642 DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Lotus. 
than the calyx. poe ate mae of the plant, except the 
leaves, is buried in has been overlooked on this 
account, nothing eo being visible, nee 4 thought of 
pulling them up for examination, but on putting down a knife 
or a stick the w may be raised, and then its flowers and 
ty come into view. ‘The clusters in some of the older plants 
as large as a small nut. Mr. Woopwarp.° First found in 
England by Mr. —_ on the driest sandy er of Yarmouth 
Denis, near the s A. June—Sept. 
LO'TUS. Calyx tuba wings converging length- 
wise and upwards: Jegumens straight, gene- 
rally with cells, 
cornicula‘tus. L, Heads of the flowers flatted at the top: stems herba- 
.__ ceous, trailing: legumens cylindrical, expanding. 
Fl. dan. 991-Curt. 107~Kniph. 7-Ger. 1022. 6-F. B. ii 
355—Wale.—Dod. 573. 2-Lob. obs. 501. 2, and ic. ii. 44 
1—Ger. em. 1190, 5-H. ox. ii. 18, 10—Anderson, Astra- 
galus glycyphyllus~Fuchs, 527-Trag. 594—Lonic. i. 106.3« 
Bloss. sweet-scented. cae Seeds more than 20, Curt. 
Calyx i in this and all the varieties fringed with long soft hairs. 
Petals all on ee te claws. Legum. smoo' 
by a lon camight point. teens Heads with 
a single sitting lea e base. Mr. sara Flowers in 
flatted heads, in a sort cof pes with very short spokes. Blass. 
; wings oblong-egg-sha 
"Birds. foot Claver. Meadows, pastures, heaths, road on 
P. June 
Var. 2. Lys. Larger: stem more upright. 
Riv. tetr.76. 1, Lotus.-F. B. ii. 356. 1. 
Leaves, and especially the unexpanded heads, with a good 
deal of woolliness. Ray. Stem sr. Bas 2 feet high, hardly an- 
- Leaves veined underneath. Lyons. Stipi Ee ee 
» Or roundish, but oe in a point. Mr. 
* The flowers become greenish when dried: in which t respect they 
resemble the ees of the plants which produce Indigo, Cows, goatss 
horses eat heep and swine are not fond of it. Thrips Physap 
io Sound: pune sine. in Hertfordshire i it is cultivated as pasturage io 
sheep. Ber. arr. ed. 1,—It is strongly recommended by Mr. ‘ane 
Cvurr.—There is * dsube b tae it might be cultivated to 
“In moist meadows it grows to a great height, and much PT recky than on 
pe the Sag or Medicago lupulina, and makes extremely good hay: 
