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1\ Stems oroct. Leaflets oval or oliovate ronndish. 

 Stipules lanceolate, acmninate. Flowers ^white or 

 rosy. Calyx-teeth snLnlate. Heads globose peiluncl- 

 ed, axillary. Sapporo. (Nat. from Europe). 



{^!fff^-y9'b''^y) T. hyhridma, L. 



11. TRiGONELLA, L. 



Flowers lemon-yelluw, 1-2, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 



Keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphons ; anthers uniform. Stigma 



terminal. Pod turgid, long beaked, 10-20-soeded. Annuiil. 



Leaves pinnately .3-foliolate ; leaflets obovate or oblanceolate, 



toothed; sti]mlcs adnate to the petiole, not laeiniate. Cult. 



B. G. Fl. May-June. 



(■3^->^) T. Ftfnnin-grceciim, L. 



12. lYlEDICAGO, L. 



I. Flowers large for the genus, violet-purple. Perennial. Pod coiled 

 unarmed, downy. Leaflets oblanceolate, cuspidate or denticulate 

 upwards. Stipules laciniate. Cult. B. G. Fl. JMay. 



(^ 9 -y- ^ ^ -^ ="' -\' -V) 31. sativa, L. 



IL Flowers small, yellow. 



A. Biennial. Pod unarmed, tip coiled. Flowers in ovoid 

 heads. Stums hairy. Stipules subentire. Toldo. Fl. June. 



(^■^ ^ )y y V -^^"^ -y) M. lupulina, L. 



B. Animal. Pods spined. 



a. Stems glabrous. Stipules laciniate. Calyx glabrous. 

 Pods spiral, reticulated. Tokio ; Kiusiu ; Linldu. 



Fl. May. 



(i> -v3--t'-y) ]\f. denticnhda, \\iM. 



b. Stems hairy. Stipules subentin^ Calyx silky. Pods 

 spiral, non-reticulated. Kamakura. Fl. May. 



(^ i;; -vrf-V -y) 31. minima, Lamk. 



13. IVlELiLOTUS, L. 



I. Kacemes short, b.ead-likc. Flowers erect. Corolla light blue. Pods 

 acute, obliqne, not reticulate. Cult. B. G. 



(^u^ ^) ■\' V t V) 31. cceruleus, Lam. 



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