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after they arc ripe. It may alfo be 

 propagated by parting of the Roots ; 

 but this fhould not be done oftener 

 than every third Year, leit it weak- 

 en the Plants. 



LOTUS, Birds-foot Trefoil. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath a papilionaceous Flcwer : 

 the Ovary, which rifes out of the 

 Flower-cup, afterward becomes a 

 Tod ; fometimes dijlinguifSd, as it 

 were, into Oils, by trevfverje Par- 

 titions, which are full of Seeds for 

 the mcft part roundijh : to which moy 

 be added, "The Leaves grow by Threes ; 

 hut have two Wings, or little Leaves, 

 at the Origin of their Footjtalks. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Lotus vilhfus altiffimus, ficre 

 glomerate T ourn. The tailed hairy 

 JBirds-foot Trefoil, with a glomera- 

 ted Flower. 



2. Lotus pcntapbyllus fdiquofus 

 «villofus. C. B. P. Uprignt hoary 

 Birds-foot Trefoil. 



3. Lotus <7ro?M/.zp^oi frutefcens 

 Cretica argentea, filiquis longiffimis 

 fropendentibus reclis. Mor. Hif. 

 Shrubby filver Birds foot Trefoil of 

 Crete, with long itrait hanging 

 Pods. 



4. Lotus h<emcrrboidalis humi- 

 lior iff candidior. Tourn. Lower and 

 whiter Hemorrhoidal Birds-footTre- 

 fbil. 



5. Lotus angufifcJius, fore lu- 

 tea purpurea, ex infida Sancfi facobi. 

 Hart. /Imji. Narrow-leavM B:rdV 

 foot Trefoil from the ifiand of 

 St. James, with a purple-yellow 

 flower. 



6. Lotus ruber, fi/iqua angulofa. 

 C. B. P. Red fquare-codded Birds- 

 foot Trefoil, common!/ cali'd Win- 

 ged Peas. 



7. Lotus ruler, filiqur. anguH fa, 

 folio variegato. Bocrh. hid. Red 

 fquaie-codued Birdi-foct Trefoil, 

 v.Jih a vr.ri"gated Leaf. 



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3. Lotus filiquis ormthopedit '. 

 C. B. P. Birds toot Trefoil, with 

 Pods like a BirdVFoot. 



9. Lotus filiquofa maritima lutea, 

 Cytift facie. Barr. rar. Maritime 

 Birds-ioot Trefoil, with the Face of 

 Cytifus. 



10. Lotus filiquis gemivis, pere- 

 grina. Bcerh. bid. alt. Foreign Birds- 

 foot Trefoil, with two Pods on each 

 Stalk. 



The firft Sort dies to the Ground 

 with us every Winter, and rifes. 

 again the fucceeJing Spring ; and 

 when the Roots are ltrong, the 

 Shoots will be four or five f eet high, 

 and produced in great Plenty. If it 

 be cut while young, the Cows are 

 very fond of it ; but Horfes will 

 not eat it, unlefs they are very hun- 

 gry- 



The Roots, when ftrong, will 

 admit of the Shoots being cut three 

 or four .times in a Summer; for' 

 they put out again foon after they 

 are cut, and grow very flrong in a 

 ihort time ; but this Plant does r.04 

 come up before April in our Coun- 

 try, and commonly dies down in 

 Oclober ; fo that if it were the belt 

 Fodder for Cattle, it could only be 

 obtained in Summer; for I am 

 afraid it will hardly be of any Ufe 

 when dried. 



Jtmay be propagated from the 

 Seeds, which are generally produced 

 in great Plenty, and mult be fown 

 very thin in Rows, at about eighteen 

 Inches alunder, the Beginning of 

 April ; and in May, when the Plants 

 will be come up, the Ground mould 

 be hoed between the Rows, in order 

 to deiiroy the Weeds, and the Plants 

 cut up, where they are too thick 

 (for they Ih'cuid be eight or ten In- 

 ches apart in the R.ovvs at lealt) ; for 

 tho' they will appear but weak at 

 their firil convng up, yet when their 

 Pv$oti have taken iaft hold of the 

 Ground, 



