An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 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 obova
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 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. June-Sept. 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 Nor
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