LOTUS. OXTTROPIS. 
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(Ser.) ; upper part of st. 1. aud cal. hairy with long spreading 
nairs. — y. a-assifolius (Pers. ) ; pilose, st. csespitose, leaflets ob- 
'ovate fleshy, stip. ovate. — 6. L. tenuis (Sm.) ; glabrous or slightly 
hairy, st. filiform long procumbent or ascending, leaflets linear 
or linear-obovate, stip. ^-ovate. E. B. S. 2G15. Perhaps a dis- 
tinct species. — Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
2. L. major (Scop. ?) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx-teeth 
spreading like a star in the bud subulate from a triangular base, 
Udo upper ones diverging, heads 8 — 12-Jlowered, leaflets obovate, 
stip. roundish-ovate. — K B. 2091. L. uliginosus Schkuhr. — 
Hairy. St. usually erect, 1 — 3 feet high. Angle between the 
2 upper calyx-teeth acute. Sometimes glabrous, the margins 
and veins of the 1. stip. bracts and sep. ciliate, st. erect or pro- 
cumbent. — In damp places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
3. L. angustis'simm (L.) ; claw of the standard linear, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod linear straight 6 times 
longer than the calyx, beak straight, heads ahotct 2-Jlowered. — 
j& B. 925. L. angitsttssimus (L. !), L. diffusus (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-lanceolate acute ; st. procumbent. 
— ^. Seringianus (Bab.) ; peduncle of the fl. and fr. as long as 
the leaves, leaflets obovate-oblong, stip. ovate acute, st. ascend- 
ing. L. angustissimm (Ser.). — South of England near the sea. 
A.vn.vm. E. 
4. L. his'pidus (Desf.) ; claw of the standard subulate, calyx- 
teeth straight in the bud subulate, pod rugose tm-ete twice as long 
as the calyx, beak long setaceous bent downwards, heads feio 
(3 — i)-Jlcnvei-ed, leaflets obovate-lanceolate, stip. half-cordate, st. 
, procumbent. — U. B. S. 2823. — Standard longer than broad, ex- 
ceeding the wings, not turning green. — Near the sea in Devon 
andComwaU. A.VH.VHI. E. 
1 9. Anthyx'lis Linn, Lady's Finger. 
1. A. mdnerdria (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets un- 
, equal, heads of fl. in pairs, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. — 
jE, B. 104. St. 49. 4. 5. — Pod semiorbicular, long-stalked, upper 
suture ai-ched outwards, 1-seeded. St. 6 — 12 in. high, silky. 
Eoot-1. simple, oval. Fl. j'ellow, in tenninal pairs of crowded 
many-flowered heads. — j3. Dillenii; plant smaller, fl. red. DiU. 
EUh. 320,— Dry pastures. P. VI.— Vin. E. S. I. 
10. OxTTRo'pis Cand. 
1. O. Hal'leri (Bunge) ; stemless, leaflets ovate acute in about 
|12 pairs, peduncles exceeding the leaves erect silhy, bracts equal- 
iling the calyx, pods erect ovate-oblong inflated silky imperfectly 
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