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XXVI. LEGUMINOS^E : TRIFOLlEiE. 
[Lotus. 
19. T. procumbens L. (lesser yellow T.) ; heads of 10 — 20 
close flowers on rigid peduncles, pedicels rarely half the length 
of the tube of the calyx, upper calyx-teeth about £ of the 
length of the lower, standard truncate obscurely furrowed much 
broader than and quite covering the mature legume, lower leaf- 
stalks much longer than the stipules, leaflets obcordate central 
one on a longer stalk, stems decumbent hairy. T. minus Relh. : 
E. B. t. 1256 ; Brit. FI. (former editions). 
Dry pastures and road-sides, frequent. Q. 6, 7 — We entertain 
many doubts whether this and the next are essentially distinct, or even 
if the characters assigned are constant : the pedicels certainly vary 
considerably in length, being sometimes so short that the flowers may 
be almost called sessile, sometimes almost as long as the tube of the 
calyx. In this and the last we follow Mr. Bentham as to the specific 
names, he having paid more attention to this genus, and indeed to the 
whole order of Legurainosae, than any other botanist. 
20. T. filiforme L. (slender yellow T .) ; heads on capillary 
peduncles of 2 — 6 lax racemed flowers, pedicels longer than 
the tube of the calyx, upper calycine teeth half the length of 
the lower ones, standard even deeply notched as narrow as and 
not covering the ripe legume, leaf-stalks scarcely the length of 
the stipules, leaflets obcordate equally stalked, stem glabrous. 
E. B. t. 1257. T. micranthum Viv. 
Dry pastures chiefly near the sea. ©. 6, 7. 
10 . Lotus Linn. Bird’s-foot Trefoil. 
Cal. 5-toothed ; teeth nearly equal Keel ascending, much 
acuminate. Legume cylindrical, somewhat spongy within, and 
imperfectly many-celled. — Flowers umbellate : peduncles bearing 
a leaf at their apex. Leaves trifoliolute . — Name : supposed to 
be one of the three kinds (the herbaceous ) of the iWog of the 
Greeks. 
1. L. corniculutus L. (common B.) ; heads depressed umbel- 
late 5 — 10-flowered, peduncles very long, calyx-teeth of the 
flower-bud straight, the two upper ones always converging, 
claw of the standard obovate and inflated above, stems decum- 
bent. — a. vulgaris; leaves obovate nearly glabrous. — (a) 
everywhere glabrous or nearly so, leaflets thin. L. cornicula- 
tus Z. : E. B. t. 2090. — (b) leaflets thick fleshy. — /i villosus ; 
leaves obovate and as well as the stem and calyx clothed with 
very long spreading hairs. — 7. tenuifolius ; leaflets narrow 
lanceolate or linear-obovate. L. tenuis Kit. : E. B. S. t. 2615. 
a. Pastures everywhere, abundant, the second form near the sea. 
— ft. rare. Higham, Kent; Budleigh Salterton ; Sandgate. — 
7. not very common. If. . 7, 8. — The two upper calycine teeth con- 
