162 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Medicago. 
or obeordate, coarsely toothed, nerve-striate ; stipules laciniate; flowers 
racemose, the common peduncle longer than the leaves, ending in a 
spine; legumes declined, terete, falcate or hooked. DC. Prod. 2, p- 183. 
Fi. Gree. t. 764. EL. Mey.Comm. Drege. p.91. T. glabra, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 
p- 610, ; 
Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg/ Sandy places at Zwartland, Cape ; and in the Nieu- 
weveld, Beaufort, Z. § Z. Hills near Ebenezer ; and at Verleptpram, on the Gariep, 
Drege! Wyley! Albany, T. Williamson! (Herb. Th., D.) 
A small, glabrous or sparingly pubescent annual, resembling a melilot. Leaves 
scattered ; the common petiole extending 1-2 lines beyond the first pair of leaflets. 
Stipules sometimes digitate, varying much in size and number of lobes. Flowers 
small, pale yellow, cernuous, on pedicels longer than the calyx. Legumes 4 inch 
long, arched upwards. A native also of Nubia and Egypt. 
XXX. MEDICAGO, L. 
Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-toothed. Vesxillum longer than the 
ale and the obtuse carina, Stamens diadelphous. Stigma capitate. Le- 
gume one or many seeded, spirally twisted or falcate. Endl. Gen. 6 507. 
DC. Prod. 2. p. 171. 
Herbaceous or frutescent plants, abundant in Central and Southern Europe and 
Middle Asia, from which some are widely scattered throughout the temperate zones, 
either as weeds or cultivated for cattle food. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, very 
rarely impari-pinnate ; stipules adnate to the petiole and generally deeply cut ; pe- 
duncles axillary, few or many flowered ; flowers minute, yellow or purple. Legumes 
very various in form and sculpture, very often bordered with rigid prickles, and spi- 
rally rolled together like snail-shells. “Name, the undicn of the Greeks, so called 
because introduced by the Medes. English name, Medick. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Legume unarmed ; flowers purple... ... ... ... ... ... he 
Legume bordered with a double row of prickles ; flowers yellow : 
Leafl. obcordate, toothed ; legumes obliquely netted-veined ; 
PBI 8 i ges 
Leafl. obcordate, toothed ; legume not prominently veined ; 
eed etinn, ig te, Le Sa RTs (3) nigra. 4 
Leafl. cuneate or linear, coarsely incised or jagged ... ... (4) laciniata. 
1. M. sativa (Linn. Sp. 1096) ; stem erect, glabrous ; leaflets cuneate- 
obovate, truncate and mucronate, toothed ; stipules lanceolate; pedun- 
cles many flowered, racemose ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legumes unarmed, 
compressed, rugose, twisted once or twice in a loose spire. DC. Prod. 2, 
p.173. Eng. Bot.t. 1749. Lam. Encycl. t, 612. Fl. Dan.t. 2244. E.dé Z. 
1501. E. Mey. Comm. Drege. p. Sie 
eee) Introduced in culture: now naturalized near Capetown and Simonsbay, 
_ 1-2 feet high, branching. Leaves 2-3 inches apart: leaflets 4-1 inch long, 2-4 
lines wide. Stipules sometimes toothed. Flowers purple, 3-4 lines long. Culti- 
vated for cattle-food, under the name of “* Lucerne.” 
2. M. denticulata (Willd. § - 3. P. 1414) ; prostrate ; leaflets obovate, 
or obcordate, foathed cess oe be : —— 3-5 flowered ; ca- 
lyx-teeth triangular; legumes bordered with a double cow of curved 
prickles, flat and obliquely netted-veined at the sides, twice or thrice spi- 
rally twisted. DC. Prod. 2, p. 176. E. Bot. t.2634. E.d& Z.! No. 1 503. 
L. Mey. Comm. Drege. p.92. T. ciliaris, 8. Thunb. ! Cap. p. 612. ; 
(1) sativa. 
(2) denticulata. ~ 
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