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Lotus bertholetii, Masf. (L. peliorhyncus, Hook. L. pelyorensis, Hort.). Coral Gem. Small, much-branched, slender bush, with a silvery hue: lfts. whorled, 8-9 lines long: fls. 1 ½ in. long, in loose clusters of about 20 toward the end of the branches, short-pedicelled, scarlet or crimson fading to orange; standard recurved like a horn; keel acuminate, longer than the wings. Cape Verde, Canaries. B.M. 6733. R.H. 1895:308; 1914, p. 185. G. 25:255. G.L. 27:169.—Peliorhyncus means "bruised or discolored nose." This name, however, is apparently more recent than L. Bertholetii. Grown chiefly in hanging-baskets; in S. Calif, it is much used for sunny rockeries. Prop. by division or cuttings. The odd long-pointed fls. make this an interesting and showy species. Var. atrococcineus, Hort., is an easily grown greenhouse plant for baskets, differing from the species in its darker-colored glossy deep scarlet black- spotted fls.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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