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upon a fhort foorftalk, and two at its bafe: they 
are of a dufky green colour, and foft to the 
touch. 
The flowers ftand on pedicles rifing from the 
bofoms of the leaves, two ufually on each; and 
they are large and beautiful : their colour is crim- 
fon, and they have a look of velvet. 
The pods are fhort and thick, and have four 
membranous edges, which give them a fquare 
afpect, ; 
The feeds are large and yellowifh. 
It is a native of Spain, but is in fome parts of 
England cultivated in gardens for the fake of 
the feeds, which are pleafant and wholefome. 
Many eat them in the manner of peafe. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lotus ruber filiqua angulofa. 
Our people, Crimfon-pea, or Velvet-pea. 
2. Small {quare-podded Lotus. 
Lotus filiqua quadrata minor. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and branched : 
they are eight or ten inches long, of a pale green, 
and a little hairy. : 
The leaves ftand three on a very fhort foot- 
ftalk, and two at its bafe: they are oblong, mo- 
derately broad, of a pale green, hairy, and fharp- 
pointed. 
The flowers are large and yellow: they ftand 
on long, flender footftalks, fometimes two toge- 
ther, fometimes fingly. In fome places they are 
ftriped, but not univerfally. 
The feed-veffel is long and flender: the feeds 
are numerous and brown. 
It is common in Italy, and the fouth of France. 
It flowers in July. : 
C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pratenfis filiquofus lu- 
teus. Others, Lotus quadrata filiqua flore luteo. 
3. Great-podded Lotus. 
Lotus filiqua crafiore. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
a few fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, but tolerably 
upright, and a foot high. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, and fharp-pointed : 
they ftand three on a footftalk, with two at the 
bafe of it; and they are of a pale green, and a 
little hairy. : 
The flowers ftand fingly on long, flender foot- 
{tatks ; and are large and yellow. 
The pod is very large, and hangs down. 
The feeds are large and well-tafted. 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers in Augutt. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Lotus pentaphyllus filiqua 
cornuta. 
3. Clufter-flowered Lotus. 
Lotus floribus fafciculatis. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are firm, upright, and two feet 
high: they are f{mooth, branched, and of a pale 
reen."4 ; 
The leaves ftand three on a footftalk, with two 
at its bafe : they are oblong, broad, fharp-pointed, 
and of a pale green. 
The flowers are feparately very {mall ; but they 
ftand in thick tufts, and make a very confpicuous 
fhew: they are white, variegated with a little 
purple. 
The feed-veftel is long and flender, and the 
feeds are roundifh. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lotus Siliquofus glaber flore 
rotundo. : 
Tt is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers toward the end of fummer. 
§ Hairy, white-flowered Lotus. 
Lotus birfutus flore albo. 
The roots are woody, tough, and fpreading. 
The ftalks are alfo woody, and three or four 
feet high : they are very much branched, and co- 
vered with a brown bark in the lower parts, and 
green in the upper. 
The leaves are very numerous and fmall : they 
are placed three together, with {carce any foot- 
ftalks, and two at the bafe: they are oblong, 
hairy, fharp-pointed, and of a pale green. 
The flowers grow in little tufts at the tops of 
the branches, and are fmall and white. 
The feed-veffels are fmall alfo, and brown. 
It is frequent in the fouth of France, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentaphyllus villofus. 
Others, Trifolium bemorrboidale majus. 
6. Great-flowered woolly Lotus. 
Lotus lanuginofus flore majore albicante. 
The root is woody, tough, divided, and fpread- 
g. 
The ftalks are numerous, fhrubby, and firm; 
and the whole plant has a white, woolly afpect. 
The leaves ftand three together, with two others 
at the bafe. This is the proper and perfect man- 
ner of their growth; but fometimes one or both 
the lower ones are wanting. : 
They are fhort, broad, and white; and are 
covered with a kind of woolly matter. 
The flowers are large and white: they ftand in 
little roundifh clufters on the tops of very flender 
footftalks. 
The feed-veffel is long and flender: the feeds 
are roundifh, 
It is a native of all the warm parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentaphyllus incanus. 
Others, Dorycnium MonJpelienfium, and the Eng- 
lith writers, Poifonous trefoil of Montpelier. 
4. Bufhy-top’d white Lotus. 
Lotus floribus confertis albidis vel carneis. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and fpreading. 
The ftem is covered with a brown bark: it 
grows to the height of four feet in a fhrubby 
manner, and the young twigs are greyith. 
The leaves ftand three together, with two 
fmaller at their bafes ; and they are narrow, fharp- . 
pointed, and of a pale green. 
The flowers are {mall, but very numerous: 
they ftand in round clufters at the tops of the © 
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