LEGUMINOS^:. LXXIII. LOTOS. 



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long, many-seeded. T? . G. Native of Teneriffe or Mogodor. 

 Flowers yellow. The habit of this plant is very like that of 

 Corotnlla E'merus. 



Shervy Bird'.s-foot Trefoil. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



16 L. PUSILLUS (Viv. fl. libye. p. 47. t. 17. f. 3.) plant diffuse 

 and hairy; stems diverging, filiform, rather stiffish; leaflets, 

 stipulas, and bracteas ovate-elliptic ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 3- 

 times longer than the leaves; legume unknown. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Cyrenaica, on the mountains. Like L. cytisoides and L. 

 secundiflorus. Flowers yellow. 



Leant Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. cliff. 



17 L. MICHAUXIA'NUS (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 211.) 

 plant clothed with hoary tomentum ; stems prostrate ; leaflets 

 obovate, somewhat truncate ; stipulas ovate-roundish ; leaflets 

 smaller than the stipulas ; peduncles axillary, twice the length of 

 the leaves ; heads few-flowered ; bracteas obovate, hardly 

 longer than the calyx ; calycine segments length of tube, but 

 much shorter than the corolla. I/ . H. Native of Persia. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Michavx's Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 



18 L. CRE'TICUS (Lin. spec. 1091.) plant silky ; stems suf- 

 fruticose, ascending ; leaflets obovate ; stipulas ovate, 3-times 

 shorter than the fructiferous peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate, 

 linear, smaller than the calyx ; heads usually containing 4 flowers ; 

 calycine segments lanceolate, length of tube, but much shorter 

 than corolla ; style exserted ; legume terete, smoothish, erect, 

 somewhat torulose. Jj . F. Native of Syria, Candia, and 

 Spain. Cav. icon. 2. p. 44. t. 156. Pluk. phyt. t. 43. f. 1. 

 Flowers yellow. A slender shrub, requiring support. 



Far. ft, various (D. C. prod. 2. p. ill.) taller; stem suffru- 

 ticose. L. varians, Desv. journ, bot. 1814. p. 77. 



Cretan Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1680. Sh. 

 1| foot. 



19 L. CYTISOIDES (Lin. spec. 1092.) stems prostrate at the 

 base, a little branched ; pedicels and calyxes hoary ; leaflets 

 obovate, rather fleshy, covered with adpressed pili ; calycine 

 segments shorter than the tube ; legume somewhat torulose, 

 glabrous; seeds ovoid, bay-coloured, shining. 0. H. Native 

 of Europe, in sterile places by the sea-side. All. pedem. no. 

 1136. t. 20. f. 1. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 555. L. diffusus, Schrank, 

 pi. rar. t. 40. ? but not of Solander. Barrel, icon. t. 1031. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Cythus-like Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. Jul.Aug. Clt.1752. Pl.pr. 



20 L. PROSTRA'TUS (Desf. atl. 2. p. 206.) stems procumbent, 

 much branched ; leaves glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 legume compressed, torulose, spreading. If.. H. Native of 

 the north of Africa. L. Allioni, Desv. journ. bot. and perhaps 

 of Poir. L. cytisoides /3, prostratus, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 211. Flowers yellow. Like L. corniculata. 



Var. /3, uniflorus (Ser. mss. in D. C. 1. c.) flowers solitary ; 

 leaflets smaller. 0. H. Native of the Island of Melos, in 

 the sand by the sea-side. 



Prostrate Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. PI. prostrate. 



21 L. SECUNDIFLORUS (Viv. fl. libyc. 46. t. 21. f. 3.) plant 

 suffruticose, silky and silvery ; stem furrowed ; leaflets obo- 

 vate-cuneated ; stipulas ovate, oblique ; peduncles bearing a 

 head of secund reflexed flowers ; leaflets of the bracteas obo- 

 vate ; calyx somewhat bilabiate, shorter than the corolla ; le- 

 gume glabrous, but unknown in a mature state. . ? H. 

 Native of Cyrenaica, on dry hills. Allied to L. cytisoides. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Secund-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. -| foot. 



22 L. POLYPHY'LLUS (Clark, itin. vol. 3. ex Spreng. neue 

 entd. 3. p. 164.) stem suffruticose ; leaflets linear-parabolic, 

 silky ; flowers usually tern ; legume turgid, glabrous. fj . F. 

 Native on Mount Gargaro. 



Many-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil. Shrub 1 foot. 



23 L. OBTUSA'TUS (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 212.) plant 

 canescent ; stems decumbent ; leaflets and bracteas obovate, 

 clothed with hoary tomentum, mucronulate, rather thickish ; 

 stipulas ovate, much shorter than the peduncles ; heads few- 

 flowered ; calycine segments obtuse, much shorter than the tube 

 and corolla ; style inclosed in the calyx ; legume rather terete, 

 bay-coloured, but ending in a yellow mucrone. Tf,. H. Native 

 of Egypt. Flowers yellow. 



Obtuse-calyxed Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. decumbent. 



24 L. GARCINI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 212.) stems pubescent, 

 branched ; leaflets nearly sessile, and are as well as the stipulas 

 obovate-oblong and pubescent ; flowers axillary, usually soli- 

 tary, almost sessile ; segments of the calyx oblong, villous ; 

 legume glabrous, straight, a little longer than the calyx. . ? H. 

 Native of Persia. A*palathus Persicus, Burm. fl. ind. 155. ex- 

 clusive of the synonymes. Legumes black when dry. Corolla 

 hardly longer than the calyx. Stamens diadelphous. 



Garcin's Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 



2.5 L. DIOSCORIDIS (All. pedem. no. 1131. t. 59. f. 1.) stems 

 erect, branched ; leaflets obovate, thickish, emarginate, glaucous ; 

 stipulas ovate, shorter than the petiole ; peduncles axillary, much 

 longer than the leaves, usually 2-flowered ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, longer than the tube, but shorter than the corolla ; 

 legumes usually twin, long, torulose. 0. H. Native of Pied- 

 mont, and about Nice. Flowers small, yellow. 



Dioacorides's Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 658. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



26 L. GEBE'LIA (Vent. hort. eels. t. 57.) plant glabrous ; 

 stems decumbent, rather woody ; leaflets and stipulas ovate, 

 rather glaucescent ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 heads of long peduncles usually 3-flowered ; calycine segments 

 length of tube, but much shorter than the corolla ; legume cy- 

 lindrical, torulose, thick ; seeds globose, bay-coloured. If. . H. 

 Native about Aleppo, on Mount Gebel-cher. Flowers large, 

 at first red, but at length becoming pale rose-coloured. The 

 pods or legumes are eaten by the inhabitants of its native 

 country, as French beans are with us. 



Gebel-cher Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. decumbent. 



27 L. ARA'BICUS (Lin. mant. 104.) stems prostrate; leaflets 

 and stipulas obovate-cuneated, equal, hoary beneath ; heads few- 

 flowered ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; peduncles length of 

 bracteas ; calycine segments very narrow, longer than the tube ; 

 legume terete, very smooth, somewhat torulose ; seeds somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, variegated. I/ . F. Native of Arabia. Jacq. 

 hort. vind. t. 155. Flowers red. 



Arabian Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. Jul. Sep. Clt. 1773. PI. l|ft. 



28 L. DECU'MBENS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 508.) plant pilose ; 

 stems slender, decumbent, branched ; leaflets and stipulas lan- 

 ceolate ; heads on long peduncles, containing about 4 flowers 

 each ; bracteas lanceolate, about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 calycine segments acute, hardly longer than the tube ; legume 

 rather terete, glabrous, bay-coloured. 0. H. Native of the 

 south of France. Flowers yellow, greenish at the apex. 



Decumbent Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. decumbent. 



29 L. PILOSISSIMUS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 504.) plant very pilose ; 

 stems branched, rather prostrate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; 

 stipulas ovate, acutish ; heads on long peduncles, few-flowered ; 

 bracteas narrow-lanceolate ; calycine segments narrow, acute, 

 longer than the tube ; legume nearly terete, glabrous, brown. 

 0. H. Native of the south of France. L. hispidus, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 354. but not of D. C. Corolla yellow, but be- 

 coming green when dried. Perhaps only a variety of L. his- 

 jiidus. 



