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LO'TUS. 
ijinnean Class and Order. DiADE'LPHlAf, Deca'ndria. 
Natural Order. Legumino'sa:, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 345. — Sm. 
taram. 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. — Legumina'ce.e, Loud. Arb. Brit. p. 561. — 
Eapiliona , cejE+, Linn. — Rosales; sect. Cicerina:; subsect. 
Lotian^e ; type. Lotace.e ; subtype, Lotidas ; Burn. Out!, of 
Bot. pp. 614, 638, 642, & 644. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubular, with 
5 pointed, nearly equal teeth, permanent. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 
5 petals, deciduous ; standard (fig. 3.) inversely egg-shaped, as- 
cending, with a broad vaulted claw ; wings (fig. 4.) oblong, blunt, 
shorter than the standard, converging at their upper edges ; keel 
(fig. 5.) of 2 united petals, protuberant underneath, closed above, 
with an ascending point, and narrow, short, distinct claws. Fila- 
ments (fig. 6.) 10; 9 united into a compressed tube, split above; 
the tenth hair-like, distinct, all generally a little dilated under the 
anthers. Anthers small, roundish. German (see fig. 6.) cylindri- 
cal, rather compressed. Style straight, awl-shaped. Stigma sim- 
ple. Legume (fig. 7.) cylindrical or compressed, wingless, much 
longer than the calyx, of 2 valves, and 1 cell, the seed separated 
by a spongy substance. Seeds globular. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the diadelphous stamens; the 1 -celled, many-seeded, cylindrical, 
straight legume, much longer than the calyx ; and the keel of the 
corolla as long: as the wings. 
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Four species British. 
LO'TUS CORNICULA'TUS. Horned or Common Bird’s-foot 
Trefoil. Butter-jags. Crow-toes. Lady’s-fingers. 
Spec. Char. Heads depressed, umbellate, of few flowers. 
Stems decumbent, pithy. Leaflets inversely egg-shaped. Peduncles 
very long. Claw of the Standard inversely egg-shaped. 
Engl. Bot. t. 2090. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 107. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 53. — Curt. Brit. 
Entomol. v. vi. t. 259 — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1092. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 329. — • 
Willd. Sp. Pi. v. iii. pt. II. p. 1395. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 793. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. 
p. 312. — With. (7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 863. — Gray’s Nat. Ar. v. ii. p. 006. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 81. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 332. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 411. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. 
p. 231. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 164. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 342. — Relh. FI. Cant. 
(3rd ed. ) p. 303. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 220; excluding the variety. — Grev. FI. 
Edin. p. 162. — Sincl. Hort. Gram. Wob. p. 309, with a plate. — FI. Devon, pp. 126 
and 177, excluding the variety. — Johnston’s FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 164. — Winch’s 
FI. ofNorthumb. and Durham, p. 49, excl. var. Q. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 215. — 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 3. Vexillum, or Standard. — 
Fig. 4. One of the Wings, or Alas. — Fig. 5. The Keel, or Carina. — Fig. 0. The 
Stamens, Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 7. A Legume, with its two valves se- 
parated. — Fig. 8. A Seed. 
* From Lotos, Gr. of Theophrastus and Dioscorides ; but the true Lotos is 
Zizyplius Lotos. Lotos was a nymph turned into a tree to avoid the pursuit of 
Pkiapus. Ovid. Metam. 97, &c. But the name is perhaps of Egyptian origin. 
Don. 
+ See folio 77, note +. 
; See folio 117, note {. 
