PLcx.cai. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. 370. Lotus. 607 

 y. incanus. Leaves hoary, beneath. 



Lotus corniculatus minor, foliis subtus incanif, Dill, in Rail Syn. 334, 5. 



^. glabra. Leaves bald ; stipules semi-ovate ; Jilaments 

 clubshape. 



Lotus corniculatus 6, Withering Bot, Arr. 808. 



2. Lotus major. Great hirdsj out- trefoil. 



Heads depressed, 20-flowered ; stem upright, pipey, 

 cylindrical ; calyx-teeth bearded, bent back ; legumens cy- 

 lindrical, spreading ; claw of the standard linear. 



Lotus corniculatus major, Raii Sijn.334:, 3. 

 Lotus uliglnosus, Hoffmann Germ. 2, 100. 

 Lotus rectus, De Candolle Fl. Gall. 3939. 

 Lotus major, Smith Engl. Bot- 30, 209 1 . 



Damp places and woods ; perennial ; June and July. 



Stem 3 feet high; branches long, diffuse; slipules nearly 

 heartshape ; flowers golden ; legumens tapering towards the 

 end. I 



^. pilosus. Herb slightly hairy. 

 Lotus pentaphyllus medius, pilosus, Sillen in Raii Syn. 334,4. 



S. Lotus diffusus. Spread birdsfoot-trefoil. 



Peduncles I or 2-flowered; stem much branched, decum- 

 bent ; leaves and calyx hairy ; legumens round, linear, stiff, 

 very slender. 



Lotus ditfusus, Smith Fl. Brit. 794. 



Rocks and sandy shores of the sea ; peren. ; May, .Tune. 

 Leaflets ovate, acute ; peduncles axillary ; flowers golden ; 

 legumens 6 times as long as the calyx ; seeds globular. 



X. 371.GLYCYRRHIZA. Dioscorides. Liquorice. 



Calyx tubular, 2-lipped, upper lip 4- toothed, teeth un- 

 . equal; lower lip simple, linear; keel two-petaled; legumen 

 ovate, rather compressed, 3 to 6-seeded. 



Glycyrrhiza glabra. Bald liquorice, 



IjCgumen bald; stipules 0. 



Glycyrrhiza vulgaris, Raii Syn. 324, 1 ; Ger, em. 1302, 2. 

 Glycyrrhiza vulgaris siliquosa, Park. lOHS. 

 Common liquorice. Sweet root. Stick licorice. 



Cultivated; perennial; 



Flotvers in racemes; /eo^e^^ ovate, rather glutinous be- 

 neath; seldom flowers and never ripens its fruit in England. 

 — Root very sweet, and diminishes rather than increases 

 thirst. 



