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LEGUMINOSiE. LXV. Medicago. 



Far. y, longiscta (D. C. herb.) spines very long; stems elon- diet. 3. p. 63Q* M. polymorpha, 



gated ; peduncles many-flowered, elongated. M. mollissima, 

 Roth, cat. bot. 3. p. 74. ? Trifolium echinatum arvense, C. 



FIG. 30. 



Smith, engl. bot. 1616. Curt. fl. 

 lond. 3. t. 47. Mart. 



Bauh. pin. p. 329. no. 6. 



Least Medick. FL May, June. Britain. PL prostrate 



62 M. AREKA^RTA TTon. rat. IRl Q. n- !\^ .\ sfpm<5 nroftti 



) 



76- 



Spotted-Xeave^ Medick. Fl. 



May, Aug. Britain. PI. prostrate. 



leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas rather dentate or quite 69 M. Gera'rdi (Waldst. et 



entire: peduncles usually 2-flovvered, shorter than the leaves; Kit. ex Willd. spec. 3. p. 1415.) 

 legumes cochlcate, somewhat cylindrical, flat at both ends ; stems prostrate ; leaflets obovate. 



circles 4, approximate ; prickles few, arched, diverging, hooked. 



Native of Naples, in sandy places. M 



glabrous. 0. H. 



toralis, Ten. prod. 45. but not of Rhode. 



Sand Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 



63 M. muuicole'i'Tis (Tineo, pi. sic. rar. 



PL prostrate, 

 pug. 1. p. 18. 



denticulated; stipulas with seta- 

 ceous teeth ; peduncles usually 2- 

 flowered ; legume cochleate, vil- 

 lously-tomentose, flattish at both 

 ends, having 5 nerveless, prickly, 



Tenorc, app. 4. fl. neap. p. 29.) stems branched, diffuse, angular ; thick circles ; spines hooked at the 



leaves obovate or obcordate, small, serrulated at the apex; sti- apex, hardly diverging; seeds re- 



pulascih'ately-toothcd; peduncles usually 1 -flowered, about equal niform, bay-coloured. Q.H. Na- 



in length to the leaves ; legume usually solitary, cochlcate, com- tive of the south of Europe and 



pressed at both ends ; circles 3-4, coarsely reticulated, prickly ; ~ 

 prickles oblong, setaceous, arched, marginal in two rows, very 

 broad at the base; margins flat and thickish. ©. H. Native 



Egypt. M. villosa, D. C.'fl. fr. 4. p. 545.— Moris, hist, 2. p. 

 153. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 18. M. rigidula, Thuill. ex herb. Reyn. 



Var. B 



near Palermo, Cahibria, Sec. The habit of the plant is that of prickles. 

 M. disc if 



reticulated, and the margins beset with long awns. 



minor (Ser. mss.) legume 



M. villosa j3, D, C. 1. c. 



cylindrical, with short 



Gerard's Medick. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Clt. 1816. PI. prostrate, 



70 M. agre'stis (Ten. prod, suppl. 2. et cat. 1819. p. 59.) 

 Alender-ivartedyiedlck. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt.1820. PI. prostrate, pubescent; stems prostrate ; leaflets cuneiform, toothed at the 

 64 M. uncinata (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1417.) stems prostrate; apex; stipulas with setaceous teeth ; peduncles usually 2-flower- 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas toothed ; peduncles many- ed ; legume twisted, muricated, flat at both ends, having i 

 flowered; legume cochleated, cylindrical, flat at both ends; circles; prickles about equal in length to the breadth of the 



circles distant ; prickles distich, reflexed, subulate, hooked. ©. 



H. 



Native of the south of Europe. Allied to M. rigidula and 



legume. 



©, H. Native of Naples near Caserta, in fields. 



Hooked 



Perhaps not distinct from M. pentacycla. 



Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate. 



Field Medick, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prostrate 

 71 M. RIGIDULA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 634.) stems prostrate ; leaf- 

 lets obovate, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas toothed at the 

 base: peduncles 2-3-flowered ; legume cylindrical, flatatbotli 



65 M. Di'sTANs(Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 326.) stems prostrate; , ^ , , ......x.. ^j ^»., 



leaflets somewhat cordate, denticulated at the apex; stipulas ends,' beset with muricate-bke spines on the back, which hardly 



dentately-ciliatcd ; peduncles 2-4-flowered; legume cochleated, '" "" 



ovate, having 3 distant circles, which are prickly ; prickles 

 straight, diverging, hooked at the apex. ©. H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. — Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 21. Perhaps 



diverge. ©. H. Native of the south of France. Allied to 

 M. tornata according to Lamarck. 



sm 



Fl. June, 



Aug. 



Clt. 1730. 



PL 



M 



-D/^^anZ-circled Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 



prostrate 



stems prostrate; 

 ciliately-toothed ; 



ah 



66 M. re'cta (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 212.) stem erect ; leaflets brous, having 5 thick, some°what nerved circl 

 cuneiform, toothed, pubescent; stipulas entire; peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; legume twisted into a globose form, almost nerveless, 

 prickly, and rather pilose ; prickles long, straight, hooked ; cir- 

 cles of legume 3-5, flattish 

 hooked. 



O.H. 



of il/. minima. 



spmes compressed, channelled, 

 Native of Barbary. Perhaps only a variety 



prostrate. 



72 M. murica'ta (All. pedem. no. 1158.' 

 leaflets rhomboid-obovate, toothed ; stipulas 

 peduncles 1-3-flowered ; legume twisted into an ovate forni,# 



's, the margin tbiA 



marked by an evanescent narrow zone, not furrow ed ; spi°^^^' 

 posed in a single row, stiff) conical, arched, tooth-formed; seedj 

 irregularly kidney-shaped, of a bay colour. ©. H. Native ol 

 Europe, in fields. In England, at Orford, Suffolk, on the s^ 

 bank plentifully.— Vaill. bot. par. t. 33. f. 7. M. polymorph 



^/ra/o-Z/^-stemmed Medick.' 



Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1810. PI, 1 ft. 



muricata, Lin. spec. 1098. 



Medick 



May 



England. ^ 



prostrate. 



73 M. sph^eroca'rpos (Bert. ital. pi. dec. 3. p. 60.) glahrou^^ 



sO 



67 M. AcuLEATA (Willd. spcc. 3. p. 1410.) prostrate; leaflets 



rhomboid-obovate, toothed ; stipulas toothed; peduncles usually . _ ^„ ^_^ ^^^. ^. . „,.^ ^ 



2-flow^ered ; legume cochlcate, cylindrical, flattish at both ends, prostrate ; leaflets rhomboidal-'obovatei riiarply-serrulated 



with the margins of the circles muricated. ©. H. Native of? pulas jagged; peduncles many-flowered; legume twisted into 



Very like il/. tuberctdala, but differs in the prickles of the globose form, with the circles so closely adpressed as to be ali«^ 



a 



legume being unequal, thick, very short and obtuse. 



Pr/cA/y-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. 

 prostrate. 



68 M. macula'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1412.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obcordate or obovate, toothed, spotted ; stipulas dilated, 

 toothed; peduncles 2-3-5-flowered; legumes cochleate, compres- 



f, on grassy hills abo» 

 Moris, hist. sect. "• 



Sarzena. Seb. pi. rom. p. 15. t. 3. 

 11. f. 12 ? This species is distinguished from M. tere 

 Willd. in the legumes being globose, not cylindrical. 

 Boimd'fi ' - 



sed at both ends, white, having 3-5 circles, which are cir- 74 M, mu'rex (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1410.) stems prostrate! 



cularly and densely nerved, the margins fringed with 2 rows of leaflets obovate, toothed, lower ones obcordate; stipulas cijiat^ 

 long, spreading, slender, weak, partly hooked bristles; seeds 



©. H. 



kidney-shaped, yellow. 



In England, on gravelly soil in the southern parts. 



hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 12. M. cordata, Desrous. in Lam, 



Native of Europe, in sand. 



Moris. 



ly-toothed ; peduncles usually 2 -flowered ; legume cochin*' 

 cylindrical, rather convex at both ends, prickly, and transverse J 

 veined ; prickles long, straight, and thick. ©. H. Native o 



This species is very nearly allied to M. muricala, but the \o^ 



