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Show The BLRMTi Shoe Cr N anak HIRI RAB A :b. S U The upon a fhort footftalk, and two at its bale : they are of a dufky green colour, and foft to the touch, The flowers ftand on pedicles rifing from the bofoms ofthe leaves, two ufually on each; and they are large and beautiful ; their colour is crimfon, and they have a look of velvet. IX. BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL. Oo 1 Urs HE. flower is papilionaceous. BRITISH The vexillum is roundifh, and bends downward; andit has a long, hollow bottom. The ala are fhort, broad, obrufe, and ean aoe ata rina is Penaded below, clofed above, fhort, fharp-pointed, and turned ag im nk his of a fingle piece: it is hollow, and is divided into five regular fegments. x: . : -vel : a ong a flender, and the feeds are numerous and roundifh. Theleaves ftand three oneach ea ve re he preceding genera; but there are alfo two fmall ones on the ftalk, at the infertion of the footftalkof the others. Linnaeus places this among the diadelphia decandria ; the threads of the flower being ten, in two affortments. The pods are fhort and thick, and have four membranous edges, which give them a {quare afpect. The feeds are large and yellowih. It is a native of Spain, but is in fome parts of England cultivated in gardens for the fake of the feeds, which are pleafant and wholefome. Manyeat themin the manner of peafe, C. Bauhine calls it Lotus ruber filiqua angulofa. *H ER BP At. ia) at its bafe : they are oblong, broad, fharp-p ointed, and ofa pale green. The flowersare feparately very fmall ; but they ftand in thick tufts, and make a very confpic uous thew: they are white, variegated with a littlé purple, The feed-veffel is long and flender, and the feeds are roundith. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus Siliquofus -glaber. flore rotunda. It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe , and flowers toward the end of fummer. 5+ Hairy, white-flowered Lotus, Lotus hirfutus flore albo. The roots are woody, tough, and {preadin g. The ftalks are alfo woody, and three or four feet high : they are very muchbranched, and co2. Small fquare-podded Lotus. vered with a brownbark in the lower parts, and Lotus filiqua quadrata minor. 704 S02. green in the upper. The leaves are very numerous and {mall : they The root is'long, thick, and furnifhed with are placed three together, with fcarce any footmany fibres. ftalks, and ‘two at the bafe : they are oblong, are numerous, weak, and branched: hairy, fharp-pointed, and of a pale green. y eight or ten inches long, of a pale green, The flowers grow inlittle tufts at the tops of anda little hairy. the branches, and are fmall and white. The leaves ftand three on a very fhort footThe feed-veffels are fmall alfo, and brown. ftalk, and twoat its bafe: they are oblong, moIt is’ frequent in tke fouth of France, and derately broad, of a pale green, hairy, and fharpflowers in Augutt. pointed. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentap us Villofits. The flowers are large and yellow: they ftand Others, Trifolium hemorrhoidale majus. on long, flender footftalks, fometimes two together, fometimes fingly. In fome places they are 6. Great-flowered woolly Lotus, ftriped, but not univerfally. Lotus lanuginofus flore majore albicante. 7L4.$%/ The feed-veffél is long and flender: the feeds . are numerous and brown, The root is woody, tough, divided, and fpreadIt is commonin Italy, and the fouth of France. ing. Our people, Crimfon-pea, or Velvet-pea. DEVS TON I. BRITS eS PEC 1 Es, 1. Common Birdsfoot Trefoil. Lotus corniculata glabra minor. A0GS5u/0 The root is long, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalks are numerous, flender, firm, and branched: they are ufually of a redifh colour, and are ten inches high, The leaves are of a fine ftrong green: three ftand on a Jong footftalk, and two at its bafe: they are oblong, and tharp-pointed. 3. Great Birdsfoot Trefoil. Lotus corniculata birfuta major Theroot iscompofed of numerous, flenderfibres, The ftalks are weak, of a pale colour, alitrle hairy, not much branched, and foot or more in height. The leaves are numerous and large: three ftand on each footftalk, and two atits bafe: they are oblong, broad, of a pale green, and lightly hairy, The flowers are large and yellow, witha tinge The flowers ftand in clufters at the tops of of orange-colour: they ftandin little tufts at the flender foot{talks, rifing from the bofoms of the tops of the pedicles, which rife from the bofom of the leaves. leaves ; and they are {mall and yellow. The pods are ftrait, flender, and long. The feed-vefiel is long, flender, and brown. It is common in our paftures, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhinecalls it Lotus pentapbylla minor glabra. 2. Narrow-leaved Birdsfoot Trefoil. Lotus corniculata anguftifelia glabra. Theroot is long and flender. The ftalks are numerous, and very much branched: they are firm, upright, and fix inches high. The leaves ftand three on a footftalk, and two at the bafe of it: they are narrow, of a frefh green, and fharp-pointed. The flowers. are fmall and yellow: they ftand, as in the other, on long footftalks, fix or eight together. The feed-vefféls are long, flender, and brown. The ‘plant diftinguithes itfelf at fr fight from the common kind by its upright, bufhy afpect. We have it in corn-fields, where the {oil is clayith. Tt flowers in Augutft. Ray calls it Lotus pentaphylles minor anguftioribus foliis fruticofor, DAV EST ON oF 4. Dwarf Birdsfoot Trefoil. Lotus corniculata minima foliis fubtus birfutis . The root is compofed ofa few flenderthreads. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and procumbent: they are of a redith colour, and three of four inches long, The leaves ftand three on a footftalk, and two at its bafe: they are fhort, roundifh, but termi- nated by a point; andofa blackith greenabove, and white and hairy underneath, Theflowers are fmall and yellow: the pods are very flender and brown, Wehave it in dry, hilly paftures, efpecially where the foil is chalky. Jt flowers in July. Raycalls it Lotus corniculata minor foliis fubtus iacanis, FO R EG Nig 1. Square-podded Lotus, Lotus filiqua quadrata flore rubro. 2 PCy Sirf The root is long, and furnifhed with many fibres, It is frequent in damp places, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentaphyllos flore majore luteo fplendente. Others, Lotus corniculata hirfuta major. The leaves of this plant are fometimes very little hairy, and of a brighter green. Inthis ftate it is defcribed in Dillenius’s edition of the Synopfis as a new fpecies ; but it is a variety owing only to its growing on a drier foil, It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pratenfis Siliquofus lyteus. Others, Lotus quadrata filiqua flore luteo. 3. Great-podded Lotus, Lotus filiqua crafiore. J’ LG 30/8 The root is long, lender, and furnifhed with a fewfibres. The ftalks are numerous, wéak, but tolerably upright, and a foot high. The leaves are broad, fhort, and fharp-pointed : they ftand three on a footftalk, with two at the bafe of it; and they are of a pale green, and a little hairy. The flowers ftand fingly onlong,flender footftalks ; andare large and yellow. The podis very large, and hangs down. Thefeeds are large and well-tafted. Tt is a native of Crete, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentaphyllus filiqua cornuta, 3. Clufter-flowered Lotus. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with > bo i numer The ftalks are numerous and weak : they fpread every way upon the ground; and are branched, and of a pale green, a little hairy, and a foot and half long. The flowers are placed at diftances : three grow upon footftalks. The feed-vefiel is long and flender: the feeds are roundith, Tt is a native of all the warm parts of Europe, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lotus pentaphyllus incanus. Others, Derycnium Mon/fpelienfium; and the Englifh writers, Poifonous trefoil of Montpelier. 7. Bufhy-top’d white Lotus. Lotus floribus confertis albidis vel carneis. Lotus floribus fafciculatis. 0 S.P-E-C Ip s: The ftalks are numerous, fhrubby, and firm; and the whole plant has a white, woolly afpect. >. The leaves ftandthree together, with twoothers at the bafe. This is the proper and perfect manner of their growth; but fometimes one or both the lower ones are wanting. They are fhort, broad, and white; and are covered with a kind of woolly matter. The flowers are large and white : they ftandin little roundith clufters on the tops of very flender talks are firm, upright, and two feet : they are fmooth, branched, andof a pale Theleaves ftand three on a footftalk, with two The rootis long, thick, divided, and {preading. The ftem is covered with a brown bark grows to the height of four feet in a fhrub! manner, and the young twigs ar greyifh. The leaves ftand three together, with two {maller at their bafes ; and they are narrow, fharppointed, andofa pale green. The flowers are fmall, but very numerous: they ftand in round clufters at the tops of the I ftalks |