, 
490 
> 
lupulina. 
interterta. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
592. MEDICAGO. Gen. pl. 1214. 
1. M. spicis ovalibus, leguminibus reniformibus monosper- 
mis stipulis integerrimis, foliolis obovatis, caulibus pro- 
; , cumbentibus.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1406. 
Icon. Schkuhr hand. t. 212. 
In gravelly soil, on road sides: Canada to Carolina. ©, 
.June—Sept. v.v. Flowers small, yellow. 
2. M. pedunculis subbifloris, leguminibus cochleatis ovali- 
bus, aculeis pubescentibus setaceis distichis adpressis, 
stipulis ciliato-dentatis, foliolis obovatis dentatis.— - 
W illd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1411. 
: M. polymorpha intertexta. Sp. pl. 1098. 
Icon. Schkuhr handb. 212. b. : 
In sandy fields: Carolina. July, Aug. v.v. Flowers 
yellow. 
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: Note—In addition to. the observations under Psoralea 
esculenta, n it may be interesting to state, that 
A. B. Lam Esq. raised in the summer of 1812 a 
, number of plants, the seeds of which were taken out 
` of a specimen collected in the year 1805 by M. Lewis, 
Esq. Also, tbat this highly interesting plant is now 
growing at Messrs, Frasers, Sloane Square. 
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