Found originally in Portugal by Professor Brotero, on 

 the sandy sea-coast of Trafaria, at the mouth of the Tagus : 

 it has subsequently been met with in sandy places near 

 Tangier, by Salzmann, from whom we have a specimen. 



It approaches the common Lotus corniculatus in some 

 respects : it is, however, not only known by its more hoary, 

 downy leaves, and deeper yellow flowers, but also by the 

 bidentate stigma. 



It is an annual, and no doubt hardy ; the plants from 

 which our drawing was taken were raised from seed col- 

 lected in TenerhTe by Philip Barker Webb, Esq., from 

 whose Garden at Milford, near Godalming, specimens were 

 communicated in April 1831,by Mr. Young. 



It may perhaps be worth remarking, that this is one of 

 the instances where plants that are natives of the north of 

 Africa, or of the southern countries of Europe, spread north- 

 wards on the west of the European continent exclusively. 



J. L. 



