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LEGUMINOS^. LXIX. Melilotus. 



erect; leaflets ovate-oblong ; racemes very long ; wings equal to 16 M. Ita'lica (Lam. diet. 4. p. 65.) stem erect; brancha 



ascending, thick ; leaflets obovate-roundish, obsoletely-denticu- 

 lated; stipulas lanceolate, acute, somewhat jagged at the base; 

 teeth of calyx unequal, hardly the length of the tube ; wings 

 equal to the carina, but shorter than the vexillum ; legume glo- 

 Tallest Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL 6 to 8 feet, bose, somewhat suberose, rugged from lacunae, yellowish-green, 



the keel ; legumes naked, ovate, acute at both ends, 1 -seeded. 

 $ . H. Native of France. Trifolium altissimum, Lois. fl. 

 gall. 2. p. 4. M. alba, Lam. diet. 4. p. ^3. Perhaps M. arven- 

 sis or M. alba, Thuill. Flowers white. 



10 M. leuca'ntiia (Koch, ex D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 564.) stem 

 erect, branched; leaflets ovate-oblong, truncate at the apex and 

 mucronulate, remotely serrated ; stipulas setaceous ; teeth of 

 calyx unequal, length of tube; vexillum longer than the keel 



and wings; legume 1 -seeded, ovate, wrinkled from lacunae, 



green ; seeds exactly ovate. 



fields. Trifolium officinale /3, 



fl. 1. fasc. 15. f. K. M. vulgaris, Willd. enum. p. 790. M. 



alba, Thuill. fl. par. ed. 3. p. 378. but not of Lam. Flowers 



white. 



Var. (j, unguiculata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) 

 legumes elongated, sterile ones claw-formed, pedicellate. 



r - - - ^ 



$ . H. Native of Europe, in 



White-Jloivered 

 11 M. 



1-2-seeded; seeds orbicular, compressed, rugged from dots, bay 

 coloured, 0. H. Native of Italy. Trifolium Melilotus Iti« 

 licum, Lin. spec. 1078. Melilotus rotundifolia, Ten. cat. 1819. 

 p. 57. Flowers yellow. There is a variety of this plant wiik 

 entire leaves. 



Italian Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 159G. PI. 1 to 2 feet 

 17 M. graVius (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 5Q5.) stem and branches 

 ascending, slender ; leaflets obovate, narrow,, denticulated at the 

 apex; stipulas somewhat setaceous ; teeth of calyx nearly equal, 

 hardly shorter than the tube ; wings equal in length to the carina 

 and vexillum ; legume globose, hardly suberose, rugged from la* 



, yellowish-green, 2-seeded ; seeds orbicular, comprewed, 



Native of the south 



cunae 



rugged from dots, bay-coloured. ©. H. 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. PI. 3 to 5 feet. 

 MACROunizA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 348.) stems and of France. M. Neapolituna, Tenore ex herb. Moricand. Flowen 



branches erect ; leaflets linear-oblong, sharply and remotely 



toothed ; stipulas setaceous, toothless at the base; teeth of calyx 



yellow. 



Slender Melilot. 



equal, length of tube ; wings equal in length with the vexillum, 



18 



Fl. July, Sept. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



M. PALLIDA (Besser. in litt. 1824.) stem rather terete, 

 but exceeding the carina; legume ovate, compressed, acutish, lined, much branched; leaflets obovate-linear, serrulated; le- 

 wrinkled from lacuna?, black, a little winged, 1 -seeded ; seeds gume nearly globose, obsoletely reticulated, mucronate by the 



unequally sub-cordate, bay-coloured. %, H. Native of Hun- 



gary. Trifolium macrorhizum, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung- coloured, smooth. $ . H. Native of Volhynia 



style, 1-seeded, of a yellowish bay-colour ; seeds globose, bay- 



, yellowish-green, 1- 



1. p. 24. t. 26. Flowers yellow. 



Long-rooted Melilot. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1801. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



12 M. TARVIFLORA (Dcsf. atl. 2. p. 192.) stem ascending; 

 branches spreading ; lower leaflets obovate-roundish, entire, up- 

 per ones oblong, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear-setaceous ; 

 flowers very minute, in dense spikes ; teeth of calyx nearly 

 equal, broad ; wings about equal in length to the vexillum and 

 carina ; legume ovate, rugged from h 



seeded ; seeds ovoid, adliering to the legume, bay-coloured, 

 rugged from dots. ©. H. Native of Barbary, Italy, and 

 France. Trifolium Melilotus Tndicum ^, Lin. spec. 1077. Flowers 

 yellow. This plant has the habit of M. sulcata, but the legumes 

 are very different, and the spikes are rarely mucronate at the apex. 



Small-Jlowercd Melilot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1798. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



13 M. segeta'lis (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) stem 

 sometimes erect, sometimes procumbent ; leaflets obovate, ser- 

 rulated even to the base ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; legume 

 nearly globose, naked, 1-seeded, wrinkled archwise. ©• H. 

 Native of Portugal, in Estramadura, among corn. Trifolium 

 Melilotus segetale, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 484. Flowers yellow. 

 Perhaps only a variety of A/, rndica. 



pale-yellow, like those of il/. officindlis. 



Pa/^-flowered Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1816. PL3to4ft. 



19 M. suAVfc'oLENS (Ledeb. ind. hort. dorp suppl. 182*' ? 

 5.) legume 2-seeded, reticulated, glabrous; wings equalling tbf 



keel in length, but shorter than the vexillum ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late-oblong, remotely serrated; stipulas entire. 1(..H. Native 

 of Dahuria, near Nertschinsk. Flowers yellow. 



Sweet-scented Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 3 to 4 tt 



Sect. IL Plagioru'tis (from TrXaytog, plagios, transver* 

 and pvrtcj riitis, a wrinkle ; in reference to the transverse wrmWcJ 

 on the surface of the legume). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. **r 



udi 



188.) legumes wrinkled transversely and arcuately. 



'field 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



^x. M. arve'nsis (Wallr. sched. crit. p. 391.) stem m 

 branched from the base, ascending ; leaflets obovate, irre^ularj 

 toothed ; stipulas subulate ; racemes very long ; teeth of caip 

 nearly equal, length of tube ; wings equal in length to ^!^^/^y 

 lum, but exceeding the carina ; legume ovate, acute, wrin 

 transversely from lacunae, usually 2-seeded, yellowish-g^^ ' 

 seeds ovate-oblong, olive-coloured, smooth; radicle ^^^^^^^ 

 minent. 0. H. Native of Germany, among corn. Flowers ye ^ 



/3, albijldra (Wallr. sc^hed. 392.) M. Petitpierrei^'* 



•^ ^ ^ WiUd. en»ufl' 



Far 



14 M. PoLONicA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 348.) stem erect, terete ; 

 leaflets cuneate-ovate, denticulated, rather truncate at the apex, 

 and mucronulate; stipulas subulate ; flowers very minute ; spikes 



mucronate; teeth of calyx equal, broad ; legume ovate, wrinkled ._ ^ , ._ _. _. ^ 



from lacunae, bay-coloured, 2-seeded ; seeds ovoid, black, teeth of calyx about equal, lanceolate, length of tube ; 1^?^ 

 wrinkled from dots. ©. H. Native of Poland. Trifolium - . :i *« 



Hayne in Schrad, neuejourn. 2. part 2. p. 337* 

 790. ex \Val!r. Flowers white. (, a 



Corn-feld Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL 1 ^Ygg.^ 

 21 M. e'legans (Salzmann, in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p- J 



>ipe 



ovate, adhering to the seeds, wrinkled irreg 



Melil6tus Polonicum, Lin. spec. 1078. Flowers yellow. Allied versely, and somewhat lacunose, and bay-col 



trafl*" 



Polish Melilot. 



FL July, Aug. Clt. 1778. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 M. Tau'rica (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 188.) stem Elegant Melilot. 



seeds subglobose, hardly retuse, rugged from dots, bay 

 ©. H. Native of Corsica. 



reA 



erect; leaflets rhomboidal-cuneate, lined, dentately- serrated in 

 front; stipulas subulate-setaceous ; racemes elongated; legumes 

 roundish, compressed, wrinkled transversely, 1-seeded. ^ . II. 

 Native of Tauria. Trifolium Melilotus Tauricum, Bieb. fl. taur. 

 suppl. p. 506. Plant quite smooth, of a glaucous green-colour. 

 Flowers white. 



PL 1 to 2 feet. . ^ 



Je^ 



Ihurlan Melilot. Fl 



angular, firm, branched ; branches assurgent ; leaflets o^^^^| 

 rulated ; legume ovate, hardly compressed, very rugged, S^\^ 

 ish ; wrinkles elevated, transverse, tumid, and lacunose ; ^ 

 irregularly heart-shaped, bay-coloured, rather veiny, o' ^j 



in litt. (182*;; ' 



Clt. 1818. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



Native of Tauria. M 

 plicata, Stev. ? 



Besser 



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