564. TWO BROTHERHOODS. TEN MALES. Trifolium. 



biflorum. 40. T. fpikes two-flower'd feffile, involucres hifpid fun- 

 nel-form, leaves lanced. two-flower d. 



fuffocatum. T. ftemlefs fcapelefs, flowers fubfefiile radical, fuf- 



focated. 



Meffanenfe . T. legumes racemed naked one-feeded bow-ftriated 

 half- egg 'd acute, ftem erect. S. Mejfina. 



879. LOTUS. Legume cylindric, upright. Wings 

 converging upwards longitudinally* 

 Cal. tubular. 



* Legumes fewer ^ not conjlituting an head, 



maritlmus, I. L. legumes folitary membrane quadrangular, leaves 

 fmooth, bradles lanced. feai 



fd'iquofus. 2. L. legumes folitary membrane - quadrangular, ftems 

 procumbent, leaves downy underneath, filiqued. 

 tetragonolo- 3. L. legumes folitary membrane-quadrangular, bractes 

 bus. c £>g'd. four-corner-lobed. 



conjugates* 4. L. legumes pair'd membrane- quadrangular, bracles 

 oblong- egg'd. pair'd. 



tetraphyllus. L. legumes folitary, leaves three'd inverfe - heart- 

 wedged, ftipule folitary fimilar, bracles one- 

 leaved, four -leaved, 

 edidis. 6. L. legumes fubfolitary gibbous incurved. eatable, 

 peregrinus. 7. L. legumes moftly two'd linear comprefs'd nodding. 



foreign, 

 engufijfi- 8. L. legumes moftly two'd linear upright erecl, ftem 

 mus. erecl:, peduncles alternate. narrowe/l. 



ctrabicus. 19. L. legumes cylindric awn'd, ftems proftrate. pedun- 

 cles three-flower'd, brakes one-Jeaved. arabian^ 

 crnithopcdi- 9. L. legumes moftly three'd bow'd comprefs'd, Hems 

 aictes. d i ft ufe. bird's foot -like, 



iacobccus. ic. L. legumes moftly three'd, ftem herbaceous erecl", 

 leaflets linear. Jacobean, 



cretlcus. 12. L legumes moftly three'd, ftem fhrubbyifh, leaves 

 filky fhining. cretan. 



tetraphyllus* L. legumes folitary, leaflets inverfe-hearted wedged, 

 ftipu^es folitary. S. four-leaved. 



# * Peduncles 



