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Lotus AUSTRALIS. Nerw-Ho.uanp Lorus. 
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Clafs and Order. 
DiapELPHIA DEcCANDRIA. 
Generic Chara@er. 
_ Legumen cylindricum ftritum, Ale furfum longitudinaliter 
conniventes, Calyx tubulofus. poke 
Specific CharaGer and Synonym 
LOTUS auffralis ; capitulis paucifloris bra€teatis, foliolis 
ftipulifque obovato-cuneatis zqualibus, leguminibus 
cylindricis glaberrimis. 
LOTUS aujfralis. Bot. Repof. No. 624. 
Desc. Stem fomewhat woody, reddifh, branched, diffufe, 
flexuofe, Leaves trifoliate, petiolated : /eaflets obovate, wedge- 
fhaped, fometimes quite obtufe with a minute mucro, fome- 
times pointed, fmooth above and filky underneath. S¥épules 
attached to the bafe of the petiole, fimilar and nearly equal in 
fize to the leaflets, fo as to give the leaves the appearance of 
being quinate. Peduncles axillary, folitary, three times the 
length of the leaf, roughifh, ftraight. Flowers bright rofe- 
coloured, few, g3—5, growing ina half umbel or capitulum, 
nodding, with an ereét, feffile, trifoliate leaf or brafte on one 
fide. Calyx fubcampanulate, pubefcent; #eeth 5, bilabiately 
arranged, nearly equal, awl-fhaped, longer than the tube. 
la papilionaceous: Standard orbicular, emarginate, re- 
flexed, whitifh and ftriped at the bafe. Wings fomewhat 
lefs, connivent at the upper fides, embracing the keel. Keel 
Narrow, mucronate. Ssamens diadelphous, 1—9. Germen 
_ ¢ylindrical: fyle filiform, naked. Stigma fimple. Legume 
_  ylindrical, quite fmooth, twice the length of the calyx. Seeds 
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