96 25. LEGUMIXOSJ5. 



blunt, transversely furrowed, slightly hairy, curved, longer than 

 the calvx, opening with 2 valves. Drv gravellv places, rare. 

 A. VI. VII. E.I. 



10. LO'TUS Linn. BirdVfoot Trefoil. 



1. L. corniculdtus (L.) ; claw of the standard obovate trans- 

 versely vaulted, calyx-teeth adpressed in the bud subulate from 

 a triangular b&se, points of the '2 upper teeth converging, heads 5 

 IQ-floiuered.E. B. 2090. Glabrous or slightly hairy. St. 

 ascending. Angle between the 2 upper calyx-teeth rounded. 

 & st. short, Its. obovate thin, stip. rather narrowly ovate. 

 /3. villosus (8er.) ; upper part of st. 1. and cal. hairy with long 

 spreading hairs. y. crassifolws (Pers.) ; pilose, st. csespitose, 

 leaflets obovate fleshy, stip. ovate. Pastures, drv banks, &c. 

 P. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. L. ten' ids (W. & K.) ; cal.- teeth [short] subulate adpressed 

 in bud, points of upper 2 teeth converging ^wings oblong-obovate 

 lower margin abruptly curved to the apex, head 2 5-fioweredJ lettflets 

 linear [acute \ or linear-obovate, stip. ^-ovate. JS. B. S. 2615. 

 Glabrous or slightly hairy, st. filiform long procumbent or 

 ascending. [Pet. turning green in drying. Meadows and moist banks.] 

 P. VI. VIII. E. S. 



3. L. uliginosus (Schk.) ; claw of the standard linear, caty.v- 

 teeth threading like a star in the bud subulate from a triangular 

 base, tivo upper teeth diverging, heads S \2-Jlowcred, leaflets 

 obovate, stip. roundish-ovate. JE. B. 2091. L. major Scop. ed. 

 viii. Hairy. St. usually erect, 1 3 feet high. Angle between 

 the 2 upper calyx-teeth acute. Sometimes glabrous, the margins 

 and veins of the 1. stip. bracts and sep. cihate, st. erect or pro- 

 cumbent. In damp places. P. VII, VIII. E. S. I. 



4. L. angustis 1 simus (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod linear straight 6 times 

 as long as the calyx, heads about %-jlowered. JS. B. 925. L. 

 diffusus (Ser.). Standard broader than long, not exceeding the 

 wings, fading to a greenish colour. Peduncle of the fl. as long 

 as the 1., of the ir. twice as long ; leaflets and stip. ovate- 

 lanceolate acute ; st. procumbent. /3. Seringianus (Bab.) ; 

 peduncle of the fl. and fr. as long as the leaves, leaflets obovate- 

 oblong, stip. ovate acute, st. ascending. L. an gusli ssimus 

 (Ser.). South of England near the sea. A. VII. VIII. E. 



5. L. hispidus (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 

 teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod rugose terete twice as long 



