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246729. Cobonilla viminalis Salisb. Fabaceae. 



BN-7891. A trailing shrub ; flowers pale-red or white striped with red 

 formed in small umbels. Native to Algeria, tender at Beltsville. 



246730. Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Tenore) C. Koch Fabaceae. 

 BN-7905. Annual to 1.5 foot high; peduncle twice as long as leaf, l-to-2- 



flowered ; calyx longer than the tube ; corolla yellow, keel obtuse-angled pod 

 slender, straight, 5 to 7 times as long as calyx. Flowers April and May. 



246731. Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. 



BN-7907. Perennial to 2 feet high, shrubby at the base; resembling L. 

 corniculatus, except leaves are narrower and the flowers are usually pink. 

 One of the few pasture-producing legumes of Australia. Plant somewhat 

 poisonous (hydrocyanic acid). 



246732 and 246733. Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Tenore) C. Koch 



Trefoil. 



246732. BN-7909. 



246733. BN-8864. 



246734. Lotus tenuis Waldst & Kit. ex Willd. 

 BN-7910. 



246735. Lotus corniculatus. Birdsfoot trefoil. 



BN-7912. Perennial with trailing robust stems, often 2 feet long ; flowers 

 yellow, clustered in heads of 2 to 3. 



246736 to 246739. Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. Trefoil. 



246736. BN-7906. 246738. BN-7915. 



246737 BN-7911. 246739. BN-7916. 



246740 and 246741. Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners 

 Fabaceae. California burclover. 



246740. BN-7921. 



246741. BN-7929. 



246742. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 BN-7919. 



246743. Ononis natrix L. Fabaceae. 



BN-8588. Showy shrub to three feet high; leaflets oblong, denticulate; 

 flowers yellow, in terminal leafy racemes, standard striped with red; pods 

 linear, about twice as long as calyx. Seeds 6 to 9, tuberculate. 



246744. Psoralea bituminosa L. Fabaceae. Scurf-pea. 



BN-8690. Perennial to 3.5 feet high, leafy ; flowers blue ; calyx lobes subu- 

 late, longer than tube ; pod hirsute, ovate, flattened, exserted beak. 



246745 and 246746. Psoralea dentata DC. 



Perennial to one foot high, sparsely leaved ; flowers white ; keel purple. 



246745. BN-8589. 



246746. BN-8591. 



246747. Psoralea tenax Lindl. 



Erect, vigorous perennial to two feet high; flowers small, blue or purple, 

 very shortly pedicellate in dense interrupted racemes ; pod ovoid, slightly 

 pubescent. Native to Australia. 



246748. Psoralea bituminosa L. Scurf-pea. 



BN-7949. Perennial to two feet high with spreading habit. Native to 

 Africa. 



246749 and 246750. Trifolium fragifekum L. Fabaceae. 



Strawberry clover. 

 246749. BN-7956. 



