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scricca alque petiolis brcvissimis, jam cinerasccns aut minus canescens liaud 

 procul a Litore maritimo se praebet atque petiolis subinde minus brcvibus: 

 sub boc slalu inter proposiias varielalcs intcrmcdio , in incerto fucris ad 

 quamnam speclct, ad altcrutram vero aequo jure rcferre ccrtc licuerit co vel 

 magis quod pctioli in ipsis caulibus cx codcm stipite produclis, longitudine 

 variare deprehendantur: longius autcm a litore locisque minus sicribbus cre- 

 scens var. nostra /3 cincreo-vircsccns aut cincreo-glaucescens pctiolis lon- 

 gioribus, non dilatalis ul in var. a sc ofTcrt , nec tamcn constantcr nequc 

 aliud nisi in colore in a argenteo, in |3 viridi-cinerascente quacdam utriuscpie 

 varietatis spccimina nostra oflerunt. Petiolorum autem longiludinem atque cras- 

 silicm in Lotis variare ct minus fidum praeberc specificum cbaracterem, ex 

 collatis inter se Loti corniculati aliorumque varietatibus eruitur. In Lolo 

 jacobaeo cullo, folia vidi aliis in caulibus sessilia, in aliis longiuscule pctiolata. 

 — Ex speciminibus nicacensibus Loti cjtisoidis All. Hcrbar. aliud cum Loti 

 crelici nostri varietate a congruit, caetera valde accedunt ad var. nostram /3, 

 ncc differunt nisi leguminibus longioribus curvatisquc. Paritcrque a nostris dii- 

 ferunt Loli cjlisoidis specimina quacdam e Gallia meridionali. 



54o. LOTUS CORNICULATUS 



L. perennis; foliolis obovatis oblongove lanceolatis; stipulis ovatis 

 lanceolatisve ; pedunculis uni-sexfloris , folium longe superantibus ; 

 calicinis laciniis inter se calicisque tubo subaequalibus; legmninibus 

 teretibus, rectis, patulis. 



Lotus corniculatus Linn. Sp. p. 1092. Willd. Sp. 3. p. i3g5. a. 

 Desf. Fl. atl. 2. p. 2o5. Delil. Fl. aegypt. 111. p. 100. Zeraph. Fl. melit. Thes. 



p. 28. Sibtii. ct Sm. FI. graec. Prod. 2. p. 106. Tenor. Fl. neap. Syll. p. 38o. 



Sedast. et Maur. Fl. rom. Prod. p. 258. Savi Fl. pis. 2. p. 1^7. Bertol. 



Pl. genuens. in Amoen. p. 179. All. ! Fl. pcd. 2. p. 3n. DC. Fl. fr. 4- 



p. 555. Lois. Fl. gall. 2. p. 137. Cambess. En. pl. balear. p. 70. 

 Ic. — Engl. bot. 3o. tab. 2090. Fl. dan. tab. 991. 

 Melilotus nobilis Trag. Hist. p. 5q4- ic. 

 M. germanica Fuchs. Hist. p. 527. ic. 

 Trifolium corniculatum Dod. Pcmpt. p. 5^3. ic. 2. •*■ Lob. Obs. p. 5oi.ic. 2. •♦" 



ct Icon. 2. tab. 44- IC - '•"*" 

 Lotus corniculata , glabra ct birsuta, minor J. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 354- 355. ic. a 



Chabr. Sciagr. p. 157. ic 2. a 

 L. peniaphyllos , glabra Zannich. Ist. tab. 280. 



