DIADELPHIA. DECAND. 1418. Lotus. 



1 2. j.5 



montanum. 



E. Lupulina. Banners of the corol ivfleSfed. 

 Spikes fomewhat imbricate, 2 or 3 : banners fubulate, 



withering: calyx naked: item erect. 

 Ri<v. t. 12. Bra&es minute. 



! 



Europe. 

 speciosum. Spikes oblong, with the flowers reflected: banners round- 



ifh, flat, denticulate, permanent: calyx naked: ilcm 



flexuous, proftrate. 

 Crete. Willd. 3. p 1382. Calyx with 3 long teeth. 



agrarium. Spikes ovate, imbricate: banners deflected, permanent: 

 calyx with fubulate unequal glabrous teeth : item 

 ereel: leafets lance- wedge- form ; the middle one 

 . fettle. 

 Europe. Flor.Dan. t. 558. Vail. Paris, t. 22. f. 3. 



spadictum. Spikes oval, imbricate : banners deflected, permanent ; ca- 

 lyx with fubulate fomewhat hairy teeth; the 2 upper 

 ones ovate and very fhort: item creel: : leafets obovatc; 

 the middle one feilile. 

 Europe. Curt* mag. t. 557. Flowers tawny. 

 *procumbens Spikes oval, imbricate : banners deflected, permanent, 

 grooved : ftems procumbent : leafets obovate. 

 Pailures. Eng. hot. t. 945. Curt. Lond.fafc. 3, ^.45. 



* filiform. Heads lax, few-flowered: peduncles flexuous: banners 



fmooth: flems proftrate : all the leafets nearly feilile. 

 Paftures. Eng. hot. 1. 1 257. Ray Jynopf t.l^'.f, 3. 



* minus. Heads hemifphcrical : peduncles ftraight, rigid: banners 



nearly fmooth : fterns proflrate : common petiole 

 ihorteft at the bafe. 

 failures, Eng. hot, /.I 256. Curt. Land* fa jc. 5. t. 53. 



1418. LOTUS. Legume cylindrical, ftiff: filaments 

 wedge-form : wings converging longitudinally 

 upwards: calyx tubular. Bird's-} cot Irefoih 



A. Legumes few, not forming a bead, 

 mantimus* Legumes fojitary, with 4 membranaceous angles : leaves 

 glabrous: bra6t.es lanceolate. 

 Europe. Stem ereel : leafets oval, entire. 

 Legumes folitary, with 4 membranaceous angles ;• flems 

 procumbent: leaves pubefcent underneath,. 

 Europe. J acq. Auftr. t. 361. R?v. ietr. /. 79. 

 Legumes folitary, with 4 membranaceous angles: bracks 

 ovate : flems procumbent : middle leafet (lightly 

 toothed. 

 Sicily. Curt. mag. t..\^\ { Qomrn h:rt r t.26. 



sili quo sus. 



tetragono 



lobus. 



