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yellowish-white, striped with pink, in axillary clusters. Calyx pubescent, be- 

 coming inflated, and often marked with red ; teeth 5, small, equal. 

 Dry fields and hills, local. April-June. 



HYMENOCARPUS Savi. 



H. circinatus Savi. An annual, 6-18 in., softly pubescent. Lower leaves 

 simple, the others imparipinnate, sessile, with 2-4 pairs of entire, oblong-lanceo- 

 late unequal leaflets, the terminal being largest. Stipules none. Flowers 2-6, 

 in umbels on axillary peduncles, yellow. Pod reniform, flat, with veined sides, 

 broadly winged and spiny. 



In crops and elsewhere, occasionally in Alpes-Marit. April, May. Ville- 

 franche, lie Ste. Marguerite near Cannes. Introduced by seed at Cap Brun 

 near Toulon. 



DORYCNOPSIS Boiss. 



D. Qerardi Boiss. Plant glabrescent, straggling, 1-3 ft. high. Stems 

 numerous, rather wiry, slender and with few leaves. Leaves imparipinnate, with 

 2-4 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, entire and almost equal. Flowers very small, 

 bright rose, 15-20 in small hemispherical heads, axillary and terminal, long 

 peduncled. Calyx pubescent, with small acuminate equal teeth. Pod small, 

 ovoid, glabrous, indehiscent, i seeded. 



Woods, railway banks, and hill-sides in the Var, local. May-July. Can be 

 seen well by the railway between Pardigon and La Croix. 



DORYCNIUM Adans. 



D. pentaphyllum Scop. Sub-species D. gracile Jord. Plant about 

 2 ft. high, slender though bushy; stems almost herbaceous. Leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile, pubescent. Flowers 10-15, ver y small, in heads on long 

 peduncles and rather one-sided. Standard pinkish-white, keel bluish. Calyx 

 teeth as long as tube. Pod ovoid or subglobular, mucronate, with slightly keeled 

 sutures. 



Damp places and grassy spots near the sea. May-July. 



Sub-species D. suffruticosum Vill. Under-shrub 1-2 ft. high, much 

 branched. Stems woody, with erect branches. Leaflets linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter, silky. Flowers 5-12, not unilateral. Pedicels shorter than calyx-tube. 

 Calyx-teeth shorter than tube. Standard white, violin shaped, keel marked with 

 bluish-black at top. Pod ovoid or globular, obtuse with keeled sutures. 



Dry woods and slopes, common. April- June. 



BONJEANIA Reichb. 



B. hirsuta Reichb. = Lotus hirsutus L . Shrubby plant, 1-2 ft. high, cottony. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, with common petiole, shorter than the lanceolate 

 stipules. Flowers large, 5-10 in. loose heads. Corolla twice as long as calyx; 

 standard and wings white stained with pink, keel purple-black. Pods few, oblong, 

 short, thick and mucronate. 



Dry slopes, borders of fields, etc. May -June. 



B. recta Reichb. = Lotus rectus L. (Plate XII). Plant erect, 2-3 ft. high, 

 hairy above. Leaflets broadly cuneate, glaucous below, hairy, with common 

 petiole nearly as long as the stipules. Stipules ovate-acute. Flowers numerous, 

 small, pinkish-white with purple-black keel. Pods numerous, linear-cylindrical, 

 mucronate. 



Damp places, sides of streams, etc., on the littoral. May-July. 



TETRAGONOLOBUS Scop. 



T. siliquosus Roth. = Lotus siliquosus L. (Plate XI). Plant 6-12 in., 

 covered with soft hairs. Stems prostrate or ascending. Leaflets obovate, 

 apiculate, glaucescent. Stipules embracing, longer than the petiole. Flowers 

 pale yellow, 1-2 on peduncles much longer than the leaf. Pod cylindrical, with 

 4 narrow wings. 



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