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LEGUMINOS^E. LXXIII. LOTUS. 



Europe. Cav. icon. 2. p. 48. t. 163. Lotea ornithopodioides, 

 Moench. meth. p. 151. Flowers yellow. Seeds about the sitfe 

 of those of />. silit/ubsus. 



Bird's-foot-like-poddcA Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1683. 

 PL 2 feet long, diffuse. 



3 L. PEREGRINUS (Lin. spec. 1090.) plant pubescent ; stems 

 diffuse ; leaflets obovate, entire ; stipnlas ovate ; flowers 2-3 in 

 an umbel ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; lateral leaflets 

 smallest and sessile, terminal one larger and stalked ; legume 

 compressed, somewhat lome'ntaceous, glabrous, straight, hori- 

 zontal ; seeds globose, compressed, dark, smooth. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Europe. L. oligoceratos, Lam. diet. 3. p. 605. 



Foreign Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1713. PL 

 diffuse, 2 feet long. 



4 L. I'NDICUS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 606.) plant pubescent ; stems 

 diffuse ; leaflets obovate-linear, entire ; stipulas lanceolate ; 

 flowers usually twin, opposite the leaves, on very short pedun- 

 cles, bractless ; legume compressed, pilose, erect, hardly arched. 

 O- H. Native of the East Indies. Trigonella I'ndiea, Lin. 

 spec. 1095. Burm. fl. ind. 173. Pluk. phyt. t. 200. f. 7. 

 Flowers yellow. Perhaps a species of Hosdckia. 



Indian Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. PL 

 diffuse. 



5 L. TETRAPHY'LLUS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 340.) plant rather his- 

 pid ; stems prostrate ; leaves with one stipula only ; leaflets ob- 

 cordate, cuneated, entire ; flowers axillary, on long peduncles ; 

 bracteas obovate, much shorter than the calyx. Q. H. Native 

 of the Balearic Islands and of Cyrenaica, on the mountains. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 605. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum 

 dark-purple on the outside. Leaves having two leaflets on one 

 side, and one on the other, as well as a terminal one. 



Four-leaved Bird's-foot Lotus. PI. prostrate. 



6 L. SUBPINNA'TUS (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 17. t. 8.) plant 

 pilose; stems erect ; leaves pinnate, exstipulate; leaflets 5-6, 2 

 or 3 of these terminal, and other 2 on one side of the petiole, 

 all elliptic; peduncles very short, axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered; 

 legume straight, compressed, margins hairy. Q. H. Native 

 of Chili, at Conception. Flowers yellow. Stigma obtuse, not 

 subulate, as in the rest of the genus. It comes nearest to L. 

 tetraphyllus, that species being furnished with one additional 

 leaflet at the side of the petiole, and this is furnished with 2 uni- 

 lateral leaflets. Stamens diadelphous. Lotus utriculatus, Dom- 

 bey. et Lag. herb. Anthyllis Chilensis, D. C. prod. 2. p. 171. 



Soinemhal-jiinnate-lcaved Bird's-foot Lotus. PL -^ foot. 



7 L. FLEXUO'SUS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 606.) plant pilose ; stems 

 prostrate, branched, flexuous ; leaflets and stipulas lanceolate, 

 ciliated, small ; flowers solitary; peduncle longer than the leaf; 

 bracteas shorter than the calyx ; calycine segments acute, length 

 of tube, but shorter than the corolla. Q.I H. Native of Eu- 

 rope. Flowers yellow. 



Flexuous-stvmmed Bird's-foot Lotus. FL June, Aug. Clt. 

 1816. PL prostrate. 



SECT. III. EULO'TUS (from tv, eu, well or good, and XWT-OC, 

 lotos, the lotus; in reference to its containing the genuine 

 species). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 210. Legume cylin- 

 drical, long. Flowers disposed in corymbose umbels. 



1. Style furnished with one tooth. 



8 L. OLAU'CUS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 92. ed. 2. 

 vol.4, p. 392.) plant glaucous, and pilose; stems prostrate; 

 leaflets and stipulas thickish, obovate, small ; flowers 3-4 in a 

 corymb ; bracteas form of the leaflets, shorter than the calyx ; 

 pedicels very short ; legume somewhat lomentaceous, smootliish, 

 shining ; seeds rather globose, black, smooth. % . F. Native 

 of Madeira. Flowers yellow. 



G/Wcows Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. PL 

 prostrate. 



9 L. SESSILIFO LIUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 122.) plant 

 glaucescent ; stem stiflVutico<e ; leaflets rather fleshy, linear, 

 sessile, canescent ; stipulas linear ; peduncles very long, axil- 

 lary ; flowers corymbose, on short pedicels ; legumes cylindrical, 

 glabrous, divaricate; seeds almost globose, small, dark, smooth. 

 If.. G. Native of Teneriffe. L. dorycnoides, Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. 507. Flowers yellow. 



Sessile-leaved Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL | to 1 foot. 



10 L. ANTHYLLOIDES (Vent. malm. p. 92. t. 92.) shrubby ; 

 leaflets and stipulas spatulate and pilose ; bracteas shorter than 

 the calyx ; peduncles long ; flowers on very short pedicels, dis- 

 posed in a corymb. )j . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Perhaps only a variety of L. Jacobceus, with yellow flowers. 



AnthijUts-Vike Bird's-foot Lotus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



11 L. ATROPURPU'REUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 121.) plant 

 glaucescent ; stem shrubby ; leaflets and stipulas obovate, 

 smootliish ; bracteas either of 1 or 3 leaflets, obovate ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves ; flowers corymbose, on very short 

 pedicels ; legumes terete, glabrous ; seeds nearly globose, of a 

 greenish-black colour. fj G. Native of? Perhaps a variety 

 of L. Jacobceu*. Perhaps a hybrid between L. anlhijlloldes and 

 L. Jacobceus. Flowers very dark purple. 



Dark-pitrple-ftowcred Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL April, Dec. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



12 L. JACOE/E'US (Lin. spec. 1091.) plant rather glaucous ; 

 stems shrubby ; leaflets and stipnlas linear or linear-spatulate, 

 rather pilose and canescent, mucronate ; bracteas of 1 or 3 linear 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers corymbose, 

 on very short pedicels ; legume terete, glabrous. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Island of St. James. We have also seen this plant 

 in the Island of Tenerifle, and in several of the Cape de Verd 

 islands, particularly in St. Jago. Curt. bot. mag. 79. Mill, 

 fig. 168. Comm. hort 2. p. 165. t. 83. Moench. meth. suppl. 

 p. 52. Corolla dark-purple, almost black, with the vexillum 

 yellowish. 



Var. ft, luteus ; flowers yellow. Reared in the gardens. 

 St. Jago Island Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. all the year. Clt. 

 1714. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



13 L. ARENA V RIUS (Brot. fl. Ins. 2. p. 120.) stems procum- 

 bent, branched, pubescent ; branches and peduncles erectish ; 

 leaflets rather acute, cuneated; stipulas ovate; heads 5-10- 

 flowered ; bracteas nearly lanceolate, smaller than the calyx ; 

 calyx somewhat bilabiate, the two superior teetli longest ; legume 

 terete, glabrous. Q. H. Native of Portugal, in the sea-sand 

 at Costa da Trafaria, beyond the Tagus. Flowers yellow. 



Sand Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. PL procumbent. 



2. Styles without a tooth. 



14 L. BROUSSONE'TII (Choisy, fl. teneriff. mss. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 211.) stems shrubby; leaflets broad, obovate, smootliish; 

 petioles and branches tomentose ; stipulas ovate, obtuse, solitary, 

 or twin, about the size of the leaflets ; corymbs of flowers ter- 

 minal, bractless, on short peduncles ; pedicels and calyxes 

 tomentose ; the segments length of the tube. Tj . G. Native 

 of Tenerifte or Mogodor. Flowers yellow ? 



Broussonet's Bird's-foot Trefoil. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



1 5 L. SPECTA'BILIS (Choisy, fl. teneriff. mss. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 211.) plant quite glabrous; stem suffruticose ; leaflets obo- 

 vate, rather retuse ; stipulas ovate-roundish, much smaller than 

 the leaflets ; corymbs many-flowered, axillary, bractless ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves ; pedicels about the length of 

 the calyxes ; calycine segments shorter than the tube ; legume 



