LEGUMINOS/E. LXXII. DORYCNIUM. LXXIII. LOTUS. 



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erect, spreading ; leaves sessile ; leaflets and stipulas oblong, 

 glaucous, and silky ; heads of flowers roundish ; pedicels short ; 

 legume oblong, 2-seeded, rusty ; seeds globose, black, with a 

 white hilum, separated from each other by spongy substance. 

 H.. H. Native of the Levant. Lotus Grae'cus, Lin. mant. 104. 

 L. Belgradica, Forsk. descr. fl. aegypt. p. 215. Flowers white, 

 larger than those of D. hirsutmn, but smaller than those of D. 

 rectum. 



Grecian Dorycnium. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 D. HIRSU'TUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) plant 

 clothed with hoary tomentum ; stem erect, suffruticose ; leaves 

 sessile ; leaflets ovate, lanceolate or obovate ; stipulas lanceo- 

 late ; peduncles when bearing the fruit twice the length of the 

 leaves ; bracteas lanceolate, equal in length to the calyx ; heads 

 many-flowered : pedicels much shorter than the calyx ; the seg- 

 ments subulate, and much longer than the tube, but shorter 

 than the corolla ; legume turgid, oblong, hardly longer than the 

 calyx; seeds somewhat reniform. T; . II. Native of the south 

 of Europe. Lotus hirsutus, Lin. spec. 1091. J. Bauh. hist. 2. 

 p. 360. Flowers large, pale-red. 



Hairy Dorycnium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. J to 2 feet. 



5 D. TOMENTOSUM (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 300.) plant 

 shrubby, clothed with silky hoary down ; heads of flowers more 

 dense, and on shorter peduncles than in the D. hirsutmn. f? . H. 

 Native of Italy, in exposed places. Lotus tomentosus, Rhode in 

 Schrad. neue journ. 1809. p. 42. in a note. L. hirsutus inca- 

 nus, Lois. not. p. 116. L. sericeus, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 

 122. and fl. fr. 5. p. 573. L. affinis, Bess. cat. hort. crem. p. 

 81. D. hirsutum var. ft, incanum, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 208. Flowers large, pale rose-coloured. 



Tomentose Dorycnium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



6 D. ARGE'NTEUM (Delil. fl. aegypt. 113. t. 40.) plant silky ; 

 stems suffruticose, prostrate ; leaflets, stipulas, and bracteas 

 linear-lanceolate ; heads 4-6-flowered ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; calycine segments lanceolate, hardly equalling the corolla 

 in length ; legumes thick, ovate, hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 seeds globose, few. Jj . H. Native of Egypt. D. argenteum 

 Alexandrinum, Lippi, mss. in herb. Juss. Flowers yellow, 

 painted with bay-coloured lines. 



Silvery Dorycnium. PI. prostrate. 



7 D. PARVIFLORUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) plant 

 clothed with soft hairs ; stems rather prostrate ; leaflets ob- 

 ovate ; stipulas ovate ; heads 4-5-flowered ; bracteas simple, lan- 

 ceolate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; calycine segments 

 very long, about equal in length to the corolla, which is small ; 

 legume oblong, green, rather pellucid, veined transversely, hardly 

 longer than the calyx ; seeds roundish, yellowish-green. O- H. 

 Native of Corsica and the Sta;chades Islands. Lotus parviflorus, 

 Desf. all. 2. p. 206. t. 211. D. C. icon. rar. 1. p. 9. t. 30. Lotus 

 hispidus, D. C. fl. fr. no. 3937. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Flowers yellowish-green. Carina narrow, and very long. 



Small-flowered Dorycnium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 

 ascending ~ foot. 



8 D. MICROCA'RPUS (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209.) 

 plant clothed with pili ; stems ascending ; leaflets obovate ; sti- 

 pulas ovate or somewhat cordate ; flowers capitate, on short 

 peduncles ; calyx deeply 5-parted, hardly equal in length to the 

 corolla ; legumes 3-4 in a head, rather turgid, glabrous, hardly 

 longer than the calyx, drooping; seeds 9-11? roundish, reni- 

 form. O- H. Native of Spain. Lotus microcarpus, Brot. fl. 

 lus. 2. p. 119. Flowers yellow. 



Small-fruited Dorycnium. PI. ascending. 



9 D. SUBIFLORUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209.) 

 plant hairy ; stem branched, diffuse ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; 

 legumes erect, terete, and are, as well as the corollas, longer than 

 the calyx. Q. H. Native of Spain. Lotus subiflorus, Lag. 



in Pers. cncli. 2. p. .'354. gen. et spec. p. 23. Perhaps distinct 

 from D. microcarpus. Flowers yellow. 

 Tn-o-Jlon-crcd Dorycnium. PI. diffuse. 



10 D. DISPE'RMUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209.) leaf- 

 lets and stipulas oblong, acute, tomentose, very white ; flowers 

 capitate; legumes 2-si j edcd, inclosed in the calyx. Q.1 H. 

 Native of the south of Europe. Lotus dispermus, Desv. journ. 

 bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 77. 



Two-seeded Dorycnium. PI. 



11 D. HERBA'CEUM (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 417. t. 41.) stems her- 

 baceous, erect ; leaflets and stipulas obovate, obtuse ; calyx 

 pilose ; teeth of calyx much shorter than the tube ; heads of 

 flowers on long peduncles ; bracteas simple, distinct from the 

 head of flowers ; legume ovate, 3 or 4 times longer than the 

 calyx, many-seeded. I/ . H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 Lotus Dorycnium, Crantz, fl. austr. 402. Flowers white. 



Herbaceous Dorycnium. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1802. PI. l| ft. 



12 D. SUFFRUTICOSUM (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 416.) stems suffruti- 

 cose ; leaflets and stipulas oblong-lanceolate, acute ; calyx pilose, 

 the teeth much shorter than the tube ; heads of flowers on long 

 peduncles; bracteas simple or 3-leaved; legume globose, 1- 

 seeded, twice the length of the calyx ; seeds globose, shining, 

 variegated. Tj . H. Native of the south of Europe. L6tus 

 Dorycnium, Lin. spec. 1093. D. monspeliense, Willd Lob. 

 icon. 2. p. 51. f. 1 and 2. Flowers white, 'but with the keel 

 reddish. Plant hoary. 



Suffruticose Dorycnium. Fl. June, May. Clt. 1640. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Elegant plants of easy culture, growing best in dry 

 soil. They are all easily increased by seeds. 



LXXIII. LOTUS (from \wroe of Theophrastus, and Dios- 

 corides, but the true Xwros is Zizyphus Lotos. Lotos was a 

 nymph turned into a tree to avoid the pursuit of Priapus. Ovid, 

 metam. 97, &c. But the name is perhaps of Egyptian origin). 

 Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209. Lotus, species of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. 

 Wings equal in length to the vexillum. Carina beaked. Legume 

 cylindrical or compressed, wingless. Style straight, crowned by 

 a subulate stigma. Herbs, with trifoliate leaves, and leafy sti- 

 pulas. Peduncles axillary, 1 -6-flowered, furnished with a floral 

 simple or trifoliate leaf at the apex. Flowers yellow, rarely white 

 or rose-coloured. 



SECT. I. KROKE'RIA (in honour of A. J. Kroker, author of 

 Flora Silesiaca). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 209. Krokeria, 

 Mo2nch. meth. 143. Legume turgid, curved. Flowers 1-2. 



1 L. EDU'LIS (Lin. spec. 1090.) plant pilose; stems erect ; 

 leaflets ovate, ciliated; flowers 1-3; bracteas ovate, about equal 

 in length to the calyx ; legume turgid, arched, glabrous ; seeds 

 globose, compressed, wrinkled from dots. O- H. Native of 

 the south of Europe. Cav. icon. t. 157. Krokeria oligoceratos, 

 Mcench. meth. 143. Moris, hist. 2. p. 176. sect. 2. t. 18. f. 5. 

 Flowers yellow. The pods of this plant are eaten in Candia 

 when young by the poorer inhabitants, as we do French beans. 



*Me-podded Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. trailing. 



SECT. II. LO'TEA (see genus for derivation). D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 554. prod. 2. p. 209. Lotea, Medic, phil. bot. fasc. 1. p. 

 204. Moench. meth. 151. Legume compressed, long. Flowers 

 umbellate. 



2 L. ORNITHOPODIOIDES (Lin. spec. 1091.) plant rather villous; 

 stems diffuse ; leaflets obovate-rhomboid, entire ; stipulas ovate ; 

 flowers 3-5 in an umbel ; bracteas much longer than the calyx ; 

 legume compressed, somewhat lomentaceous, glabrous, a little 

 curved and deflexed, of a bay-colour ; seeds globose, compres- 

 sed, olive-coloured, smooth. O- H. Native of the south of 



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