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LEGUMINOS^. LXV. M 



EDICAGO. 



169 



MtaP 



II 



I 



If 



veined, pubescent. 1/ . H. Native of Caucasus, in mountain ' fuse 

 meadows. Flowers violet and yellow. Calyx clammy. 



/3 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 174.) stem 



pilose, but the rest of the plant is quite smooth ; leaflets obcor- dense, oblique, reticulated 

 ^ date, cuneiform. M. glutinosa, Panzer, in litt. 



leaflets obovate, toothed around; stipulas lanceolate, 

 ; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; legume cochleate, many- 

 seeded, Iiemispherically convex above, but flat below, beset with 



toothed 



Clammy Lucern. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



Sect. II. Spiroca'rpus (from aTrsipa, sjieira, a spire, and sect. 2. t. 15. f. 3. 

 Kapnor, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the fruit of all the species Dish-like-nodd( 



being spirally twisted (f. 30. c). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. 26 M. ruo^sa 



veins ; the veins thin at the margins, 

 and anastomosing ; seeds large, kidney-shaped, smooth, brown. 

 ©. H. Native of the south of Europe. Geertn. fruct. 2. t. 

 155, f. 7.— J. Bauh. h[st. 2. p. 384. with a figure.— Moris, hist. 



)rpha/3, Lin. spec. 1097. 

 Fl.Ju. Aug. Ch. 15C2. PL diff. 



Med 



p. 174. 



Legume twisted into an 



orbicular form (f. 



30. 



pilose, or glabrous, with the margins either entire, wrinkled, or 

 '■"•"-- Leaves trifoliate. 



spiny 



§ 



c), obovate-rhomboid, denticulated towards the apex ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, toothed; peduncles 2-4-flowered ; legume having 2-3 

 circles, obliquely and reticulately veined, the veins becoming 

 thicker towards the margins, but the margin is smooth and 



1 f) M n.,c.,/o . rji . 1 r , ^ . A ' , thinner ; seeds rcniform, compressed, dark, truncate at the apex, 



bent LZrnhn3 I' r-^l' ^•.P-,^*-;-!-) stems decum- ©. H. Native of the south of Europe. M. elegans, Willd. 



bent ,^ leaflets obovate-rhomboid, denticulated, having numerous spec. 3. p. 1408.— Moris, hist. 2. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 4. 



ZX"' "^'''''' ' ^''^ r ^^"^f°'f ^' profoundly toothed ; pe- ^Trm/r/.^-fruited Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1680. PI. nr. 



?nto an '•^^'=,^"^°«^' "^^"y-Aowered ; legume reniform, or twisted 27 M. saxa'tilis (Bieb. fl. taur. 2 p. ^225.) procumben^t ; 



'A^^u'^ X ' ^"'^^ ^""''^' glabrous, radiately veined, 2-seeded. 

 ©•H. Native of the south of France. M.'lenticularis, Desr. 

 '" j/"^-;^^^^' ^- P- <530. Seeds exactly reniform, brown. 



f^ar. /3, trijldra (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 174.) peduncles 3- 

 Howered ; leaflets very acutely toothed ; legume somewhat co- 

 riaceous, twisted into a round form, having prominent nerves. 



OiiCMre Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1734. PI. procumb. 



^0 M. iNTERME^DiA (D. C. herb.) the same as the last species, 

 but (litters in the legumes being furnished with warted nerves, 

 and in the seeds being yellow. ©. H. Native about Naples. 

 M. obscura var. y, rugulosa, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 174. 



Intermediate Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. pr. 

 ^1 M. L^vis (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 213.) procumbent; leaflets 

 Obovate, toothed; stipulas dentately-pinnatifid, the 



leaflets oblong-cuneiform, toothed at the apex, rather pubes- 

 cent ; stipulas subulate, a little toothed ; peduncles few-flow- 

 ered ; legume cochleate, veiny, with the margins beset with spiny 

 denticulations, glabrous. 1/. H. Native of Tauria, on rocks. 



-Legume about the size of that of M. 

 different, the windings being only 3 or 4. 

 Rock Medick. ~ 



but the form is 



Fl. June, Aug. PL procumbent. 



§ 2. Legumes with thickened, unarmed margins. 

 28 M. TORNATA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1409.) stems diffiise ; 



leaflets obovate, denticulated 



stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- 



bristle.formed; peduncles 

 cochleate, orbicular, flat, 

 in fields. M. helix, Willd 



Jike that of il/. ohsciirn. 



Smooth Medick. 



segments 



unarmed, 

 ©. H. Native of the north of Africa, 



many-flowered ; legume 



duncles many-flowered ; legume twisted into a cylindrical form, 

 truncate at both ends, glabrous, with thick, smooth, nerveless 



the circles almost concrete : seeds kidney- 



margins, naving tne circles almost concrete 

 shaped, truncate at the apex, smooth, orange-coloured. 



O. H. 



spec. 3, p. 1409. Legume nearly spec. 1098. 



Native of the south of Europe. M. polymorpha y, tornka,Lin. 



Fl. July, Aiig. 

 orbicula'ris 

 leaflets obcordate. 



22 M. 



Clt. 1816. PI. tr. 



(All. ped. no. 1150.) stems diffVise ; 



s ' toothed at the apex ; stipulas jagged, the 



lemvm ^17 narrow and diverging ; peduncles 1-2-flowered; 

 lau^ P^^!''^^^^' compressed, glabrous, irregularly and reticu- 

 dots ^^ u ^'^"y"S^^<le^ ; seeds subtriangular, rugged from 

 J R 1 v. "^^^^^^ ^^*^^ so"^^^ <^f Europe. M. orbiculata, 

 2 f 1.' r f • h P- ^^*- ^*^t^- fr^^t. 2. p. 155.-Mor. hist. 



23 M. 



M. polymorpha a, Lin. spec. 1097. 

 i\microcdrpa (Moricand, herb.) fruit smal 



Medick 



Twrw erf-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1658. PI. diff: 



29 M. turbina'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1409.) stems diffuse; 



leaflets obovate-rhomboid, toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed ; 



peduncles usually 2-flowered ; legumes twisted into an ovate 



form, convex at both ends, with thick, lined, somewhat concrete 



seeds kidney-shaped, truncate at the apex, pale-yellow. 

 Native of the south of Europe. M. polymorpha ^, tur- 



Moris.hist. 2. p. 153. sect. 2, 1. 15. f. 5. 



Fl. Ju, Jul. 



margins 



©. H. 



binata, Lin. spec. 1098. 



ywrima/e-podded Medick. 

 30 



Clt. 1680. PL diff: 



M. tuberculVta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1410.) stems pro- 

 id, herb.) truit smaller, cumbent; leaflets obovate-rhomboid, toothed; stipulas lanceo- 

 Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1688. PI. diff: late, toothed ; peduncles 1-2-flow^ered ; legume twisted into an 



le^^fl.f. margixVta (Willd. enura. p. 802.) procumbent; 

 ^e^.? ^^^^^\ dentate; stipulas divided into many setaceous 

 tu^.tlT-' peduncles usually 2-flowered; legume unarmed, 

 N.tT. Tl ^"^ ^r^icular, flat form, the circles loose, 

 a me ot the south of Europe.— Moris, hist. sect. 2. t 



O. H. 



bictda 



Ma 



ris. 



— O' 



perhaps only 



ty 



M. 



Clt. 1816. PI. trail. 



™a Medick. Fl. June, Aug. v.u. loxu. .-,. .ran. 



sunnl f/.^A^^A'TA (Willd. suppl. p. 52. ex Horn. hort. hafn. 

 divided^'- Procumbent ; leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas 



flower fl^"!° many setaceous segments; peduncles usually 1- 

 andril- , ^"^"^8 unarmed, orbicular, flattish on both sides, 

 Native n °P*^'^ margins, the circles distant and large. © . H. 



P/^t J 1 ^^"^h^Ps only a variety of M. orbicularis. 



^to^-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. trail. 

 ';• *^°TEi-LA^TA (All. ped. no. 1155.) pilose; stems dif- 



'O*** II. 



ovate form, with thick, subconcrete margins, bearmg a double 

 row of tubercles, leprous In the summer; seeds reniform, trun- 

 cate at the apex, yellow. 0. H. Native of the south of 

 Europe. M. m^na turbin^ta, J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 385. f. 1. 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 6. ? 



Tuhercled Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1G58. PL pr. 



31 M. oliv.£f6rmis (Moris, elench. sard. 1827. fasc. 1.) pu- 

 bescent ; leaflets somewhat rhomboidal-obovate, denticulated ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, toothed ; peduncles few-flowered ; legumes 

 cochleate, ovate, pubescent, having Q-7 turnings, with very thick, 

 reticulated, warted, or tuhercled margins. 0. H. Native of 

 Sardinia. 



O/ire-^or/wec^-podded Medick. PI. prostrate. 



32 M. stria'ta (Bast, journ. bot. 1814. 3. p. 19.) stems pro- 

 cumbent ; leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 toothed ; peduncles 5-6-flowered ; legumes with 3-5 circles, 

 twisted into a cylindrical form, having thickened margins, beset 



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