170 



LEGUMINOS^. LXV. Medicago. 



with mamillary ^ts above, and marked with lines beneath; Spi7iu!ose Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prostf • 



seeds reniform, truncate at the apex, small, brownish. 0. H. 40 M. pube'scens (D.C. cat. monsp. p. 124. but not of Horn) 



Native of Scandinavia, in sand on the sea-shore. M. tricycla, plant prostrate, clothed with soft pubescence or villi ; stems elon- 



D. C. cat. monsp. 125. gated ; leaflets broad, obovate, denticulated ; stipulas lanceolate, 



Slriated-podded Medick. Fi. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. acuminated, somewhat denticulated at the base ; peduncles 5-8- 



§ 3. Legumes sjiiny. 



M 



flowered ; legumes cochleate, having 2-3 circles, smooth, hardly 

 arcuately reticulated under the margin ; the prickles thick, con 



, a u 7 ^, ,.-,,-, ' - ' '^^'■gi"g' straight, adpressed, longer than the margin. ©. H. 



leaflets obovate, hardly denticulated at the apex; stipulas ci- Native about Montpelier.— J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 385. with a figure. 



liately-toothed ; peduncles S-7'flowered ; legumes cochleate, 

 flat at both ends, of 3 circles, reticulate and somewhat lacu- 

 nose, having muricated, smooth margins ; spines straight, di- 

 verging ; seeds oblong-kidney-shaped, yellow. ©. H. Native 

 about Nice, in corn-fields. M. coronata, G^ertn. fruct. 2. p, 

 155. f. 7. but not of Lam. M. muricata y, Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 GS5. M. polycarpa, Willd. enum. suppl. 52. M. polycephala, 

 Hortul. 



j4jyiculated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL prost. 



34 M. Catalo'nica (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 28.) pubescent; 

 stems elongated, diffuse; leaflets rhomboidal-ovate, denticulatec^ ; 

 stipulas toothed ; peduncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, 

 compressed, having 4 muricatecl circles. 

 Catalonia.. Allied to M. spinulosa. 



Cataloman Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. diff. 



35 M. denticula'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1414.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas 

 ciliately-toothed ; legumes flat at both ends, having 2 circles, 



M, ^ 



longer than the margins. 

 Pubescent Medick. 



(M 



Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. prostrate. 



rhomboidal-obovate, denticulated, mucronate ; stipulas jagged; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legumes cochleate, cylindrical, having 

 4 turnings, reticulately nerved, prickly on the margins. 0-H. 

 Native of Sardinia. 



Sardoa Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PL prostrate. 



42 M. terebe'llum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1416.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, retuse, toothed; stipulas ciliately-toothed; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legume twisted into a cylindrical 

 O. H. Native of form, flat at both ends, having 5 reticulated, smooth circles; 



the prickles very short, distinct, subulate, and spreading ; seeds 

 reniform and dark. 0. H. Native of the south of Europe. 



M 



Awl- sinned Medic. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1798. PI. prostr, 



,,. , ,. , ," . , .,, , - . ° ' "^^ M. MARINA (Lin. spec. 1097.) plant densely clothed wntli 



obliquely reticulated with prick y smooth margins the prickles tomentum, procumbent ; leaflets cuneiform, quite entire ; stipulas 



diverging and hooked ; seeds oblong-kidney-shaped, rather trun- - - '■ ■ - - ' i - f 



cate at the apex. ©. H. Native of the south of France, and 



about Conception in Cluli. This species comes very near to yellow. 2/ . H. Native of Europe, by the sea-side. 



spines being longer and hooked. 



f^ar. /?, c'llmris (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 176.) prickles 

 elongated. M. ciluiris, Savi, cent. p. 148. but not of Willd. 



Denticulated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. prost. 



3Q M. GLOBULosA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 77.) stems 

 procumbent, hairy; leaflets somewhat rhomboidal, crenated, 

 rather pilose; peduncles usually 2-flowered; legume twisted 

 into a globose form, glabrous, having 7 approximate circles, bear- 

 ing remote incurved prickles on the back. ©■ H. Native of 

 Numidia. 



lanceolate, entire ; peduncles many-flowered ; legumes cochleate, 



shaped, 

 Gaertn. 



M 



Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PL procumbent. Lin, spec. 1098. 



fruct. 2. p. 155. f. 7. Cav. icon. 2. t. 130. 



Sea-side MeHiok. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. prostrate. 



44 M. corona'ta (Lam. diet. 3. p. 634.) villous ; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate-roundish, small, denticulated; 

 stipulas lanceolate, entire ; peduncles 4-7-flowered, much longer 

 than the leaves ; legume cochleate, of 1 or 2 circles, villous. 

 reticulated, the form of a crown, having divaricate, marginal 



^ . prickles ; seeds reniformly-lunulate, small 

 brown. ©. H. Native of the south of Europe, Egypt, ^c.-- 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 16. M. coronata Cherleri, '• 

 Bauh. hist. 2. p. 386. with a figure. M. polymorpha coronati 



parallel, straight 



X X/O w««, ^*v^»-, 1.1111- 



bent ; leaflets obovate, retuse, toothed ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, flexuous, glabrous, 

 having only 2 circles, which are reticulated and prickly, the 

 prickles arched and sliort. © . H. Native of Naples, in fields. 



-F/eorMow^-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI, tr. 



38 M. GLOBULUEiiA (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 526.) smoothish ; 

 stems erect ; leaflets ovate, denticulated ; stipulas pinnatifidly- 

 jagged ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legume twisted into a globose 

 form, usually with 3 circles, having short, hispid, straight prickles. 

 O.H. Native of? x o x 



Globe-bearing Medick. 



PI. 1 foot. 



Croww-formed-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1668- 

 PI. prostrate. 



45 M. TENTACULATA (Willd. spcc. 3. p. 1413.) prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas subulate, toothed ; pedundcj 

 usually 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, flat at boj 

 ends; prickles smooth, lanceolate, distich, closely adpresf- 

 O. H. Native of the south of Europe. M. truncatula* 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 350. 1. 155. f. 7. 



Tentaculated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL P'^j'j 



46 M. Hornemania'na (Ser. mss. D. C prod. 2. P- l''"! 

 stems hairy; leaflets rhomboid-obovate, toothed, pubescent' 

 stipulas jagged ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; legume twisted into 



SO M «Pivi7TncA /"n r fl A. K c/!n \ -1 . -"|.v*.c»o jo-ggcu , peuuucies /i-o-nowerea; legume iwiBi^v." - 



3 J M. spiNULOSA (D. C. fl fr. 5. p. 569.) pdose ; stems pros- cylindrical form, rather pilose, small, w th the circles approJ** 



trate ;leafles obovate or obcordate, sharply denticulated ; sti- mate ; prickles stroncr, subulat; ^flexed hooked. ©• H- ^J' 



f±' ^^"^'^ ^."°i"^ A ?^4"-les 2- flowered ; legume coch- tive of Morocco. mT pubescTns Som ' hort hafn. 2. P- ^^' 



pulas lanceolate, toothed; peduncles 2-flowered; legume coch- .,.„.v.^ww 



leate, egg-shaped, having 3-4 circles, prickly beneath the margins, but^ not ofS" C 



the prickles straight, converging, and adpressed, concrete, hardly JJ 



longer than the lacunose margins ; seeds reniform, brown, ratlier 



truncate at the apex. ©. H. Native of the south of France, 



and of the islands of the Archipelago. M. apiculata, Bast. ess. 



p. 280. but not of Willd. M. rugosa, D'Urv. enum. p. 98. but 



not of Lara. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL traOii* 

 47 M. littorVlis (Rhode in Lois. not. 118. but not 



Tenore,) villous ; stems procumbent ; leaflets obcordate or o^ 



lanceol»» 



ovate-cuneiform. 



toothed 



at the 



1 



apex; stipulas lanceo.- 

 toothed ; peduncles 2-4-flovvered ; legumes twisted, subcy*^ 

 drical, glabrous, with 4 circles,^ obliquely and flexuously retic 



