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ovate-oblong, compressed, wrinkled from dots ; radicle rather 



prominent. ©. H. Native of Candia and Barbary. Trifo- 

 lium Melilotus Cretica, Lin. spec. 1078. Melilotus 

 Desf fl. atl. 2. p. 192.— Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 14. f. 3. 



yellow. 



Cretan Pocockia. 



Cretica, 

 Flowers 



Fl. J 



une, Aug. 



Clt. 1713. PI. 1 foot. 



Cull. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 

 open border about the beginning of April. 



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LXIX. MELILO'TUS (from mel, honey, and lotus; honey 

 Lotus. The plants are similar to the Lotus, and are the favourite 

 resort of bees). Tourn. inst. 40G. t, 229. Juss. gen. 356. Lam. 

 ill. t. 613. D. C. prod. 2. p. I86._Trif61ium spec. Lin. 



Lin. syst. Diadelplua, Decandr'ia. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. 

 Carina simple ; wings shorter than the vexillum. Legume 



. Russian Melilot. ^ Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



5 M. melanospe'rma. (Besser in litt. 1824.) stem firm, un- 

 equally furrowed ; racemes numerous, twiggy, very loner, as- 

 cending ; leaflets oblong, denticulated ; legumes ovate, lacunose, 

 black ; seeds ovate, not cordate or compressed, black, rugged 

 from dots. ^ . H. Native of Tauria. Flowers yellow "like 

 those of Af. officinalis. 



Black-seeded Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



6 M. officina'lis (Willd. enum. p. 790.) stem erect, 

 branched ; branches spreading much ; leaflets obovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse, remotely-serrated ; stipulas setaceous ; teeth of 

 calyx unequal, length of tube ; vexillum striated with brown ; 

 wings equal in length to the keel ; legume 2-seeded, obovate, 

 acute, and transversely wrinkled, rather 



pilose, 



at length 



longer than the calyx, coriaceous, one or many-seeded, hardly ^'^^^'^^^' an^l rather gibbous ; style filiform, length of legum^e ; 



dehi cent, of various forms.- Herbs. Stinulas adnate to thi seeds unequally cordate. ^ . H. Native of Europe. Li Bri- 



tinn in tinckets and liedges, and the borders of fields. Trifolium 

 Mehlotus officinalis, a, Lin. spec. 1078. Oed. fl. dan. 934. 

 Sturm, deutsch. fl. 1. fasc. 15. var. a. Trifolium ofl^cinale. 



Flowers yellow. Fruit 



Stipulas adnate to the 

 oft petiole. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets usually toothed. Flowers 



disposed in loose racemes, yellow, rarely white. 



J^'.n\^' ^^'^^^^"^^ (from .o.Xoc, ^oi/o., channelled, depres- „, .. ..,.. ,... .„„,. ,,.,. ,,,,,. xMowers yeiiow. rru.t 



Un:m"V''i'' "'' ' "" wrinkle ; in reference to the surface of the nearly like that of M. dcntata, but the flowers are much larger. 



Smith, fl. brit. 781. engl. hot. 1316. 



legumes). Ser. mss. m 

 wrinkled from lacunce 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 186. 



Legume 



The flowers and seeds of this plant are the chief ingredients in 

 flavouring the Gruyere cheese. This cheese no doubt owes its 



. 1 \r ITrx > /Tir-n 1 V ^*«.vwwiiii- Liie vjiu^cic LiiLfM;. i nis cneesc no uouot owes its 



\oi\ Zo.ru'^ ''\ ^ ^^ ^"""^-.790.) stem ascending ; leaf- excellence to the mixture of herbs in the mountain pastura-e, 



e( ... Z^ ;i ?T' '!^"*'""^f ^'^ 5 stipulas toothed ; teeth of calyx which surrounds the valley of Gruvere in Switzerland but more 



S imp 1 o ", /" length; vexdium longer than the carina; particularly to the flowers and seeds of this plant, which are 



n,mT ^"~-'^^^^''' wrmkled somewhat transversely from la- bruised and mixed with the curd before it is pressed, 



cunae, ovate, acute, compressed, length of style ; seeds egg- - - - - -■ - A 



shaped, bay-coloured, and somewhat compressed. $ . H. Native 

 ot Germany and France. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 564. Trifolium 

 ^oclnanum, Hayne m Schrad. neue journ. 2. p. SSQ. M. diffilsa, 

 ^och. diss. med. Flowers yellow. 



A oc/r* Melilot. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1816. PI. 2 to 3 feet. digestive, and was used in fomentations and cataplasms, partlcu- 



11. DENTA TA (VVdld. enum. 790.) stems erect, firm ; leaflets larly in blister plaisters, but it is now laid aside as bein.r rather 



The 

 whole plant has a peculiar scent, which becomes more fragrant 

 in a dry state, then having some resemblance to that of Antho- 

 xdnthiim. The flowers are sweet-scented ; a water distilled from 

 them possesses little odour in itself, but improves the flavour of 

 other substances. In medicine it was esteemed emollient and 



oblong, denticulated ; stipulas laciniated ; teeth of calyx equal- 

 ing the tube in length ; vexillum longer than the keel ; legumes 

 aense, black when mature, 1-2-seeded, obovate, obtuse, com- 

 pre^sed, irregularly and finely wrinkled from lacuna, with the 

 sernmilerous margin gibbous ; style short ; seeds irregularly cor- 

 date, 01 a bay colour ; radicle very prominent 



01 Hungary. TrifoHum dent^tum, Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1 

 P' 41. t. 42. *^' ' , , - ' - _ 1 » 



acrid than emollient. Notwithstanding the strong smell of the 

 plant, and its bitter acrid taste, it does not appear to be disagree- 

 able to any kind of cattle ; and horses are said to be extremely 

 fond of it ; hence the plant is called by some Italian writers Tri- 

 folium cahaJlinum. Ray affirms that it was formerly sown in 

 $ . H. Native Enizland for the food of kine and horses ; but at present it is not 



-, Sturm, deutschl, fl. 1. fasc. 15. M. procumbens, 

 "ort. prag. ex W.Gerhard in litt. 1824. but not of Besser. 



partfnlm ^^^ ^'"'^ ""^ ^' officinalis, and the flowers of M. 

 ^ar. /3, angustlfc^'" ^^^^-" ^ - • - ....,- 



cultivated with us. 



Far, 1^^ iingidculala (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) 

 legumes elongated, sterile ones claw-formed, pedicellate. ^ . H. 



ear. 



Native about Bern and Geneva. 



Officinal 

 3 to 6 feet. 



Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. 



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3 M ";"j^^?^"ed Mehlot. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. 3 to 4 ft. leaflets oblong-linear, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear-seta- 

 anrnlo ' T ^•^•^is (Cav. ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 348.) stem erect, ceous ; teeth of calyx unequal, length of tube; vexillum longer 



lenath ; ,, '^ ^J ^^'^ ^ase ; teeth of calyx unequal, about equal in 

 wrinkL 1 ^'.^T^ ; vexillum length of carina ; legume 2-seeded, 

 eauallv ""^^f "'^^^'^y' ovate-orbicular ; style short ; seeds un- 



"" bay-coloured. ©. H. Native of Spain. 



than the wings and keel : legume 1 -seeded, ovate, a little winged, 

 rugged from lacunae, of a brownish-black colour ; seeds irre- 

 gularly cordate, bay-coloured. $. H. Native of Hungary, 



equally cordate, 



diffTrs^^- ^ fll^^V ^^^^ species comes near to M. dentdta^ but 



beincT 1 leaflets being obovate-linear, and in the flowers 



oeing larger. ' 



^'Wleafletted Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 2 ft. 



stem ere f""^^''''^^^'^''-^- ^^"'■- ^"PP'* P' ^06. in a note,) 

 pulas St ^"^^^'" ' leaflets cuneiform, remotely-serrated ; sti- 

 latelv ^ °"^,5 legumes ovate, compressed, wrinkled reticu- 



denseiv rl!- 1 ', '■^^^"les elongated, loose; 

 tensely reticulated ; seeds testaceous. 



growing among Arundo phragmttis. 



lustre, Waldst. et Kit. pi. ran hung. 3. p. 295. t. 2Q&. 

 nearly allied to M, officinalis^ and perhaps distinct. Flowers 



Very 



yellow. 



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Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



-.about the colony of Sa;rpTa. 



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legumes 

 Native of Rus- 



M. Wolg 



^I' macrorhtza. 



wars white. Legume like that of 



8 M. ARBOREA (Castagne in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) 

 stems arboreous; leaflets ovate-oblong, sharply-toothed; stipulas 

 setaceous, entire ; flowers disposed in long racemes ; teeth of 

 calyx acute, length of tube ; keel and wings shorter than the 

 vexillum. ^. G. Cultivated about Constantinople, where it 

 grows 15 feet high, and with a trunk about 3 inches in diameter. 

 Flowers white. 



Tree Melilot. 



VOL. II. 



M. 



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Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1826. Shrub 15 feet. 



