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LEGUMINOS.E, LXV. Mebicago. 



167 



Cult. All the species of AnthylUs are very beautiful when 



Far. y, corymhosa (Ser. niss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 172.) flowers 



in flower. The hardy, herbaceous, perennial kinds thrive best almost abortive and corymbose ; pedicels filiform, elongated 

 in dry light soil, and are very readily increased by seeds ; they 0. H. Native about Geneva, 

 are well adapted for ornamenting rock-work. The seeds of the 

 hardy annual kinds should be sown in a rather dry warm 



Hop- Trefc 



4 M. MNIi 



May 



Brit. PL tr. 



situation in the open ground. The green-house and frame kinds obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate 



thrive best m a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, most of them acute, almost entire ; flowers apetalous, disposed in racemose 



produce perfect seed, by which they are readily increased, spikes ; legumes falcate, hardly nerved, stipulate, unguiculate 



Young cuttings of them will also root if planted in a pot of sand 



with a bell-glass placed over them ; the glasses to be taken off Moss-f. 



0. H. Native of Switzerland about Longirod, and of Belgium. 



and wiped occasionally to prevent damp. 



M (plants agreeing with Trif 



M 



brous 



Stems ascending, suflTruticose ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 



nearly orbicular, coriaceous, almost entire, having numerous 



m some important characters). Bronn. diss. 1. c. D. C. prod. 2. nerves; stipulas lanceolate, acute, nerved; peduncles many- 



p. 171. Legume 1 -celled. Stamens diadelphous. Stems her- flowered; legume falcately-reniform, quite entire, rayed with 



baceous, rarely frutescent. Leaves usually palmate, with S-5 numerous nerves. %. H. Native ofTauria, in sterile creta- 



leaflets, rarely impari-pinnate. Primordial ones alternate. ceous places. M. nummul'iria, Stev. in Bess. cat. hort. crem. 



1816. p. 85. but not of D. C. Flowers the colour and form of 



ame given by Dios- those oi M.falcdta^ but a little smaller. A very distinct species. 



214. Gaert. fruct. 2. Cretaceous l^ncern. Fl. July. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 to 3 feet long. 



Med 



Medtke 



p.348. t. 155. f. 7. D.C. prod. 2.p. 171. 



LiN. sYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx somewhat cylin- stems ascending ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, denticulated ^at the 

 drical, S-cleft. Carina rather remote from the vexillum (f. 30. apex ; stipulas toothed ; corymbs compound, dense ; peduncles 

 6.)- Stamens diadelphous. Legume many-seeded, of various and pedicels beset with glandular pili ; legume reniform, rugose, 

 terms, reniform, falcate, cochleate, but usually twisted in a spiral pilose, 1-seeded. ©. H. Native on the shores of the Baltic 

 manner (f 30. c.).— Herbs or shrubs. Stipulas usually cut. 

 Leaves stalked, trifoliate in all ; leaflets usually toothed. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, 1-2 or many-flowered. Flowers yellow. 



Sect, I. Lupula'ria (from lupulus, hops. The 



sea. 



M, 



efoil 



Corymb-bearing Medick. PI. ascending. 



7 M. FALCATA (Lin. spec. 1096.) stems prostrate; leaflets 

 oblong, toothed at the apex ; stipulas quite entire ; peduncles 

 racemose ; legumes falcate, smoothish or pubescent ; seeds ob- 

 long ; radicle hardly prominent. 0. H. Native of Europe, in 



i5er. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 172. Legume reniform, falcate, or dry mountainous pastures. In Britain on dry gravelly banks 



somewhat cochleate, glabrous or pubescent, with entire margins, and old walls ; between Watford and Bushy-hill by the foot-way; 



1 M^^ trifoliate. ^ in Cambridgeshire ; common about Norwich in gravelly fields, 



1 M. rupe'stris (Bieb. fl. taur. 2, p. 225. suppl. p. 517.) and on many parts of the city walls, also about Bury St. Edmund. 



stems prostrate; leaves trifoliate; leaflets oblong, cuneiform, Smith, engl. hot. 1016. "' 



\^T ^^ ^1^^ ^P^^' pubescent ; peduncles usually 2-flowered ; 

 n« reniformly twisted, reticulated, hoary ; seeds rather 



radicle hardly prominent. %,. H. Native of 



legume 

 ovate, brown; 



T^ria, among calcareous rocks. Allied to M. j^rostrdla, but 

 aitters in the peduncles being few-flowered, in the flowers being 

 smaller, and in the legumes beins less twisted. 



Flowers usually pale-yellow, hut occa- 

 This is said to be the kind of lucern 



sionally violet and green, 

 cultivated in Switzerland. For its culture see 

 Far. /3, annularis (Ser. mss, D. C. prod. 2 

 narrower and smaller ; legumes more arched, 

 nularis, Besser. in litt. 



M. 



p. 172.) leaflets 



0,H. M. an- 



Far. y, tiimida (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 173.) flowers 



? TVf ^^^^^' F *^""^' ^^^Y' ^^^- ^^^^' ■^^' ascending. tumid ; carpels tumid. 0. H. About Geneva. 



2 M. brachyca'rfa (Fisch. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 517.) /a/ca/e-podded Lucern. Fl. July. Britain. PI. prostrate. 



Plose ; stem ascending ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, den- 

 ticulated, with - . ', , , ,: 



M 



p. 127.) stems 



1 , -' 'z'^" numerous nerves ; stipulas lanceolate-linear; procumbent; leaflets oblong-linear, toothed at the apex ; stipu- 

 ^ eads spherical ; calycine segments 3 times longer than the tube, ' . , - - , - 



jnear ; legumes 1-seeded, with numerous transverse and parallel 



las toothed at the base ; peduncles racemose ; legume falcate, 



almost naked, reticulated, 2-seeded ; seeds irregularly cordate. 

 %• H. Native of Cracovia, in dry fields and on hills. Perhaps 

 only a variety of M. falcdta, but diflfers in the legumes being a 

 little broader, short and long in the same specimen. 



Procumbent Lucern. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. PL prostrate. 



9 M, CANCELtA^TA (Bieb. fl. taur. 226. but not of Ten.) 



stems prostrate ; leaflets oblong-cuneiform, toothed at the apex, 



quite smooth ; stipulas subulate, lower ones denticulated; pe- 



reticulated ; seeds ovate, somewhat kidney-shaped. duncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, reticulately- veined, 



glabrous, with the veins radiating towards the margins. 11 . H. 

 Native of Caucasus. Flowers fewer and smaller than in M. 



nerves ; the seminiferous margin thick and straight ; seeds ovate, 

 cordate, compressed. ©. H. Native ofTauria, near Tiflis. 



^/^or/./na/eJ Medick. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. PL prostrate. 

 ^j.j^ y I'U^ULfNA (Lin. spec. 1097.) stem procumbent; leaves 

 sti ^ 1 ^^ I ^^^^^^ obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; 

 sp£" %fl^^^^^^^' ^^"^^' toothed; peduncles beaiung ovate 

 arch^H "^.^^^s ; flowers sessile ; legumes reniform, 1-seeded, 

 © H* i^^^'F"^^^^^ 5 seeds ovate, somewhat kidney-shaped. 

 fipU ' , ^^^^ of Europe, in meadows, pastures, and cultivated 

 oqo r*'''''^*^"^ ^" Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 971. Fl. dan. 

 • *'"'" "" '-^nd. fasc. 2. t. 57. Mart. fl. rust. t. IJ 



Jist. 819. icon, 

 the 



Fuchs. 



Willdenovii. Mer 



Jalcata^ always yellow. 

 Latticed-veined Lucern. 



thp 1 leaves more or less pilose 



ne most valuable of artificial grasses, aflTording 



sneep. For its culture and uses see Irijoli 



«r. (3, pohstachya (Ser. mss. D. C. prod, i 



-^^ egate into a terminal raceme ; leaflets large. 



""^^^'^^^erland, about Bern. 



This is one of 

 excellent fodder 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 



prostrate. 



10 M. suFFRUTicosA (Ram. in D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 341.) stems 

 fl procumbens. prostrate, suffruticose ; leaflets obovate-roundish, almost entire 

 p. 272.) heads or obcordate ; stipulas lanceolate, broad, toothed ; peduncles 

 O. H. Native racemose, twice the length of the petioles; legume pubescent, 



almost spiral, reticulated with arched veins ; seeds irregularly 



