Mr. C. Babington on the British Species of Lotus. 265 



slender, slightly uneven, subterete, glabrous, having a long 

 setaceous straight rostrum springing from the superior suture. 

 Seeds minute, orbicular, compressed, pale. 



Hab. var. a. Cornwall, Dr. Jacob. Lanes in Jersey. South coast 

 of Alderney, Jethon and Guernsey. Banks of the Volga. Ch. de 

 Steven in Sm. Herb. Var. /3. Near Hastings, Mr. Dickson. Devon- 

 shire, Dr. Beche. In Jersey. 



4. L. hispidus, Desf. (Cat. Jar. Par. 190.) Vexilli ungue subu- 

 lato, calycibus ante anthesin rectis, laciniis subulatis tubo suo 

 longioribus petalis brevioribus, leguminibus calyce duplo lon- 

 gioribus rugosis teretibus cum rostro elongato setaceo defracto 

 in apice medio locato, pedunculo folio semper longiore, foliolis 

 obovato-lanceolatis, stipulis semicordatis, caulibus procumbenti- 

 bus. DC. Prod. ii. 212. Bot. Gall. 137. Lois.Fl. Gall. 1. 16. 



Fig. 4. L. hispidus. 



Root strong, fibrous, annual. Stems procumbent, nume- 

 rous, nearly simple, filiform, covered, as well as the leaves and 

 calyx, with long hairs. Leaflets obovate, with a minute point. 

 Stipules oblique, semicordate. Bracteas ovate, often solitary, 

 about as long as the calyx. Peduncles always longer than the 

 leaves. Pedicels very short, solitary, or 2 — 3 in each head. 

 Calyx segments longer than their tube, but shorter than the 

 corolla. Flowers, yellow, small. Pods about twice as long as 

 the calyx, thick, slightly uneven, terete, glabrous, having along 

 setaceous rostrum which springs from exactly the middle of 

 the point and is immediately bent down at a right angle. 

 Seeds minute, orbicular, compressed, pale, often with nume- 

 rous very small dark spots. 



Hah. Near Penzance, Cornwall, Mr. H. C. Watson. Dartmouth, 

 Mr. Woods. Guernsey and Alderney, very common. 



The much shorter pod of this species is the most convenient 

 distinguishing mark between it and L. angustissimus ; its habit 

 also is different, and both of them differ remarkably in ap- 

 pearance from the two first species. The great rarity of these 



