196 LEGUMINOS X. Mexinotvs. 
* 611. (2) T. corniculata (Linn.:) annual: stem somewhat erect, somè- 
times flexuose or diffuse, glabrous: leaflets obovate, toothed or serrated to- 
wards the apex : stipules lanceolate, nearly entire or toothed: peduncle axil- 
lary, longer than the leaves, mucronate at the apex: racemes many-flowered, 
at first.dense and umbiliform, afterwards lengthening: corolla thrice the 
length of the calyx: legumes compressed, declinate, faleate, short pointed, 
transversely veined: seeds reniform, rugose; radicle prominent.— Linn. sp. 
p. 1094; Ser. ! in DC.! prod. 2. p. 184 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 284; Rowb.! fl. Ind. 3. 
p. 389.— T. esculenta, Willd. enum. p. 109; DC. l. c. p. 185 ; Spr. l. c. ; Wail.! 
L. n. 5985.—T. elatior, Sm. and Sibth.; DC. l. e. p. 1835; Spr. l. c. p. 283.— 
Medicago esculenta, Rowb. in E. T. C. mus. tab. 1167. 
This and the last are only known in India in a state of cultivation. The 
present, when growing in a luxuriant soil, has the stipules always setaccous- 
ly-toothed ; but in a dry soil, they are often nearly quite entire. We do not 
know any character to separate T. elatior, Sm., described at length in Rees 
Cyclopedia, the terminal bristle of the raceme being only very small, not 
wanting ; specimens thus named, and correctly so as we think, agreeing pre- 
cisely with Wallich's Indian specimens, were distributed by the Unio Itiner- 
aria, gathered at Smyrna by Fleischer in 1827. 
VII. MELILOTUS.  Tourn.; Lam. ill. t. 613. 
Calyx tubular, softly 5-toothed. Corolla deciduous: keel simple; ale 
shorter than the vexillum: the keel and the alse cohering, free from the sta- 
men tube: vexillum free. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Style terminal 
filiform. Legumes globose or ovoid, longer than the calyx, coriaceous, 
scarcely dehiscent, 1- or few-seeded.—Herbaceous annual or perennial plants. 
Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets often toothed, the terminal one stalked. Stipules 
connate with the petiole. Peduncles axillary. Flowers racemose, shortly 
pedicellate, white or yellow. Fruit pendulous. 
612. (1) M. leucantha (Koch :) stem erect, branched: leaves ovate-oblong, 
truncated at the apex, mucronate, remotely serrated: stipules setaceous: 
racemes elongated, lax : calycine teeth unequal, as long as the tube: corolla 
(white) more than twice as eae as the calyx ; the keel and alee shorter than 
the vexillum : legumes 2-seeded, ovate, reticulated, with elevated ir 
wrinkles: seeds ovate.—Ser./ in DC.! prod. 2. p. 187 ; Wight ! cat. n. 867.— 
M. altissima, Thuill.; DC. 1. c.; Wall.! L. n. 5942.—9M. vulgaris, Willd. 
enum. p. 190 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 206.—M. Indica, Spr.? l. c.— Trifolium officinale, 
B, Linn. sp. p. 1078.—T. Germanicum, Sm. in Rees’ cycl. 
613. (2) M. parviflora (Desf.:) stem ascending or erect: branches some- 
what petalous: lower leaflets obovate-roundish, and often almost quite en- 
tire, upper ones linear or cuneate-oblong, serrated : stipules linear-setaceous, 
nearly quite entire : flowers (yellow) minute, at first close spiked, afterw 
more distant: calycine teeth nearly equal, broad : ale almost as long as the 
keel and vexillum: legumes globose-ovoid, irregularly marked with elevated 
reticulated wrinkles, 2-seeded : seeds ovoid.— Desf. fl. Atl. 2. p. 192; Ser.: 
in DC.! prod. 2. p. 187 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 206 ; Wall. L. n. 5943.—M. Indi- 
cus, Sm. in Rees’ cycl.—M. minima, Roth, nov. sp. p. 361; DC. 1. c. p. 189; 
Spr. l. c. p. 208.— Trifolium Indicum, 3, Linn. sp. p. 1077 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 9. 
p. 388; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 411, 
VIII. CYAMOPSIS. DC. 
Calyx turbinately-tubular, 5-cleft ; lobes lanceolate-subulate, acute, the 
twoupper more remote. Petals nearly equal ; the straight acute keel cohering 
with the oblong ale, and together falling off elastically : vexillum roundish, 
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