Leguminosce.] 
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latis glaberrimis petiolum {equantibus, stipulis ovalibus membranaceis nervosis pectinato- 
fimbriatis, capitulo longe pedunculate, involucre floribus breviore multifido aristato, 
calyce campanulato laciniis tridentato-aristatis dente medio caeteris multo longiore corol- 
1am agquantibus. 
Hab. Conception. — Nearly allied to T. fimbriatum of Mr. Lindley in the Bot. Reg. t. 1070, from Cali- 
fornia j but the leaflets are narrow and different in figure, the stipules rounded, shorter, and the whole plant 
is more slender. 
3. T. depauperatum; multicaule, caulibus decumbentibus subsimplicibus, foliolis lineari- 
bus subcuneiformibus apice dentatis glabris, capituli.s pedunculatis terminalibus paucifloris 
(3-5), involucre monophyllo integro breviter truncate, calyce glabro, vexillo fructifero 
inflate. — Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1814. p. 69. t. 32. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 203. 
Hab. Conception. — It is well observed of this curious little plant, by its original describer, Desvaux, 
that it should form a distinct section in this genus. Its nearest affinity is with the section “ Vesicastruni” 
of De Candolle’s Prodromus; but there it is the upper lip of the cal)rx which becomes inflated, here 
the standard of the corolla. The flowers are sessile within the minute truncated involucre. 
3. MELILOTUS. Toum. 
1. M. parviflora. Desf. FI. Atl. v. 2. p. 192. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 187. 
Hab. Conception. Introduced ? 
4. MEDICAGO. Linn. 
1. M. denticulata, a., et /3. Benth. Cat. PI. Pyr. p. 103. 
Hab. Conception. 
5. LOTUS. Linn. 
1. L. suhpinnatus ; annuus pilosus, caulibus erectis, foliis pinnatis exstipulatis, foliolis 
5-6, 2 vel 3 terminalibus, 2 unilateralibus ellipticis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus 
solitariis unifloris, leguminibus rectis compressis marginatis hirsutis. (Tab. VIII.) — 
“ Lagasc. Nov. Gen. p. 23.” — “ Lotus utricularis. Domb. et Lag. HerhF — Anthyllis chil- 
ensis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 71. 
Radix parva, annua, gracilis, sublonge descendens, basin versus fibrosa, fibris tuberculiferis. Caules 1-3 ex 
eadem radice, erecti, flexuosi, patentim hirsuti, subramosi. Folia pilosa, remotiuscula, nisi ad extremitatem 
ramorum, exstipulata, pinnata ; pinnulis 4-5, quorum tres terminale.s, nunc mica abortiente, 2 unilaterales, 
remotse. Petiolus compressus, latiusculus, supeme canaliculatus, basi in axilla (foliorum inferiorum,) gemmam 
solitariam hirsutam, (florem abortivum,) gerens. Pedunculus perbrevis, vix lineam longus, axillaris, soli- 
tarius, hirsutus, imiflorus. Calyx valde hirsutus, campanulatus, 5-fidus, laciniis subulatis, subiequalibus. 
Vexillum obovatum, inferne attenuatum. Aim vexillum subsequantes, appressse. Carina in rostrum 
obtusum attenuata. Stamina diadelphia. Germen oblongum, hirsutissimura, 3-ovulatum. Stylus gracilli- 
mus, inferne geniculatus, glaber. Stigma obtusum, neque subulatum neque capitatum. Legumen lineari- 
oblongum, patens, compressum, heve, marginatum, pilosum, styli basi uncinata terminatiun. 
Hab. Conception. — Whether or not this plant should continue in the genus Lotus is a matter of doubt. 
Its nearest affinity is with Lotus tetraphyllus of Linn, fib, having, like it, more leaflets than the three ter- 
minal ones usual in the genus ; in L. tetraphyllus, there is one additional ; in our plant two, and these two 
are constantly unilateral. The former, however, has a capitate stigma; ours an obtuse one: in these 
respects also departing from the true Loti, in which, as now circumscribed, the stigma is subulate. From 
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