart-shaped, toothed and pointed. Heads 
stalked with three or five flowers, with an ovate bractea at 
the base of each short partial flower-stalk. Pods nearly orbi- 
cular, with 3 turns, the exterior edge furrowed, and beset 
with devaricated curved spines. Calyx-teeth acute, all of 
equal length. 
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