latis glaberrimis petiolum mquantibus, stipulis ovalibus membranaceis nervosis pectinato-
fimbriatis, capitulo longe pedunculato, involucro floribus breviore multifido aristato,
calyce campanulato laciniis tridentato-aristatis dente medio cteteris multo longiore corol-
lam mquantibus.
H aiì. Conception.—Nearly allied to T . fimhriatum of Mr. Liudlcy in the Bot. Reg. t. 1 0 7 0 , from Cali-
fornia; but the leaflets are narroiv and different in ligure, the stipules rounded, shorter, and the whole plant
is more slender.
3. T. depauperatum ; multicaule, caulibus decumbentibus subsimplicibus, foliolis linearibus
subcuneiformibus apice dentatis glabris, capitulis pedunculatis terminalibus paucifloris
(3-5), involucro monophyllo integro breviter truncato, calyce glabro, vexillo fructífero
inflato.—Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1814. p . 69. t. 32. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 203.
H ab. Conception.—It is well observed of this curious little plant, by its original clescriber, Desvaux,
that it should form a distinct section in this genus. Its nearest afilnity is with the section “ ’Vesicastrum"
of De Candolle’s Prodromus; but there it is the upper lip of the calyx which becomes inflated, here
the standard of the corolla. The flowers are sessile within the minute truncated involucre.
3. MELILOTÜS. Tourn.
1. M. parviflora. Desf. FL Atl. v. 2. p . 192. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 187.
H ab. Conception. Introduced ?
4. MEDICAGO. Linn.
». et /3. Benth. Cat. PI. P y r. p . 103.
5. LOTUS. Linn.
1. M.
H ab. Conception.
1. L , siibpinnatus ; annuus pilosus, caulibus erectis, foliis pinnatis exstipulatis, foliolis
.'3-6, 2 vel 3 terminalibus, 2 unilateralibus ellipticis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus
solitariis unifloris, leguminibus rectis. compressis marginatis hirsutis. (Tab. V I I I.)—
“ Lagasc. Nov. Gen. p . 23.”— “ Lotus utricularis. Domh. et L a g . Herb."—Anthyllis chilensis.
De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 71.
Radix parva, annua, gracilis, sublonge descendeos, 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 terminales, nunc unica abortiente, 2 unilaterales,
remotai. Petiolus compressus, latiusculus, superne canaliculatus, basi iu axilla (foliorum inferiorum,) gemmam
solitariam birsutam, (florem abortivum,) gcreus. Pedunmlus perbrevis, vix lineam longus, axillaris, solitarius,
hirsutus, uniflorus. Calyx valde hirsutus, campanulatus, 5-fidus, laciniis subulatis, subrequalibus.
Vexillum obovatum, inferue attenuatum. Alee vexillum subtequantes, appressre. Carina in rostrum
obtusiun attenuata. Stamina diadelphia. Germen oblongum, birsutissimum, 3-ovulatum. Stylus gracilli-
mus, inferne geniculatus, gl.aber. Stigma obtusum, ncque subulatum neque capitatuni. Legumen lineari-
oblongum, patens, compressum, l»ve, marginatum, pilosum, styli basi uncinata terminatum.
H ab. Conception.—Whether or not this phint should contiuue in the genus Lotus is a matter of doubt.
Its nearest atDnity is with Lotus tetraphyllus of Linn, fib, having, like it, more leaflets than the three terminal
ones usual in the genus; in L . tetraphyllus, there is one additional; in our plant two, and those tu-o
are constantly unilateral. The former, however, has a capitate stigma; ours an obtuse one: in these
respects also depai'ting from the true Loti, in which, as now circumscribed, the stigma is subulate. From