490 



DIADELPHIA DECAMDRIA. 



592. MEDICAGO. Gen. pi. 1214, 



lupulina. !• M. spicis ovalibus, leguminibus reniformibus monosper- 



mis stipulis integerrimis, foliolis obovatis, caulibus pro- 

 cumbentibus. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1406, 

 Icon. Schkuhr handb. t.2l2. 



In gravelly soil, on road sides : Canada to Carolina. ©, 

 June— Sept, v. v. Flowers small, yellow. 

 inlertexin. 2- M. pedunculis subbifloris, leguminibus cochleatis ovali- 

 bus, aculeis pubescentibus setaceis disticliis adpressis, 

 stipulis ciliato-dentatis, foliolis obovatis dentatis. — 

 JFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. \4]1. 

 M. polymorpha intertexta. Sp. pi. IO98. 

 Icon, Schkuhr handb. 212, b. 



In sandy fields : Carolina. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Note. — In addition to the observations under Psoralea 

 esculenta, p. 475. it may be interesting to state, that 

 A. B. Lambert, 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, that this highly interesting plant is now 

 growing at Messrs. Erasers, Sloane Square. 



