Ord. 3.] DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 151 



18. T.fi/iforme, 18.1257. (Slender T.) Clusters lax, of few flowers. 

 Common stalks capillary, wavy. Standard even. Stems prostrate. 

 Leaflets all nearly sessile. 

 Grassy past. 0. 6, 7. Very slender, smooth. Fl. small, yellow. 



367. LOTUS. Bird's-foot-trefoil. 



1. L. corniculdtus, 30. 2090. (Common B.) Heads depressed, of few 



flowers. Stems recumbent, pithy. Legumes spreading- ; nearly 



cylindrical. Claw of the standard obovate. Filaments all dilated. 



Past. If. . 6 — 8. Hairs close-pressed. Fl. brig/it yell. ; keel pale yell. 



2. L. major, 30, 2091. (Greater B.) Heads depressed, many-flowered. 



Stems erect, tubular. Legumes drooping, cylindrical. Claw of 

 the standard linear. Shorter filaments not dilated. 

 Wet bushy pi. Ij.. 7, 8. Larger, 2—3/ Hairs loosely spread. 

 Fl. dull orange. 



3. L. tenuis, Suppl. 2615. L. decumbens, E. Fl. (Slender B.) Heads 



of few flowers. Stems recumbent, nearly solid. Legumes some- 

 what spreading, cylindrical, two-edged. Calyx hairy ; its teeth 

 shorter than the tube. 

 Fields and mead. If . 6. Stems spread , partly prostrate. Umbels 

 of 3 — 6 yellow fl. 



4. L. angustissimus, L. diffusus, 13. 925. (Slender B.) Flowers so- 



litary, or in pairs. Stems much branched, prostrate, tubular. 

 Legumes two-edged, very slender, somewhat compressed. Calyx 

 loosely hairy ; its teeth fringed, twice the length of the tube. 

 Rocky pi. near the sea. If ? 5, 6. Smaller, with fine long hairs. Fl. 

 yell. 



368. MEDICiGO. Medick. 



1. M. sat'wa, 25. 1749. (Purple M. Lucerne.) Clusters upright. 



Legumes spiral. Stem erect, smooth. 

 Mead. past, and hedges. If. 6, 7. Fl. violet. A variety of the next ? 



2. M.falcata, 15. 1016. (Sickle-podded M.J Clusters upright. Le- 



gumes sickle-shaped. Stem procumbent. 

 Gravelly banks. If. 7. Fl. pale yellow, or green, occasionally violet. 



3. M. lupulina, 14.971. (Black M. Nonsuch.) Spikes ovate, erect. 



Legumes kidney-shaped, rugged and veiny, single-seeded. Stem 

 procumbent. 

 Mead, and past. . 5 — 8. Fl. small, bright yell. Legume black. 



4. M. maculata, M. polymorpha, 23. 1616. (Spotted M.) Stalks 



two- or three-flowered. Leaflets inversely heart-shaped, spotted. 

 Stipulas dilated, sharply toothed. Legumes spiral, depressed, 

 fringed with long spreading bristles. 

 Gravelly soil. 0.5,6. Prostrate. Fl. yellow. Legumes brown. 



5. M. muriedta, Sm. Rees Cyclop, v. 23. n. 27. (Flat-toothed M.) 



Stalks barely three-flowered. Stipulas deeply toothed, hairy. 

 Legumes even, with short depressed, radiating teeth, in a single 

 row. 

 Sea coast. 0. 6. Leafl. obovate, somewhat rhomboid, hairy. 



