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LOT 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



LOT 



7. Loranthus Emarginatus. Racemes axillary, simple ; 

 leaves wedge-shaped, ovate, emarginate. Native of Hispa- 

 niola. 



8. Loranthus Occidentalis. Racemes simple; flowers irre- 

 gular. They appear in April and May. It is found upon 

 trees. Native of South America and the West Indies. 



9. Loranthus Loniceroides. Flowers aggregate-capitate. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



10. Loranthus Stelis. Racemes trichotomous ; peduncles 

 three-cornered ; flowers equal. Native of South America, 

 and the Society Isles. 



11. Loranthus Parvifolius. Peduncles axillary, trifid ; 

 pedicels one-flowered ; leaves ovate, entire. 12. Loranthus 

 Pauciflonis. Peduncles trichotomous, shorter than the 

 leaves ; leaves obovate. Both natives of Jamaica. 



13. Loranthus Pentandrus. Racemes simple; flowers five- 

 cleft; leaves alternate, petioled. Native of the East Indies. 



14. Loranthus Falcatus. Racemes few-flowered, axillary; 

 leaves linear, blunt, laterally sickled, glaucous. Found upon 

 trees near Madras. 



15. Loranthus Spicatus. Spikes quadrangular; flowers 

 small, inodorous, red; leaves quite entire, blunt, smooth. 

 This branching shrubby plant grows upon other shrubs. It 

 flowers in April and May. Native of Carthagena. 



16. Loranthus 'Cochinensis. Peduncles many-flowered, 

 heaped; leaves acute; stem woody, twisted, short, very 

 much branched. It grows upon the branches of trees in the 

 gardens of Cochin-china. 



. 17. Loranthus Pedunculatus. Racemes simple, solitary ; 

 flowers in threes, peduncled. Native of Carthagena, in woods, 

 especially in salt-marshes. 



18. Loranthus Sessilis. Racemes simple, solitary; flowers 

 in threes, sessile. Native of the woods in Carthagena. 

 . Lotus; a genus of the class Diadelphia, order Decandria. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: umbel simple; perianth 

 one-leafed, tubular, half five-cleft ; teeth acute, equal, erect, 

 permanent. Corolla : papilionaceous ; banner roundish, bent 

 down; claw oblong, concave ; wings roundish, shorter than 

 the banner, broad, converging upwards; keel gibbous below, 

 closed above, acuminate, ascending, short. Stamina : fila- 

 menta diadelphous, simple, and nine-cleft, ascending, with 

 broadish tips; antherce small, simple. Pistil: germen colum- 

 nar, oblong; style simple, ascending; stigma an inflected 

 point. Pericarp: legume cylindric, stiff and straight, stuffed, 

 longer than the calix, many-celled, two-valved. Seeds: 

 several, cylindric. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: tubu- 

 lar. Wings: converging longitudinally upwards. Legume: 



cylindric. The species are, 



* With few Legumes, not forming a head. 



1. Lotus Maritimus; Sea Bird's- foot Trefoil. Legumes 

 solitary, membranaceous, quadrangular; leaves smooth; 

 bractes lanceolate. Root perennial ; stems several, decumbent, 

 slender, half a foot long; corolla large, yellow. Native of 

 many parts of Europe on the sea-coast, as Sweden, Denmark, 

 the south of France, the county of Nice, &c. flowering in 

 October. This, which those species that are referred to it, 

 may be propagated by seeds, which should be sown early in 

 April, upon an open bed or border exposed to the sun, where 

 the plants are to remain: when they come up, they must be 

 thinned, leaving them nearly two feet asunder, and afterwards 

 weeding will be all the culture they require. 



2. Lotus Siliquosus ; Square-podded Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes solitary, membrauaceous-quadrangular ; stems pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves pubescent underneath. Flower solitary, ter- 

 minating, large, pale yellow. Native of moist meadows in 

 the south of Europe. See the preceding species. 



3. Lotus Tetragonolobos ; Winged Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes solitary, membranaceous-quadrangular ; bractes 

 ovate. Root annual ; stems several, upright, about a foot 

 long, having at each joint a ternate leaf. It flowers in June 

 and July, and the seed ripens in autumn. It was formerly 

 cultivated as an esculent plant, for the green pods, which 

 are still said to be eaten in some of our northern counties, 

 but they are very coarse. Native of Sicily. This plant is 

 now chiefly cultivated in flower-gardens for ornament. The 

 seeds are sown in patches, five or six together, where they 

 are designed to remain: if they all grow, some of the plants 

 may be pulled up, leaving only two or three in a patch, and 

 afterwards they will require no other care but to keep them 

 clean from weeds. 



4. Lotus Conjugatus ; Twin-podded Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes conjugate, membranaceous-quadrangular; bractes 

 oblong ovate. Stems branching, a foot long. It differs from 

 the preceding in having corollas only half as large. Native 

 of the south of France. See the first species. 



5. Lotus Tetraphyllus ; Four-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes solitary ; leaves ternate, obcordate, wedge-shaped; 

 stipule solitary, similar; bractes one-leafed. Stems filiform; 

 corolla yellow, with the back of the banner dark purple. 

 Native of Majorca. 



6. Lotus Edulis; Esculent Bird's-foot Trefoil. Legumes 

 solitary, gibbous, curved in. An annual, with several trail- 

 ing stalks. The Candians eat the pods when young. 

 Native of Italy and Candia. It flowers with us in July, but 

 seldom ripens seed. See the first species. 



7. Lotus Peregrinus ; Flat-podded Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes subbinate, linear, compressed, nodding. Native of 

 the south of Europe. See the first species. 



8. Lotus Angustissimus ; Narrow-podded Bird's-foot Tre- 

 foil. Legumes subbinate, linear, stiff, upright; stem upright; 

 'peduncles alternate. Root weak, branched ; stems straight, 



numerous, a foot high. Native of the soutli of France. 



9. Lotus Glaucus; Glaucous Bird's-foot Trefoil. Legumes 

 subbinate, cylindrical, smooth; leaflets somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, fleshy, hoary; stipules leaf-form. Biennial, flower- 

 ing from June to August. Native of Madeira. 



10. Lotus Arabicus ; Rcd-ftoivered Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes cylindrical, awned ; steins prostrate; peduncles 

 three-flowered ; bractes one-leafed. Root perennial ; stems 

 several. Native of Arabia. 



1 1 . Lotus Ornithopodioides ; Claw-podded Bird's-foot Tre- 

 foil. Legumes subternate, bowed, compressed ; stems dif- 

 fused. Peduncles axillary, two or three inches long, termi- 

 nated by a cluster of yellow flowers, which sleep during the 

 night with the bractes covering them. Native of Sicily, Pro- 

 vence, and Siberia. See the first species. 



1 2. Lotus Jacobseus ; Dark-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Legumes subternate; stem herbaceous, upright; leaflets 

 linear. Flowers three to five together, of a very rich brown 

 purple. --Native of the Cape de Verd Islands. It is too ten- 

 der to live abroad ; the plants therefore are kept in pots, 

 which in winter are placed in a warm airy glass-case, or dry 

 stove, but in summer are placed abroad in a sheltered situa- 

 tion. It may be easily propagated by cuttings during the 

 summer season, and also by seeds; but the plants which have 

 been two or three times increased by cuttings are seldom 

 fruitful. They are subject to clyiiii; off all at once, and 

 therefore new ones should be constantly raised, especially as 

 this is a very beautiful sort, and almost always in flower. 



13. Lotus Creticus; Silvery Bird's-foot Trefoil. Legumes 

 subternate; stem suffrutescenf, leaves silky, shining. Native 

 of Spain and the Levant. This will not endure the open air 



