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LEGUMINOS^E. LXXIII. LOTU s. 



I ar. fi,Jiliformis (Poir. 1. c.) stem and branches filiform and 

 very long ; leaflets smaller. 



Very pilose Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. decumbent. 



BO L. nisriDus (Desf. cat. hort. par. 190.) stems numerous, 

 prostrate ; leaflets hispid, oblong-lanceolate ; stipulas ovate ; 

 heads few-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; bracteas lan- 

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

 but shorter than the corolla ; legume compressed, dotted ; seeds 

 orbicularly rcniform, black. 0. H. Native of France, about 

 Bayonne, and of Corsica. Lois. fl. gall. 490. t. 16. D. C. fl. fr. 

 5. p. 572. Flowers yellow. 



Hispid Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 181 7. PI. pr. 



31 L. UNIBRACTEA'TUS (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 48. t. 18. f. 4.) plant 

 diffuse, clothed with rufescent hairs ; leaflets and stipulas ob- 

 ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calycine segments lanceolate- 

 linear, setaceous at the apex, much shorter than the corolla ; 

 wings length of carina, which terminates in a long beak ; bracteas 

 solitary; legume unknown. Q. H. Native of Cyrenaica, on the 

 mountains. Corolla with the vexillum and carina deep-purple, 

 as well as the tops of the wings, the rest yellow. 



One-bractcd Bird's-foot Trefoil. PI. diffuse. 



32 L. SUAVE'OLENS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 354.) stem diffuse, 

 pilose, tomentose ; leaflets ovate, rather oblique ; bracteas 

 usually solitary ; flowers generally 3 on the top of each pedun- 

 cle ; calyx hairy ; legumes terete. l/.H. Native of the south 

 of France. Flowers 3-5 in an umbel, at first pale-yellow, but 

 at length becoming bay-coloured, smelling like those of Lvpinus 

 I/ileus. The plant is like L. //ispidiis, but larger. 



Smeet-scented-fiowered Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. 

 Clt. 1816. PI. ascending. 



33 L. ANGUSTI'SSIMUS (Lin. spec. 1 090.) stems branched, 

 prostrate, tubular, and are as well as the leaves hispid ; leaflets 

 and stipulas ovate or oblong-linear, rather pilose, and glaucous ; 

 heads 1-3-flowered; peduncles hardly twice the length of the 

 leaves ; bracteas unequal or solitary ; calyx loosely hairy ; caly- 

 cine segments fringed, longer than the tube but shorter than the 

 corolla ; legume compressed, 2-edged, very slender, and usually 

 solitary; seeds globose, pale-green. 0. H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. In Britain in meadows towards the sea, on 

 the south and western coasts of England ; on the rockv beach 

 at Hastings, Sussex ; in Devonshire ; in a meadow near St. 

 Vincent's Rocks, Bristol. L. angustifolius, Gouan. hort. 394. 

 J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 356. f. 2. Moris, hist. vol. 2. p. 175. 

 sect. 2.1.18. f. 1. Lotus diffusus, Sol. in Smith, fl. brit. 2. 

 p. 794. engl. bot. t. 925. Flowers yellow. 



1 ery-narroiv-]eaved Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, June, 

 Britain. PI. procumbent. 



34 L. ciLiA*TUs(Ten. prod. p. 44. cat. 1819. p. 58.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets glabrous, with the margins and calyxes ciliated ; 

 legumes solitary, cylindrical, glabrous, sessile. Q. H. Native 

 of Sicily, in humid fields. Flowers yellow. Perhaps only a 

 variety of L. diff'usus. 



Ciliated Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Pl.pr. 



35 L. GRA V CII.IS (Waldst. et Kit. hung. p. 254. t. 229.) stems 

 erect, and are as well as the leaves pilose ; leaflets and stipulas 

 lanceolate ; ' peduncles twice the length of the leaves, usually 

 bearing about 2 flowers ; bracteas equal in length to the calyx ; 

 calycine segments narrow, pilose, longer than the tube, but 

 shorter than the corolla ; legumes linear, very slender, almost 

 terete, glabrous, 6-times longer than the calyx ; seeds nearly 

 globose. O- H. Native of Hungary. Flowers yellow. Per- 

 haps only a variety of L. angtistissimus. 



Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. | ft. 



36 L. IANVGINOSUS (Vent. malm. p. 22. in a note) stems 

 prostrate, branched, and are as well as the leaves woolly ; leaflets 



obcordate ; stipulas ovate-roundish ; peduncles axillary, elon- 

 gated, drooping, 1-flowered. O- H. Native of the Levant. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. Bracteas ovate, hardly equal in length 

 to the calyx ; calycine segments lanceolate, hardly longer than 

 the tube, but much shorter than the corolla. 

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



37 L. COIMBRICE'NSIS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 118. phyt. p. 127. 

 t. 53.) plant rather glabrous ; leaves glaucescent ; intermediate 

 leaflet obovate, lateral ones lanceolate; stipulas ovate ; pedun- 

 cles very short, 1-flowered; calycine segments narrow, length 

 of tube, but shorter than the corolla ; the tops of the leaflets 

 and stipulas ciliated and awned ; legume cylindrical, very long, 

 arched, glabrous ; seeds very numerous, ovate, green. Q. H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, particularly in Portugal, about 

 Coimbra. L. aristatus, D. C. hort. monsp. p. 122. Flowers 

 small, white, with the keel purple. 



Coimbra Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. 

 PL 2 to 3 inches. 



38 L. GLABE'RRIMUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 122.) plant 

 quite smooth, diffuse ; leaflets obovate ; stipulas ovate ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, on very short pedicels ; legumes linear, rather 

 compressed, a little arched. Q. H. Native of? Flowers 

 small, white, but with the carina purple. 



Quite smooth Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. 

 PL 2 to 3 inches. 



39 L. TRICHOCA'RPUS (Lag. nov. gen. 23.) stems decumbent; 

 leaflets cuneated, pilose ; stipulas cordate, twice the length of 

 the common petiole ; braeteas length of calyx ; legumes very 

 lonjr, nearly terete, falcate, tomentose. O- H. Native country 

 unknown. Flowers white, but the keel is dark purple at the 

 apex. Perhaps a hairy-fruited variety of L. Coimbricent,is. 



Hairy-fruited Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt.? PL 

 2 to 3 inches. 



40 L. ODORA'TUS (Sims, bot. mag. 1233.) plant hairy ; steins 

 diffuse; leaflets lanceolate ; stipulas ovate ; bracteas usually 1- 

 leaved, lanceolate ; peduncles long, usually bearing about 5 

 flowers at the apex ; legumes straight, somewhat torulose. 

 O- H. Native of Barbary. Flowers yellow. Perhaps only a 

 variety of L. cortriculatus. 



Sweet-scented Bird's-foot Trefoil. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1804. 

 PL diffuse. 



41 L. CORNICULA'TUS (Lin. spec. 1092.) stems recumbent, 

 pithy ; leaflets obovate, acute, entire, glabrous, or a little hairy ; 

 stipulas ovate ; leaflets of bractea lanceolate or linear ; pedun- 

 cles very long, each bearing 3-4-5 or 10 flowers at the apex, in 

 a kind of flat umbel ; calyx campanulate ; the segments length 

 of tube but much shorter than the corolla ; legumes spreading, 

 nearly cylindrical ; seeds reniform, blackish-green ; filaments 

 all dilated ; claw of the vexillum obovate. "H. . H. Native of 

 Europe, in open grassy pastures, heaths, and commons ; plenti- 

 ful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 2090. Curt. fl. lond. 2. t. 56. 

 Mart. rust. t. 53. Fl. dan. t. 991 . Stems like the leaves glaucous ; 

 underside of the leaves clothed with close-pressed hairs ; but 

 sometimes they are quite smooth ; when this is the case it is L. 

 arrensis of Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 211. Flowers bright yellow, 

 fading to an orange-colour, but becoming dark-green in drying. 

 The vexillum is striped with red at the base in front. This 

 plant has been recommended for cultivation under the erroneous 

 names of Milk-vetch and Astragalus glycyphyllus by the late 

 Dr. Anderson, in his Agricultural Essays, as very excellent for 

 fodder as well as for hay ; it has been tried as a substitute for 

 clover on moist lands, and seems to succeed very well, but to 

 have no particular advantage over the clover. 



Var. ft, alptnus (Schleich. cent, exsic. no. 75.) stems and leaves 

 small ; flowers usually reddish on the outside. Tf.. H. Native 

 of the alps of Switzerland. 

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