LEGUMINOS-^. LXV. Medicago. LXVI. Hymenocarpos. LXVII. Trigonella. 



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peduncles are longer, the circles of the fruit thinner and nerved, 

 and the prickles longer. 



require to be sown in the open border in spring. The perennial 

 herbaceous si)ecies may be increased by dividing tlie plants at 





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Prickly Medick. Fl June Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. procumbent. the root in spring. .... „ ^ .^_,„, .. ,„. ^, .^,^ 



75 M. LAciNiATA (All. pedera. no. 11 59.) stem erect; leaflets easily raised from cuttings, 

 linear, deeply-toothed, truncate ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- °, 



duncles 1-2-flowered ; legume twisted into a globose form, very liXVI, HYMENOCA'RPOS(from vfirjy, hymen, amembrane, 



spiny ; prickles straight, subulate, hooked, compressed, chan- ^"^ xapiroc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the membranous 

 nelled; margin thick, flattish, but neither sulcate nor zonate ; legumes). Savi, fl. pis. 2. p. 205. Medicago, sect. 1. Ilyme- 

 ' " ■" ' ' " nocarpos, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 171. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Dccdndria. Calyx subcylindrical, 

 5-cleft. Keel remote from the vexillum. Stamens diadcli)hous. 

 Legume many-seeded, rather membranous, compressed, and 

 arched, never twisted. Herbs with 3-5-foliate leaves, and 



I seeds oblong-reniform, bay-coloured, 0. H. Native of the 



south of Europe, in corn-fields. M. polymorpha var. laciniata, 

 Lin. spec. 1099. — Breyn. cent. 81. t. 34. good. 



/rt^^erf-Ieaved Medick. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 ft. 



76 M. Tenoreana (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 180.) pu- 



bescent; stems procumbent; peduncles usually 2-flovvered, yellow flowers. 



shorter than the leaves ; legume twisted into the form of a cy- 

 linder, having 5, distant, densely and longitudinally veined 



circles, the margins rather cartilaginous and rather concave, but !^"S5 pe^uncl 

 not zonate nor sulcate ; prickles setaceous, arcuately divaricate, 

 adpressed; seeds reniform, pale. ©. H. Native in fields 

 about Naples, 

 of Bleb. 



1 H. circinnaVus (Savi, 1. c.) stem prostrate ; leaves pinnately 

 5-foliate ; leaflets entire, ovate, the terminal one lar<re and ob- 



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Ten. cat. 1819. p. 58. but not 



Tenore'* Medick.^ Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prost. 



77 M. Granate'nsis (Willd. enum. p. 803.) stems erect ; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas pinnatifid ; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered ; legume twisted into a subglobose form, having 5 

 rather distant, reticulated circles, the margin rather cartilagino^us, 

 narrow, and convex ; prickles conical, firm, and subulate, dis- 

 tich, and adpressed ; seeds reniform, large, and black. 0. H. 



Native of Spain, near Mai 



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pinnatifida, 



2-4-flowered, subcorymbose ; legume mem- 

 branous, kidney-shaped, pilose, with tlie margins toothed but 

 not winged ; seeds kidney-shaped, compressed. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of the Mediterranean, on the sea-shore, and of Corsica. 

 Medicago circinn^ta, Lin. spec. 109G. 



Circinnate-hgnmeA Hymenocarpus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1640. PI. prostrate. 



2 H. nummula'rius (Savi, 1. c.) stem prostrate, lower leaves 

 entire, upper ones pinnately 5-7-foliate ; leaflets ovate, entire, 

 the terminal one largest and ol)long ; pedicels 3-flowered, rather 

 shorter than the leaves ; legume broad, compressed, somewliat 

 membranous, of a reniform, orbicular figure, with the martrins 



Native of the south of France and Egypt. Medicago nummula- 

 ria, D.C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 124. but not of Steven. Medi- 

 cago circinnata, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 348. t. 155. f. 6. Medicairu 



entire, and furnished with a narrow, nerved wing. 



ft 



Clt. 



VlV""^^- ^"PP^- 148- t. 15. f 2. Allied to M. intertcxta and 

 M.lenoreana, but very distinct from either. 



Granada Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



78 M. interte'xta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1411.) stem procum- 

 Dent; leaflets obovate, toothed; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles usually 2-flowered; legume pilose, cochleate, ovate, 

 aisk-formed ? rather membranous, obliquely reticulated, having 



a th,n margin ; prickles straight, thick, rigid, rather channelled ,. , , ^ ,, , ^- . 



at the base, acute, and adpressed. 0. H. Native of the south pedicels 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves ; legume membranous, 



ot Europe. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 350. t. 155. f. 7 '—Moris ^road, compressed, reniform, having broadly winged, tooihcd, 

 hist. 1. p. 153. sect. 2. f. 8. 



Moneij-n'ort-hgumed Hymenocarpos. Fl. June, Aug. 

 1640. PI. prostrate. 



3 H. radia'tus (Willd. enum. p. 801.) stem erect; leaves 



trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, sharply toothed ; stipulas toothed ; 



Interwoven Medick. Fl. June, Aug. 

 79 M. cilia'ris 



stmct from M 

 Clt. 1G29. 



PI. proc. 



1 n , — (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1411.) stems prostrate; 



eanets obovate, toothed ; stipulas ciliately toothed ; peduncles 

 usually 2-flowered; legume cochleate, ovate-globose, pilose, 

 membranous, much reticulated, having a thick, concave, some- 

 «nat cartilajjmous marmn • snlnp^ ronical, firm, divaricate; 



Native of the south of 



1. 15. f 7. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 168G. Pl.pr. 



— g^... — „ margin , 

 seeds reniform, large, black. 

 A^urope -' ■ 



spines conical, firm, divaricate ; 



©. H. 



_. Moris, hist. 1. p. 153. sect. 2. 1. 15. f. 7. 

 ^^^^^^ed-ii>odded Medick. 



Irrifl .^\ ^""'''^"^^ (J^' C. fl. fr. 4. p, 546.) stems prostrate ; 



tanets obovate or obcordate, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas Ian- 



tha ] ^^ ciliately toothed ; peduncles 5-6-flowered, longer 



an the petioles; legume twisted into an oval form, smooth, 



niembranous, and much 



nell 1 1 I'l — ^ "'^^" reticulated ; spines compressed, chan- 

 h^J ^^1 .y» divaricate, adpressed, very long, and very acute, 

 haung 6.7 circles ; seeds reniform, black. " " "^ ■ 



reticulately veined margins. ©. II. Native of Italy and ihe 

 Levant. Medicago radi^ta, Lin. spec. 109G. Ga-rt."^ fruct. 2. 

 p. 348. t. 155. f. 7. M. liinata, J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 380.— 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. 1. 15. f, 3. 



Far. /3, dasycdrjms (Ser. mss.) legume pilose. Native of the 

 Levant. 



^aydegumed Hymenocarpos. Fl. June, Auor. Clt. 1G2^. 

 PI. I foot. 



CulL The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border in spring. 



LXVII. TRIGONE'LLA (from rpetg^ treis, three, and yujiui, 

 gonia, an angle; the vexillum of the flower is flat, and the keel 

 is very small and narrow, which gives the flower a triangular ap- 

 pearance). Lin. gen. no. 1213. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 3;j2. t. 152. 

 f. S. D.C. prod. 2. p. 181. 



LiX. SYST. 



the south of France, about Nice. 



Diadelphia, Dccdndria. Calyx campanulate, 5- 



Moris 



pct 2 f I'i f c^^ff\ Carina small, the wings and vexillum rather spreading, 



{fedge^kog Uedic^^ Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. prost. f^^^^pPP^^^'X a 3-petalled coro^^^^ Legume oblong corn- 

 el ^^ - - — ' r» F pressed or cylindrical, acuminated, ercctish, many-seeded. 



Sweet-scented herbs, with trifoliate leaves, the middle leaflet 



81 \J ^ ^♦AtuiCK. ri. June, Aug. Lit. 1818. Fl. prost. 



Pror K ^^^^^*^^Mi^A (Desv. journ.^bot. 181 k 1. p. 76.) stem 



som V. glabrous; leaflets obovate, toothed, mucronate, 



usuair 2 fl^^^^^^"^^^ ' stipulas pinnatifidly-toothed ; peduncles 



Pres ^, ""^)^'^^^d; legume cochleate, smooth, somewhat com- 



stalked. 



Sect. L Grammoca'rpus (from ypa^^a, gramma^ writing, 

 circles, bearing thick prickles on and Kanwoc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the nerved legumes). 



Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 181. Flowers capitate or um- 

 bellate. Legume ovate, longitudinally nerved, ending in a long 

 beak. 



pressed having 6 approximate 



iPl"}^ O.H. Collected in gardens. 



CuT"^ TK "^ ^^'^'''^* l^'l- J»'ie^ Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl.i)r. 

 • ihe seeds of the annual species of this genus only 



