CLASS XVI1. ORDER III. | LOTUS. 985 
cles, six to twelve flowered; calyx campanulate, the teeth awl. 
shaped, with a triangular base as long as the tube; claw of the 
vexillum linear, inflated above; leaves obovate, smooth or hairy ; 
legumes linear, cylindrical, straight, smooth. 
English Botany, t. 2091.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 313.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 278.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 82.—L. 
corniculatus, &- major, Ser.—De Cand. Prod. 2. p. 214. 
Similar to the last in all its parts, except being an erect, much 
larger, and stouter plant, with hollow stems, and the claw of the 
vexillum being narrower, but still vaulted above. It is a very 
doubtful species, and perhaps ought only to be considered a variety 
of L. corniculatus. 
Habitat—Sides of ditches, moist places, under hedges, &e. ; 
frequent. 
Perennial ; floweri. 
in July and August. 
3. L. angustis'simus Linn. (Fig. 1143.) Slender Bird sfoot Trefoil. 
Hairy, stem prostrate, heads of one to four flowers, on peduncles, 
about twice as long as the leaves; leaflets and stipules linear, ovate ; 
calyx campanulate, with long slender awl-shaped teeth ; legumes very 
slender, linear, compressed, mostly solitary. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 279.—English Flora, vol. 
iii. p. 315.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 82.—L. diffusus—English Botany, 
t. 925. 
Mich smaller in all its parts than any of the other species, the 
stem and all other parts of the plant clothed more or less profusely 
with long slender spreading hairs. Stem prostrate, much branched, 
slender. Leaves small, ovate, pointed, or linear ovate. Flowers 
small, from one to four, on slender peduncles, about as long again as 
the leaves. Calyx with a bell-shaped tube and slender awl.shaped 
teeth, about as long again as the tube. Legume small, slender, 
cylindrical, compressed, with a prominent suture on each side. 
Habitat—South of England, very rare; near Hastings, Sussex ; 
Kingsteignton and Bishopsteignton, Devon; near tbe Lizard, and 
Penzance, Cornwall; Dartmouth, and the Channel Islands; Strand, 
near Passage, County of Cork, Ireland. 
Annual; flowering in May and June. 
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This small species is readily distinguished from any of the other, 
by smaller leaves and flowers, its hairiness and small slender 
spreading stems. Our specimens from St. Vincent’s Rock, a station 
mentioned by Smith for this plant, are certainly ZL. corniculatus 
d. tenuifolius. 
