. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus 13. PEA FAMILY. 359 I. Lotus comiculatus L. Bird's-foot Trefoil. Ground Honeysuckle. Bloom-fell. Fig. 2488. Loins comiculatus L. Sp. PI. 775. 1753. Perennial from a long root, appressed-pubescent or glabrate. Stems slender, decumbent, or ascending, 3-2° long; leaves 3-foliolate, short-petioled; leaflets obovate, oblanceolate or oblong, 3"-8" long, obtu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus 13. PEA FAMILY. 359 I. Lotus comiculatus L. Bird's-foot Trefoil. Ground Honeysuckle. Bloom-fell. Fig. 2488. Loins comiculatus L. Sp. PI. 775. 1753. Perennial from a long root, appressed-pubescent or glabrate. Stems slender, decumbent, or ascending, 3-2° long; leaves 3-foliolate, short-petioled; leaflets obovate, oblanceolate or oblong, 3"-8" long, obtuse or acute; stipules similar to the leaflets, and often as large; pe- duncles elongated, sometimes 4'-6' long, umbellately 3-i2-flo\vered; calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube, or shorter; corolla bright yellow, 6''-g" long, or the standard reddish; pods linear, about i' long, spreading, se\'eral-seeded. In waste places and on ballast. Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick, and about the seaports of the Eastern and Middle States to Washington, D. C. Adventive from Europe. Na- tive also of Asia, and widely distributed as a weed. Crow- toes (.Milton). Cross-toes. Cat's-clover. Sheepfoot. Bird's- eye. Ladies'-fingers. Devil's-fingers. Shoes and stockings. Claver. 14. HOSACKIA Dougl.; Benth. Bot. Reg. 15: pi. 125^. 1829. Herbs, mostly with pinnate leaves, but these sometimes with only i leaflet or 3, as in the following species, the umbellate or solitary, yellow, red or rose-colored flowers on bracted axillary peduncles. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals free from the stamen-tube, the stamens diadelphous; standard ovate or suborbicular, wings oblong or obovate; keel incurved, mostly pointed or beaked. Pod linear, flattened or nearly terete, not stipitate. [In honor of David Hosack, 1769-1835 professor of botany and materia medica in Columbia College.] About 50 species, natives of North America, all except L. Helleri Britton of North Carolina, and the following species, c
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