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25. LEGUMINOSJi. 
blunt, transversely furrowed, slightly hairy, curved, longer 
than the calyx, opening with 2 valves.— Dry gravelly place.s, 
rare. A. VI. VIT. E. I. 
10. Lotus Lam. em., Koclt. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 
1. L. cornirvlatm (L. em., Rchb.) ; claw of the standard 
obovate transversely vaulted, caJyx-teeih adpremd in the hnd 
subulate from a triangular base, poinU of the 2 viij>ei- tetth 
converging, Jieafh 5~lO-ffovered.--E. B. 2090.— Ghxbrous or 
slightly hairy. St. ascending. Angle between the 2 upper 
calyx-teeth rounded.— a ; st. short. Its. obovate thin, stip. 
rather narro^vly ovate.— /9. rUlnsus (Ser.) ; upper part of st. 
1. and cal. hairy with long spreading hairs. — 7. crassifoliun 
(Pers.) ; pilose, st. ciBspitose, leaflets obovate fleshy," stip. 
ovate.- Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 
2. L. teii'vix (W. ife K. ex Willd.) : cal. -teeth [.short] subulate 
adpressed in bud, points of upper 2 teeth converging [,r)).,7< 
obloiig-o'oovate loirer margin, ahruptly curved to the a/iex, head 2— o-fiowerodl 
leq/fMs linear [acute] or /inear -obovate, stip. i-ovate. — E. B. S. 
2615. — Glabrous or slightly hairy, st. filiform long procumbent 
or ascending. [Ppt. turning u'rci'ti in ilryiim. — Jlnadows and moist banks.) 
P. VI.— VIII. E. S. 
3. L. 7)1(1 joy (Scop. sec. Sm.) ; claw of the standard linear, 
caly.r-tceth. stpreading like a .ttar in the hud subulate from a 
triangular base, two upper teeth diverging, heads S — l'2-fioirered 
lea,flets obovate, stip. roundish - ovate" — ^. B. 2091. L. 
u/iginoxK.t (Schkuhr).- Hairy. St. usually erect, 1—3 feet 
high. Angle between the 2 upper calyx-teeth acute. Some- 
times glabrous, the margins and veins of the 1. stip. bracts 
and sep. ciliate, st. erect or procumbent. — In damp places. 
P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
4. L. angustis'simus (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, caly.x- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate, jiod linear straight 6 tiin''s 
as long as the ady.i-, heads about i-floirered. — E. B. 925. L. 
difusus (Ser.).- Standard broader than long, not exceeding the 
wings, fading to a greenish colour. Peduncle of the fl. as long as 
the 1., of the fr. twice as long ; leaflets and stip. ovate-lanceo- 
late acute ; st. jjrocumbeut. — /i. Seriugianns (liab.); jieduncle 
of the fl. and fr. as long as the leaves, leaflets obovate-oblong, 
stip. ovate acute, st. ascending. L. angustissiniKs (Ser.). — 
South of England near the sea. A. VII. VIII. E. 
5. L. his'pidus (Desf. ex DC.) ; claw of the standard 
subulate, calyx-teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod rugose 
