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This f^enus of plants is ranged in the fame fcftlon 

 and clafs, as the former by Tournefort and Linnaeus. 

 ■ The Species are, 



1. Mbdicago {Marina) pcdunculis raccmofis, legumi- 

 nibus cochleatis, fpinofis, caule procumbente tomen- 

 tofo. Hort. Cliff. 370. Medicago with branching foot - 

 lialks^ fnail'fiaped p'ickly pods^ and a trailing woolly 

 lialk. Medica Marina. Lob. Icon. 38. Sea Medick^ or 



Snail Trefoil. 



2, Medicago {Scutellata) legurrtinibus chochleatis, in- 

 ermibus ftipulis dentatis caule angulofo diffufo, foli- 

 olis oblongo ovatis acute dentatis. Medicag 

 fmooth fnatl'fiaped pods, indented flipidce^ an angular dif 



fraall leaves^ which art 



384. Snail 



y[.Y.mcAGO {Tomato) leguminibus tornatis inermibus, 

 [tipulis acute dentatis foliolis ferratis. Medicago with a 

 'urned fnooth pod^ acute indented flipul^e^ and the f mall 



Medica tornata minor lenis. ' Park. 



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fufed Jialk 



Jharply indented. Medica fcutellata, J 



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Trefoil with afmaller^ turned, fmooth 



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 Medicago {Intortexta) 



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leguminibus cochleatis fpi- 

 nis aculeis utrinque tendentibus. Medicago with 

 richly fnail-floaped pods, whcfe fpines point every 

 Medica magno fru£tu, aculeis furfum & deor- 

 fum tendentibus. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 411. Snail Tre- 

 foil with a large fruity whofe fpines point upward and 

 downward, commonly called Hedgehog. 

 5. Medicago (Laciniata) leguminibus chochleatis fpi- 

 nofis, foliolis acute dentatis tricufpidifque. Medicago 



fnail'JhapeJ pods, whofe lobes are acutely in- 

 dented, and terminate in three points. ■ Medica cochleata 

 dicarpos capfula rotunda fpinosa, foliis elegant^r dif- 

 feftis. H. L. B. Snail-Jhaped Trefoil, having a double 

 .., fruit with a round prickly capfule, and elegant cut leaves. 

 ^,, There are^ many other fpecies of this genus, which 

 "'' "row naturally in the wai'm parts of Europe, and are 

 tequently preferved in botanic gardens for the fake 

 of variety; but thefe are rarely cultivated in other 

 gardens, Yo it would be befide mypurpofe to enume- 

 rate them here. 

 - The firft fort grows naturally on the borders of the 

 Mediterranean Sea \ this is a perennial plant, with 

 trailing woolly tranches about a foot long, which are 

 divided into fmall branches, garnifhed with fmall, tri- 

 foliate, downy leaves at each joint, ftanding upon 

 fliort fbot-ftal^n- The flowers are produced from 

 the fide and at the ends of the branches. In fmall 

 clufters ; they are of a bright "yellow coloui-, and arc 

 fucceeded by fmall roundifh fnail-fhaped fruit, which 

 are downy, and armed with a few Ihort fpines. The 



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This plant is propagated by feeds, .which ftiould be 

 fown upon a warm border of drj,fpi]. jn t}\e fjpring, 

 .where the plants are designed to remain ; when the 

 .plants are come^up, two or three of them riiay be 

 tranfplanted into Imall pots to be Iheltered in win- 

 jter, becaufe in very fevere froft, fhofe which are in 

 ,vthe open air are frequently deftroyed ; though they 

 ■ ,. will endure the cold of our ordinary winters, if they 

 are growing in a dry foil and^a Iheltei-ed fitiiation, 

 ' Thofe plants which are left remaining, will require no 

 ' other culture but to thin them, w^ere they are too 

 ; clofe, and keep them clean from weeds. This fort may 

 6e propagated by cuttings, which may be planted 

 Jn June or July, in a fhady border, covering them 

 clofe with a glafs to exclude the external air ; thefe 

 TA^ill take root in about fix weeks time, and may then 

 be either planted in a warm border or in pots, and 

 treated in the fame way as the feedling plants. '. ," 

 , The fecond fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 

 turally in the warm parts oi Europe, but in England 

 it is frequently cultivated in gardens for the oddnefs 

 of its fruit, which is twiftcd in the form of a fnail ; 

 and as it ripens turns to a dark brown colour, fo as to 

 have the appearanceof fnails feeding on the plants at 

 a diftant view, • This hath trailing branches •. the 





fide of the biinches. Thefe appear in June and July, 

 and the feeds ripen in the autumn. It is propagated 

 by feeds, which ihuuld be fown in the middle of April, 

 where the plants are to remain •, and the plants fiiould 

 be thinned where tliey are too clofe, and kept clean 

 from weeds, Vvhich is all the culture they require. 

 The third fore is alfo an annual plant, which grows 

 in the fame countries as the former. This hath trail- 

 ing branches, and yellow flov/crs like the fecond fort, 

 but the fruit is much longer and clofer twifted, io as 

 to refcrhble the figure of a vefiel called a pipe, beino- 

 lefs at each end than in the middle. This is frequently 

 kept in gardens for the fike of variety, and mav be 



propagated and treated in the fame way as the fecond 

 fort. 



The fourth fort h an annual plant, which was for- 

 merly more cultivated in the Englifii gardens than 

 <at prefent. The ftalks, leaves, and flowers, are like 

 thofe of the two former forts, but the fruit is much 

 larger, and clofely armed with long fpines like a 

 hedgehog, from v^'hence it had the title ; thefe fpines 

 point every way, fo that it is difficult to handle the 

 fruit without fmarting for it This is propagated by 

 feeds in the fame way as the fecond fort, and the plants 

 require the fame treatment. It flowers in June, and 

 the feeds ripen in September. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in Syria ■ it is an an- 

 nual plant, with trailing ftalks like the former ; the 

 lobes of the' trifoliate leaves arewedge-fliaped, fliarply 

 indented on the edges, and at the top have three 

 acute points. The flowers are of a pale yellow, and 

 the fruit is fnail-fhaped, but fmall, armed with many 

 weak fpines. It flowers about the fame time with the 

 —'former, and may be cultivated in the fame way. 



MEDLAR. See Mespilus. ' 



MELAMPYRUM. Tourn. Infl^. R/ H. 173. 

 tab. "]%. Lin, Gen. Plant. 66o.AliAa/A7rufoj;, ofpAixs-, 

 black, and wu^o?, Wheat] Cow Wheat. 



The Characters are, 



The flower has a permanent empalement of one leaf which 



is tubulcus^ cut into four fegrncnts at the brim. The flower 



is of the lip kind, having an ohhng recurved tube com- 



preffedat the brim -, the upper lip is formed like a helmet^ 



and is conipreffed and indented at the top -, the under lip 



is plain, ere^, and cut into three fegmerlts at the top^ 



which are equal and obtiife. It hath four awUfhaped 



Jlamina which are curved U7tder the upper lip, two of 



which are floorter than the other, terminated by oblong 



fnmmits, and in the center is fituated an acute-pointed ger- 



men,' fupportifig afingle ftyle crowjied by an ohtufefttgma^ 



■ The empalement afterward turm to an oblonz acute-pointed 



\capfule with two cells, inclofing two pretty large oval 



._ This gehtfs" of plants is 'ranged in 'the fecond feftion 

 of Linnasus's fourteenth clafs, which contains thofe 



■^ plants whofe flowers have two long and two fhorter 

 ftaniina, and the feeds are included in a capnfule. 

 The Species are, . - '' ' - ':^-' 



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r. Melampvrum {Pratenfe) floribus fecundis latera- 

 libus, conjugationibus remotis, corollis claufis. Flor. 

 Suec. 513. Cow Wheat with fruitftd foot-ftalks of 

 flowers fiandi7tg at a diftance, and the petals fjuti Me- 

 lampyrum luteum latifolium. C. B. P. 234. Broad- 

 leaved yellow Cow Wheat. ' ' ' ' 



2. Melampyrum {Crijlatum) fpicis quadrangularibus- 



bradleis cordatis compaftis denticulis imbricatis. Flor. 



Suec. 510. Cow Wheat with' quadrangular fpikes, and 



' heart-fhdpedbra£ie<^, which are imbricated *MdampyTum 



luteum angufl:ifolium. C. B. P. 234V Tellow narrow- 



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leaved Cow Wheat. 

 Melampyrum {Arvenfe) fpicis conicis laxe bracleis 

 dentato-fetaceis. Flor. Seuc. 511. Cow Wheat with 

 loofe conical f pikes, and briftly indented braEfea. Melam- 

 pyrum purpurafcente coma. C. B. P. 234. Cow Wheat 



with purplijh tops. 



Melampyrum (Nemorcfum) floribus fecundis latera- 

 libus brafleis dentato cordato lanceolatis, fumqiis, 

 coloratis ft:erilibus, calycibus lanatis, Flor. Suec. 512. 

 'Cow Wheat with fruitful lateral flowers, hearts fpear- 



flowers are of a pale yellow, and come out from the ' fhaped bra^e^^ fterile coloured tops, and woolly mpale 



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