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lated, and with prickly margins-; circles thick, coriaceous; prickles subulate, straight, hooked. ©. H. Native of the 

 prickles stiff, rather hooked; seeds reniform, bay-coloured. south of France. — Moris, hist. 2. p. 154. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 19. 



©.? 1/.? H. Native of Europe, by the sea side. — J. Bauh. 

 hist. 2. p. 385. with a figure. 



Far. /3, hreviseta (D. C. fl. fr, 5. p. 5G8.) prickles short, 



M. polymorpha rigidula, Bert. pi. gen. 97. exclusive 



straight. 



of the synonymes. 

 Shore Medick. 



48 M, lappa'cea (Lam. diet. 3. p. 637.) smoothish ; stems 

 procumbent ; leaflets 



Fl. June, Aug. CIt. 1822. PI. prostrate. 



i?/^cZ;-fruited Medick. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. prostrate. 



55 M. TRiBULoiDEs (Lam. diet. 3. p. G35.) pilose ; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas profoundly toothed ; 

 peduncles 2-flo\vered : legume cochleate, cylindrical, flat at both 

 ends, having 5 circles, wrinkled from lacunae ; spines thick, 

 diverging, rather hooked at the apex, lateral, not marginal, with 

 the margins thick and elevated, not channelled ; seeds kidney- 



obcordate, toothed; stipulas ciliately- shaped, bay-coloured, obliquely-truncate at the apex. ©. H. 

 toothed; peduncles 3-5-flowered ; legumes twisted, smooth, oh- Native of Europe, particularly of France. 



liquely and flexuously-nerved, having 3 circles, and with the Far. ft, Narbonensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 178.) spines adpres- 



margins prickly ; prickles long, hooked ; seeds kidney-shaped, sed, short, and are, as well as the circles, more turgid ; legume 

 rather truncate, yellow^ •©. H. Native about Montpelier, and with tumid warts. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 568. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1730. PI. prostrate. 



also about Naples. M. hispida, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 155. f. 7. ? 

 Allied to ilf. littoralis, bvit the legume and seeds are larger. 

 Burdock Medick. ~' 



Caltrop-like Medick. 



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Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. 



PI. trailing. 



M. pentacy'cla (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 124.) rather pilose; 

 stems prostrate ; leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas ciliately- 



toothed ; peduncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, glabrous, sed, and veiny ; prickles stiff, conical, incurved, disposed in two 

 convex at both ends ; circles 5, reticulated with lacuhse above ; rows. ©. H. Native of Dalmatia. This species is nearly 



pubescent ; stems prostrate, tetragonal ; leaflets obovate, sharply 

 toothed at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, cut at the 

 base : peduncles 3-flowered ; legumes cochleate, ovate, depres- 



spines long, diverging, hooked at the apex ; 



form, compressed, bay-coloure"^ ©. H. 

 bonne. ^- ' — - ^^ 



seeds ovate-reni- allied to M. tribulo'idcs. 



Native about Nar- 



T/iick'Sjwicd Medick, Fl. June, Aug. PI. prostrate. 



Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 19. ? Like the preceding, 57 M. cylindra'cea (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 123.) stems pros- 



and perhaps not distinct. 

 Five-circled Medick. 



trate 



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leaflets obcordate, dentate ; stipulas deeply-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, truncate 

 at both ends ; circles very thick, 5-6, nearly concrete, with a 

 s, prostrate ; leaflets obovate, retuse, denticulated ; stipulas denticulated, 1-lined, flattish margin; seeds regularly kidney- 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. trailing. 

 M. Hi'sTRix (Ten. prod. p. 45. cat. 1819. p. 58) gla- 



pectinately-multifid : peduncles usually 2-flowered, longer than shaped, bay- coloured. ©. H. Native of? 



the leaves; legumes cochleate, cylindrical, compressed at both 

 ends; circles 5, rather distant; prickles subulate, diverging, 

 hooked, rather pilose. ©. H. Native in fields about Naples. 

 Inis plant differs from M. ciliaris in the legumes being glabrous, 

 and from M. lappacea, Lam. 

 Porcupine Medick. 



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diet. 3. p. 6S5. 



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FL June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 



prostrate. 



58 M. pr^e'cox (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 123.) stems prostrate ; 

 leaflets obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles short, 1-2-flowered; legume cochleate, glabrous, flat at 

 both ends : circles thin, rather wrinkled from lacunae, with the 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL prostrate. 

 51 M. diffu\sa (Poir. suppL 3. p. 524.) stems diflTuse ; leaf- 

 lets obcordate, small ; stipulas broad, ciliated ; peduncles usually 



o-tiowered; legume cochleate, globose, having 5 circles ; prickles spines rather diverging, hooked at the apex ; seeds ovate-reni- 

 straight, hooked at the apex 

 rocks. — - ' 



margins thick, nerveless, and flat, bearing the spines laterally ; 

 spines rather diverging, hooked at the a|>ex ; seed 

 form, bay-coloured. ©. H. Native of Provence. 



Early Medick. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL prostrate. 

 59 M. MOLLi'ssiMA (Roth, cat. hot. 3. p. 74.) very soft ; 



7---0- stipulas broadest at the base, toothed at the apex; pedun- 



52 M. DisciFORMis (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 124.) plant pilose ; cles 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, having 5 circles; spines 

 stems procumbent ; leaflets obcordate, dentate : stipulas lanceo- long, hooked at the apex. ©. H. Native of Spain and France. 



©. H. Native of Teneriffe, on 



r. . , . -^h^s V^^"^^ differs from M. lappacea in the leaflets and 

 iruit bemg smaller. 



^W^se Medick. FL June, Aug. PL diff'use. 



jate, toothed ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legume cochleate, gla- 

 rous, having 5 approximate circles, which are veiny beneath, 

 and fiat above, the 4 lower circles have their mariiins furnished 

 wuh long setaceous spines, which 



circle 



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Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. prostrate. 



Pelier, in sterile places. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. pros - 



r^c.^ . ° ^ >-^^»n^c, ».ni,^u are hooked at the apex, the 



itli circle naked from abortion; the margins of the whole 

 cnannelled between the spines. ©. H. Native about Mont- 



^..*^^o. The herb is like M. minima, but the 



orm ot the legume is very distinct from all the other species. 



trate. 



bra^l^^' Carstie'nsis (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 156.) stem erect, 



nched ; leaflets ovate, toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed ; 



enl'^^^T^r ^^^^"^^^e ; legume cochleate, compressed at both 



at le ^^^^^^^'y-^^^ved, having about 3 or 4 circles, green, but 



Ion ^"° black ; the margins thin, nerveless, and spiny ; spines 



rnl^' ^*^|a»ght, hardly diverging; seeds rather reniform, bay- 



^oioured. X. H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia, about Carsi 



™s, hot mag. 909. M. N6cc«, Balb. M. umbellata, Hortul. 



C«r*< Medick. -. , _ 



5* M. NIGRA (WiUd. spec. 3. p. 1418.) leaflets obovate, 



60 M. Gk.e^ca (Horn. hort. hafn. p. 24 and 728.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, toothed at the apex, villous on both sur- 

 faces ; stipulas obsoletely-serrated : peduncles many-flowered : 

 legume cochleate, rather pilose; prickles long, bent. O. H. 

 Native of Greece. Willd. enum. p. 805. Perhaps distinct 

 from M. minima var. lovgiseta. 



Greek Medick. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. prostrate. 



61 M. mi'nima (Lam. diet. 3. p. 636.) plant pilose ; sten s 

 prostrate ; leaflets hairy, obovate or obcordate, entire, triden- 

 tate at the apex ; stipulas half-ovate, nearly entire ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, short ; legume cochleate, rather globose, having 

 S-5 very narrow flattish circles ; spines compressed, channelled 

 at the base, hooked ; seeds reniform, yellow. 0. H. Native 

 of Europe, in sandy fields. In England at Narburgh, Norfolk, 

 and near Newmarket. M. polymorpha minima, Lin. spec. 1099. 



Native of the Alps of Carinthia, about Carst. Fl. dan. 211. M 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789. PL 1 to 2 ieet. 



ed- 1 * ^^^P^^^ ^^^^^t^V-^oothed ; peduncles usually 2-flower- 



> gUnie COchleatP- rvb'n^lrir»al tlio mrr>1pG nnnrnvimafp ; 



a and M. minima hirsuta, J. liauh. hist. 2. p. 



386. with a figure. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 15. Trifolium 

 echinatum arvensc, flore minore, C. Bauh. pin. p. 330. no, 7. 



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D. C. prod. 2. p. 178.) plant 



cochleate, cylindrical, the circles approximate ; canescent : spines longish. About Geneva, in arid places. 



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