4gO DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



592. MEDICAGO. Gen.pl. 1214. 



lupulina, l- M. spicis ovalibus, leguminibus reniformibus monosper- 



mis stipulis integerrimis, foliolis obovatis, caulibus pro- 

 cumbentibus. — Tf^illd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1406. 

 Icon. Schkuhr handb. t. 212. 



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

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



intertexta. 2. M. pedunculis siibbifloris, leguminibus cochleatis ovali- 

 bus, aculeis pubescentibus setaceis distichis adpressis, 

 stipulis ciliato-dentatis, foliolis obovatis dentatis.— 

 Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 141 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. 



