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ORNI'THOPUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Diade'lphia f, Deca'ndria. 
Natural Order. Legumino'sje, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 345. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 174. — Lindl. Syn. p. 75. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of 
Bot. p. 87. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 532. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 
259. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 509. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. ii. p. 91 — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 404. — Mack. FI. Hib. 
p. 73. — Legumina'ce.e, Loud. Arb. Brit. p. 561. — Papiliona'- 
ckasJ, Linn. — Bosales ; sect. Ciceiun.e ; subsect. Lotiana:; 
type, Lotacea: ; subtype, Hedysarid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
pp. 614, 638, 642, & 657. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, permanent; the 
margin in 5, nearly equal, teeth. Corolla (see figs. 2 & 3.) papi- 
lionaceous, of 5 petals ; standard (fig. 4.) inversely egg-shaped, 
ascending, entire ; wings (fig. 5.) rather smaller, inversely egg- 
shaped, curved upward; keel (fig. 6.) still smaller; of 2 slightly 
tumid, converging, rounded petals, with slender distinct claws. 
Filaments (see fig. 7.) 10, 9 in one compressed tube, slit along the 
upper edge (fig. 7, a.); the tenth hair-like, distinct (fig. 7, b.); all 
curved upward at the extremity. Anthers minute, roundish. 
Germen (see fig. 7, c.) strap-shaped, compressed. Style (see 
fig. 7, c.) slender, ascending. Stigma capitate (knobbed), naked. 
Legume (fig. 8.) compressed, curved, of many single-seeded, inde- 
hiscent joints, whose sides are equal. Seeds (fig. 10.) roundish. 
Distinguished from other genera, with a smooth style, in the 
same class and order, by the compressed, curved legume of many 
single-seeded, indehiscent joints, with parallel margins. 
One species British. 
ORNI'THOPUS PERPUSI'LLUS. Very-small Bird’sHoot. 
Common Bird’s-foot. 
Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets small, numerous. Flowers 
capitate, accompanied by a leaf. Legumes curved upwards, beaked. 
Engl. Bot. t. 369. — Curt. FI. Lend. t. . — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1049. — Hods. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed. ) p. 321. — W’illd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. II. p. 1155. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. 
p. 777. ; Engl. FI v. iii. p. 290.— With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 847.— Gray's Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 018. — Lindl, Syn. p. 87 — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 326. — Maer. Man. Brit. Bot. 
p. 56. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 399. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. p. 225. — Abbot’s VI. Bed. 
p. 159. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 70. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 349. — Relli. FI. Cant. 
(3rd edit. ) p. 295. — Ilook. FI. Scot. p. 216. — Grcv. FI. Edin. p. 158. — FI. Devon, 
pp. 122 & 175. — Winch’s FI. of Northuml). and Durh. p. 48. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 276. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 210. — Pamplin’s Plants of 
Battersea and Clapham, p. 14. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Select®, p. 62. — Bab. FI. Bath, 
p. 13. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 176 — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 64. — Mack. C’atal. of PI. of Irel. 
p. 67. ; FI. Hibern. p. 85. — Ornithopodium rad ice nodosa, Ray’s Syn. p.326. — 
Ornithopodium minus, Johnson’s Gerardo, 1241. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Figs. 2 & 3. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 4. Standard, or Banner — 
Fig. 5. One of the Wings. — Fig. 6. Keel. — Fig. 7 Stamens and Pistil ; a. Nine 
united Stamens ; b. the separate one ; c. Stigma. — Fig. 8. A Legume. — Fig. 9 A 
single joint of Legume. — Fig. 10. A Seed. — All, except fig. 2. more or less mag- 
nified. 
• From ornis or ornithos. Gr. a bird; and pons, Gr. a foot ; from the simi- 
larity of the seed-vessels to a bird’s foot. Hooker. 
t See folio 77, note t. i Sec folio 117, note 
