52 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). | Medicago. 
straight, about } line long.—E.B.S. t. 2684. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1. 
165. M. apiculata, Willd. lc. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! : 
All the specimens we have seen in fruit belong to the var. apiculata. The species 
is now widely dispersed as a weed, having reached Japan, the United States, Chili, 
India, and New Zealand. 
6. M. tentaculata, Willd.; DC. Prod. ii. 177. A diffuse glabrous 
annual with stems 12-18 in. long. Stipules deeply toothed along the 
outer edge. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, 8-6 lines long. Flowers 2-3 
together, on a peduncle under 1 in. long. Calyx } in. deep, finely 
silky, the teeth linear. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx. 
Pod barrel-shaped, with 4—5 spirals, each with a distinct acute keel 
and a row of short strong spreading spines on each side.—M. truncatu- 
lata, Geertn. Fruct. ii, 150. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, teste Schweinfurth. 
A rare Mediterranean species. 
11. MELILOTUS, Juss. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 487. 
Calyx with a campanulate tube and 5 subequal teeth. Corolla 
caducous, not adhering to the staminal tube ; standard obovate-oblong ; 
wings oblong; keel blunt, often shorter than the wings. Stamens 
diadelphous; filaments not dilated; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or 
stipitate. Pod subglobose or ovoid, subindehiscent, 1-2-seeded.—An- 
nuals or biennials with pinnately trifoliolate leaves with toothed leaf- 
lets and flowers in stalked racemes. 
A moderately small genus, with its head-quarters in Europe. 
Pods a line long, irregularly reticulato-rugose. 
Corolla twice as long as the subsessile calyx. toe te 2 1. DE porno 
Corolla three times as long as the distinctly-stalked calyx . . . 2. M. gracilis. 
Pods 2 lines long, marked with regular arched bars. . . . . . 3. M. abyssinica. 
1. M. parviflora, Desf. ; DC. Prod. ii. 187. An erect much-branched 
slender glabrous annual 1-2 ft. high. Petioles 12-18 lines. Leaflets 
obovate-cuneate, 6—9 lines long, finely toothed. Flowers 12-30 in 
lax short-stalked axillary racemes. Pedicel scarcely any. Calyx } line 
deep, the teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla pale yellow, twice the 
calyx, the standard exceeding the other petals a little. Pod a line 
long, globose, glabrous, obscurely reticulate-rugose, 1-seeded.—A. 
Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 166, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon and Petit! 
ea a Mediterranean species, now spread over almost the whole world as 4 
weed. 
2. M. gracilis, DC. Prod. ii. 188. An erect much-branched slender 
glabrous annual a foot or more high. Petioles 3-5 lines. Leaflets ob- 
lanceolate or obovate, 6—8 lines long, the upper half toothed. Flowers 
6-12 in lax axillary racemes on peduncles 12-18 lines long. Pedicel 
nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx half a line deep, teeth lanceolate 
