LOT 
6 . Lotus ( Hirfutus ) capitulis hirfutis, cauie ere&o hir- 
futo, leguminibus ovatis. Hort. Upfal. 220, Bird’s- 
foot 'Trefoil with hairy heads , an erebt hairy Jlalk , and 
oval pod.s. Lotus pentaphyllos filiquofus villofus. 
C. B. P. 332. Five- leaved , hairy, podded Bird’s-foot 
Trefoil. 
7. Lotus ( Candidas ) capitulis fubglobofis hirfutis, cauie 
ereblo ramofo, hirfuto, foliis tomentofis. Bird's- foot 
Trefoil with globular heads , which are hairy , an upright 
branching hairy Jlalk , and woolly leaves , Lotus hae- 
morrhoid alls humilior & candidior. Tourn. Inft, 403. 
Lower bird's-foot Trefoil , having whiter leaves. 
8. Lotus ( Ornithopodioides ) leguminibus fubquinatis ar- 
cuatis compreffis, caulibus diffufis. Hort. Cliff. 372. 
Bird's- foot Trefoil with five arched comprejfed pods , and 
diffufed Jlalks. Lotus filiquis ornithopodii. C. B. P. 
332. Bird's- foot Trefoil with pods like birds feet. 
9. Lotus ( Peregrinus ) leguminibus fubbinatis lineari- 
bus comprefiis nutantibus. Hort. Cliff. 372. Bird's- 
foot T refoil with two narrow comprejfed nodding pods. 
Lotus filiquis geminis peregrina. Boerh. Ind. 2. 
p. 38. Foreign Bird's- foot Trefoil with twin pods. 
jo. Lotus ( Pratenfis ) leguminibus folitariis redis tere- 
tibus terminalibus, cauie eredo. Sauv. Monfp. 189. 
Bird’s-foot Trefoil with an eredi Jlalk , terminated by a 
Jingle , toper, eredi pod. Lotus pratenfis filiquofa lutea. 
C. B. P. 332. Fellow, meadow , podded Bird's-foot 
Trefoil. 
ji. Lotus ( Edulis ) leguminibus fubfolitariis gibbis in- 
curvis. Hort. Cliff. 370. Bird's-foot Trefoil with 
Jingle, convex, incurved pods. Lotus pentaphyllos, fili- 
qua cornuta. C. B. P. 332. Five-leaved Bird's-foot 
Trefoil with horned pods. 
12. Lotus ( Maritimus ) leguminibus folitariis membra- 
caceo-quadrangulatis, bradeis lanceolatis. It. Oel. 
143. Flor. Suec. 610, Bird's-foot Trefoil with fingle 
pods which are quadrangular by a membrane, and a 
fpear-Jhaped bradtece. X.otus maritima lutea filiquofa, 
folio pingui glabro. - Bot. Monfp. Podded , yellow, 
maritime Bird's-foot Trefoil with a fmooth leaf. 
13. Lotus ( Conjugatus ) leguminibus conjugatis mem- 
branaceo quadrangulis, bradleis oblongo-ovatis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 774. Bird's-foot Trefoil with conjugated pods 
which are quadrangular by a membrane , and oblong oval 
bradiea, Lotus lutea, filiqua angulosa. Boerh. Ind. 
alt. 2 . p. 3 7. Fellow Bird's-foot Trefoil with angular pods. 
54. Lotus ( Tetragonolobus ) leguminibus folitariis mem- 
branaceo-quadrangulatis, bradleis oyatis. Hort. Up- 
fal. 220. Bird’s-foot Trefoil with fingle pods which are 
quadrangular, with a membrane , and oval bradiea. 
Lotus ruber filiqua angulosa. C. B. P, 332. Red 
Bird's-foot Trefoil with angular pods, commonly called 
winged Pea. 
15. Lotus ( Cytifoides ) capitulis dimidiatis, cauie dif- 
fufo ramofiffimo, foliis tomentofis. Prod. Leyd. 387 - 
Bird's-foot Trefoil with heads divided into two equal parts, 
a very branching diffufed Jlalk, and woolly leaves. Lotus 
filiquofa maritima lutea, Cytifi facie. Barrel. Icon. 
1031. Podded, yellow, maritime Bird's-foot T refoil with 
the appearance of Cytifus, 
j 6. Lotus iffacobaus) leguminibus fubternatis, cauie 
herbaceo eredlo, foliis linearibus. Hort. Cliff. 372. 
Bird's-foot Trefoil with three pods, an erect herbaceous 
Jlalk- and narrow leaves. Lotus auguftifolia, flore lu- 
teo purpurafcente, inful® St. Jacobi. Hort. Amft. 2. 
p. 165. Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil of St. James's 
ifiand, with a yellow purplijh flower. 
j 7. Lotus (JDorycnium ) capitulis aphyllis, foliis feflili- 
bus quinatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 776. Bird's-foot Trefoil 
with naked heads, and leaves placed by fives fitting 
clofe to the branches. Dorycnium Monfpelieniium. 
Lob. Icon. 5 1 . Dorycnium of Montpelier. 
The firft, fecond, and third forts grow naturally in 
many parts of England, fo are rarely admitted into 
gardens. When thefe grow in moift land and a 
fhady utuation, they fend out ftalks near two feet 
long ; but upon dry chalky and gravelly ground, 
their ftalks are not more than four or five inches long, 
gild lie fiat upon the ground. I have always obf&rved 
in thofe paftures where thefe plants have grown, that 
the cattle of all forts have avoided eating them, but 
the Grafs all round them has been eaten very bare. I 
have cut the plants when young, and given it to va- 
rious kinds of animals, but could never get them to 
eat it ; and yet the feeds of thefe have been gathered 
and fold by fame quacks in hufhandry, under the 
title of Lady’s Finger Grafs, to be fown *is inv 
provement to land for pafrure, 
The roots of thefe are perennial, fo are difficult to 
get out when they have had long poffeffion of the 
land ; and they produce great quantities of feeds, 
which is caff about by the elafticity of the pods when 
ripe, to a confiderable diitance 4 they flower in June, 
and the feeds .ripen in September. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France, in Italy, and Sicily ; this has by feme been 
fuppofed the Cytifus of Virgil, but without founda- 
tion, for it does not anfwer the defcription given of 
that plant. This hath a ftrong perennial root, from 
which arife many upright ftrong ftalks from three to 
four feet high, covered with a purplifh bark, and to- 
ward the top fend out a few fide branches •, thefe 
are garnifhed at every joint by a trifoliate leaf, whofe 
lobes are wedge-fhaped ; at the bafe of the foot- 
fralk are placed two heart-fhaped lobes fitting clofe 
to the branch •> the leaves are hairy on their under 
fide •, the flowers are produced at the end of the 
branches almoft: in globular heads, fitting clofe to 
the foot-ftalk : thefe are of a pale flefh colour and 
appear in June, and are fucceeded by fmooth ftrait 
pods almoft an inch long, which change to a brown, 
colour when ripe, and contain feveral roundifh feeds 
which ripen in September. It is rarely cultivated 
but in botanic gardens for variety, but if any per- 
fon has an inclination to cultivate this plant for feed- 
ing of cattle, it may be done in the fame way as 
the Lucern, for which there is full directions in the 
article Medicago, It rifes eaftly from feeds, is very 
hardy, and will thrive on any light dry poor ground. 
Cows and horfes will eat this plant when green, but 
I have not tried if they will feed on it when made 
into hay. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Syria and Crete 5 
this rifes with (lender ftalks which require fupport, 
from three to four feet high, fending out a few fide 
branches ; thefe are garnifhed at each joint with neat 
finning filvery leaves which are trifoliate, and have 
two appendages at the bafe of their foot-ftalks, as 
the other forts •, they are in fhape like the former, 
but a little fmafler, and have an acute point at their 
top. The foot-ftalks of the flowers, which are from 
two to three inches long, arife from the fide of the 
branches, and fuftain heads of yellow flowers, which 
part in the middle, each head containing four or fix 
flowers •, thefe appear in May, June, and July, and 
are fucceeded by long taper pods filled with roundifh. 
feeds which ripen in the autumn. 
This fort has a perennial ftalk, but is too tender to 
Jive through the winter in the open air in England, fo 
is kept in pots and removed into the green-houfe in 
autumn, and treated like other hardy exotic plants 
which only require protedion from froft, fo want no 
artificial heat. It may be propagated by feeds, which 
if fown on a bed of light earth in April, the plants will 
come up in about a month after, and in another 
month will be fit to remove ; when they fhould be each 
put into a feparate fmall pot filled with frefh light 
earth, placing them in the fhade till they have taken 
new root; then they may be removed to a flickered 
fituation, where they may remain till autumn. 
It may be alfo propagated by cuttings, which may be 
planted during any of the ftimmer months, upon a 
bed of light earth, covering them clofe with a bell 
or hand-glafs, and fcreening them from the fun ; in 
about five or fix weeks they will have taken root, 
when they muft be inured to bear the open air, and 
foon after may be planted in pots, and treated in thg 
fame wav as the feedling plants, 
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