30 LEGUMiNos^. Lupinns. 



Valde afl&nis L. alho a quo colore florum, indumento paululiftn diverso et 

 charactere forsan non sat flrme calycis bracteolati tantum differt; semina in 

 utroque raagna depressa. 



10. L. Graecus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 1 , 2 , p. 15) patule villosus, 

 foliolis obovatis superne glaberrimis , racemo densiusculo , floribus 

 alternis intense caeruleis, bracteis linearibus caducis, calycis bracteo- 

 latiiabio superiori bidentato inferiori tridenticulato vel integro, se- 

 minibus lutescentibus fusco-variegatis ©. 



Hab in cultis Laconiae prope Spartam (Boiss !), in monte Malevo prope Pla- 

 tanos (Orph. Fl. Gr. exs. 6191), insula Poros (Wied!). Fl. Apr. 



Duobus prsecedentibus valde affinis sed flores omnino caerulei, labium su- 

 perius bidentatum, semiria non concoloria. 



LOTONONIS 



(D.C. M^m. Leg. 223 sub {Ononide) — Leohordea Del. Fragm. FI. 

 Arab. p. 23). 



Calyx lobis quatuor superioribus per paria connatis inferiore an- 

 gustiore. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata. Legumen 

 rectum vel obliquum, Semina strophiolata. — HerbfB vel suffrutices 

 foliis digitatis in nostris trifoliolatis , facie Argyrolohii. 



1. L. dichotoma (Del. Fl. Eg. 111. n» 717 sub Loto) annua to- 

 raentosa, caulibus tenuibus diffusis dichotome ramosissimis, foUolis 

 cuneato-obovatis obtusis , floribus minutis subsessilibus 3-6-nis alari- 

 bus vel oppositifoliis , calycis trifidi segmentis lateralibus infimo 

 duplo longioribus , carina obtusa vexilluni excedente calyce sesqui- 

 longiore^ legumine oblongo-subclavato calycem excedente 6-10 sper- 

 mo, seminibus reniformibus majusculis rugulosis ©. Leobordea lotoi- 

 dea Delile Fragm. tab. l. — Lotononis Leobordea Benth. Lond. 

 Journ. H, p. 607. 



Hab. fn arenosis deserti .^gyptiaco-Arabici (Figari!), peninsulse Sinaicae 

 (Ehrenb ! Laborde, Bov6 ! Schimp. exs. 414 ! Auch. exs. 1041 1 Boiss !). Fl. Apr. 



Flores ochroleuci. 



Ar. Geogr. Africa bor. interior in prov. Constantine, Abyssinia. 



2. L. Persica (Jaub. et Sp. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1843 sub Leoborded) 

 <mnua adpresse tomentosa, caulibustenuibusdiffusis dichotome ramo- 

 sis, foliolis cuneato-obovatis obtusis,floribus minutis subsessilibus 3-6- 

 nis alaribus vel oppositifoliis, calycis trifidi segmentis laleralibus infimo 

 duplo longioribus , carinft obtusa vexilloque subsequilongis calycem 

 vix excedentibus, legumine oblongo 4-5-spermo calyci sub^quilongo, 

 seminibus reniformibus minutis laevigatis 0. L. sphcerocarpa Jaub. 

 et Sp. loc. cit. (nomen improprium). 



