LEGUMINOS^. 



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5. sufiFruticosum. Somewhat shrubby. 

 Leg. globose, 1 -seeded, twice as large as calyx. 

 Teetb of Cal. ti-iangular. (Standard contracted 

 in the middle. — Jordan.) Lts. and Stip. 

 lineari -lanceolate, acute, sUky. w. 6. Barren 

 hills, s. Em-, not in Sic. Koch takes no 

 notice of the different numter of seeds in these 

 two species ; and Jordan says of all the 

 species that the Leg. is usually \-seeded. 



0. decumbens, Jordan. Wing not half as 

 broad as standard. Stem slender at base, and 

 not woody. 



177. LOTUS. 

 i. Legume ttirgid, curved. Flowers \ or 2. 



1. edulis. Diffuse. Leg. baiiiess. Seeds 

 punctato-rugose. Teeth of Cal. lanceolate, 

 tlu-ee times as long as tube. Bracts ovate, 

 equalling calvx. a. 4, 5 . Dry hills on coast 

 of Mdt. 



ii. Legume long, compressed. Flovjers in 

 umlels. 



2. omithopodioides. Diffuse. Leg. 3-5, 

 somewhat jointed, cm'ved, deflexed. Cal. 2- 

 lipped ; lower of 3 unequal teeth. Lts. nearly 

 equal, on short equal stalks. Stip. ovate, a. 

 4, 5, Barren hills, s. Eur. 



3. peregrinus. Diffuse. Leg. 2-3-seeded, 

 jointed, straight, horizontal. Lateral Lts. 

 small and sessile ; terminal stalked, a. s. 

 Em-.— DC. 



iii. Leg. long, nearly cylindrical when ripe. 

 Style toothless. 



a. Lateral Teeth of Calyx shorter. 



4. cytisoides. Leg. somewhat torulose, 

 compressed when yoimg. Cal. hoai-y. Teeth 

 hardly as long as tube. (Stip. oblong, as long 

 as the not dilated leaf-stalk.— Guss., under 

 prostratus.) -w. 5, 6. Coasts of Mdt. 31ost 

 authors consider this species as somewhat 

 shrubby. DC. alone marks it as annual. L. 

 cytisoides of Guss. is marked by ovate stipules. 



5. creticus. Silky, diffuse. Leg. about 

 4-seeded, torulose, straight, nodding. Teeth 

 of Cal. as long as tube. Bracts terminal, 

 shorter than calyx. L. -stalk very short, di- 

 lated. TV. 4, 5. Sandy shores. Sic. 



6. pusillus. " Diffuse, hoary with ad- 

 pressed haii-s. Leg. slender, terete, curved at 

 the end, at last somewhat torulose. Teeth of 

 Cal. as long as tube. Stalks 1-3-flowered. 

 Bracts tei-nate, lanceolate. Lowest L. obovate ; 

 upper oblongo-cuneate. Stip. ovate, exceeding 



L.-stalk. a. 3, 4. Sandy shores, s. Sic." — 



Guss. 



7. coronillifolius. " Glaucous, %vith short 

 adpressed pubescence. Stems slender, much 

 branched. Leg. terete, straight. Seeds glo- 

 bose. Bracts tematc, smaller than calyx. 

 Stip. ovate, longer than the wingless L.-stalk. 

 Lts. small, thick, aU obovate. p. 4, 5. Sandy 

 shores. Mondella at Palermo." — Guss. 



8. patens. " Stems diffuse, produced 

 yearly. Llairs somewhat adpressed. Leg. 

 2-6, straight, hairless. Teeth of Cal. shorter 

 than tube. Lts. obovato-cuneate ; those of 

 ternate Bracts and of upper L. oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate, acute. Stip. ovate, exceeding linear 

 L.-stalk. p. 4, 5. Grassy hills. San Mar- 

 tino, near Palermo, Caputo, S. Anna, Sagana, 

 &c., in Sicily." — Guss. 



9. commutatus. Silky. Stems few, 

 erect, or ascending. Leg. 2-5, straight. Bracts 

 ternate, lineari-spatulate, about equalling ca- 

 lyx. L. spatulato-cuneate, on a short dilated 

 stalk. Stip. ovate, w. 4, 5. Sandy shores. 

 Trapani in the Isl. of RoncigHo." — Guss. 



b. Teeth of Calyx equal. 



10. Dioscoridis. " Branched, erect. Leg, 

 about 2, long, torulose. Common stalk much 

 exceeding L. Teeth of Cal. lanceolate, longer 

 than tube. Bracts ovate, longer than calyx. 

 Stip. ovate, shorter than L.-stalk. Lts. 

 obovate, emarginate, somewhat fleshy, glau- 

 cous, (a. Pers.) Nice." — JiC. from figure 

 in Allioni. 



11. angustissiiuus. Hairy, prostrate. 

 Leg. 1-3, even, hairless, five or six times calyx, 

 very slender ; their common stalk about t"«-ice 

 as long as L. Teeth of Cal. hairy, longer than 

 tube. Bracts unequal or solitary. Stip. se- 

 micordate. Lts. eUiptico-cuneiform, hairy, a. 

 5. Barren coasts, s. and m. Eur. Devonshire, 



12. hispidus. Stems numerous, pros- 

 trate. Leg. 2-6, about three times calyx, 

 even, hairless, dotted. Common stalk far ex- 

 ceeding L. Teeth of Cal. longer than tube. 

 Bracts lanceolate. Stip. ovate or semicordate. 

 Lts. villous, Gimeiform. a. 6, 7- Coasts. 

 Devonsh. w. and s. Fr. It. Jersey. Includes 

 L. parviflorus. 



13. ciliatus. " Prostrate. Leg. usually 

 solitai-y, sessile, hairless. Teeth of Cal. longer 

 than tube, nearly as long as corolla. L. lan- 

 ceolate, smooth, cHiate, as weU as calyx, (a. 

 Sic. — DC.) 3Ioist meadows. Calabria." — Ten, 



