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spinulam rcctam aut apice uncinatam producuntur. Semina renifor- 



mia, laevia, antice hinc truncata, maiura lutescentia. 



In pascuis et arenosis maritimis. 



Fl. aprili , majo. (T) 



Obs. Medicago Helix facicm offcrt Medicaginis obscuvae Retz. Obs. i. p. i\. 

 leguminihus autcm bi-quadricyclis nec monocyclis, tri-pentaspcrmis nec di- 

 spermis diircrt ; ejusdem Medicaginis Helicis var. nostra a acccdit ad Me- 

 dicaginem Soleirolii' Dvml Bot. gall. i. p. 124., sed in hac legumina rcti- 

 culum nervosum offcrunt in orbiculum directum, nec nervi radiatim confluunt 

 in circulum ncrvosum infra spirarum marginem ex quo radii nervosi ad mar- 

 ginem pcrtingant ut in Medicagine Hclice. 



e. Leguminibus arcte cochleatis, cylindricis , ovalibus globosisve ; spiris crassis, 

 neutiquam aut minus valide reticulatis, demum appressis aut subconcretis, 

 margine incrassatis , inermibus , tuberculosis aculeatisve. 



* Legummibus utrinque planis. 

 2 S3. MEDICAGO LITORALIS 



M. villosa; stipulis inciso-dentatis ; pedunculis uni-quinquefloris ; 

 leguminibus cylindricis, glabris, utrinque planis; spiris 3-6, demum 

 appressis, margine crasso, obsolete bisulcato, mox plano, inermi 

 anticeve tuberculato aculeatove, aculeis uncinatis rectisve, patulis. 

 Medicago litoralis Rhode in Lois.! not. p. 118. Bertol.! Pl. genuens. in Amocn. 



p. 180. Cambess. En. pl. balear. p. 64- 

 Soleirol ! Pl. siccat. e Corsica. 

 M. litoralis breviseta DC. ! Fl. fr. Suppl. p. 568. 



M. cylindracea DC. ! Cat. H. monsp. p. \iZ. Sering.! in DC. Prod. 2. p. 17S. 

 M. tornata b. Guss. ! Fl. sic. Prod. 2. p. 671. et Suppl. p. 238. 

 Ic. — Tab. sl. A. 



Pj. inermis , leguminum spiris rnargine laeviusculis aut obsolcte tubcrculatis. 

 Medicago striataBAST. Journ. bot. (1814.) p- 19- Sering. ! in DC. Prod. 2. p. 170. 



Guss.! Fl. sic. Prod. 2. p. ^70. DC. Fl. fr. Suppl. p. 567. Lois. Fl. gall. 



2. p. i3i. 

 M. tricycla DC. Cat. H. monsp. p. 125. 

 M. tornata a. Guss.! Fl. sic. Prod. 2. p. 570. non Willd. 

 Ic. — Tab. .\l. B. 



