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Procumhens, Decumbent trefoil with imbricated, oval 
fpikes, deflex, permanent vexilla, and procumbent ftalks. 
Per, JunCy Aug, 
Filiforme, Small FS refoil with fpikes fomewhat imbri- 
cated, permanent vexiiia bended backwards, and cups 
upon footflalks, and trailing or procumbent ftalks. 
An, May,, June. 
LOTUS. Bird’s Foot Trefoil. 
The umbellula is Ample. The cup is monophyllons, 
round, permanent, and cut into five acute, equal, and 
cred; parts. The flower is papilionaceous. The vexii- 
ium is roundifn, bended backwards, and the unguis is 
bended backward and is concave. T'ke wings are round- 
ifli, lltorter than the vexilliim, broad and connivent. 
The keel is gibbous beneath, fliut at the fummit, acu- 
minated and rifes a little. There are ten (lamina, nine 
joined and one feparate that rife up and have broadifh 
tops and fmall anthers. The germen is round and 
oblong, the (lyle rifes up, and the iligma is an indexed 
point. The pod is cylindraceous, very ftraight, feufied, 
longer than the cup, has many cells and two valves 
containing many cylindrical feeds. 
Corniculata. Bird's Foot Frefoil with deprefied heads, 
decumbent ftalks, and patent, cylindrical pods. Per, 
June — Aug, 
I'he four others, mentioned by authors, are only 
varieties and not diftindt fpecies. 
MEDICAGO. Snail Trefoil. 
The cup is monophyllons, ftraight, femiquinquifid, 
acute, and equal, llie flower is papilionaceous, The 
vexillum is ovate, entire, with indexed margins, and tlte 
whole is reflexed. The wings are ovato-oblong, alfixed 
to the keel by an appendix, and the fides are connivent 
under the keel. The keel is oblong, bifid, patent, ob- 
tvife. The filaments arediadelphous and coalefce almoft 
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