Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-		Plate No. 79

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-COMMON_NAMES-Black-flower'd Lotus
-GENUS-Lotus
-SPECIES-Lotus jacobaeus
-CLASS-Diadelphia
-ORDER-Decandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Lotus
-MODERN_SPECIES-Lotus jacobaeus
-MODERN_FAMILY-Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae.
-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR- "Very rich brown inclined to purple."
-SEASON- Flowers during the whole summer.  Needs to be kept under glass in
         the winter.
-NATIVE_REGION- Isalnd of St. James
-ZONE-9
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-3
-PUB_DATE-1789
-REISSUED-1797
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-J. Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0073.PCD