"^70 Dk'OTY LEDONS.- — RHAMNfi/t. 



6. Tr. arvense, heads very hairy subcylindrical, cal. teeth seta- 

 ceous longer than the cor., leaflets narrovv-oi)ovate. /;. 219. 



7. Tr. scabrum, heads terminal and axillary sessile ovate, cal. teeth 

 unequal narrow lanceolate rigid at length recurved, leaflets ob- 

 cordate serrulate, p. 219. 



8. Tr. striatum, heads terminal and axillary ovate suhsolitary sub- 

 sessile, cal. striated hairy with unequal straight teeth, leaflets 

 obcordate nearly entire pubescent, p. 219. 



-!--i- Cal. remarkably irtflated after floibeiing. Standard of the cor, 



deciduous. 



9. Tr. fragifenim, heads upon long stalks roundish, cal. after 

 flowering inflated membranaceous pubescent 2 of tlie teeth 

 setaceous reflexed, stems creeping, leaflets obcordate serrated, 

 p. 219. 



+- -(- 4- Standard of the cor. persistent, scariose, enveloping the fruit. 

 {Fioti-eis yellav.) 



10. Tr. procumbens, " spikes oval imbricated, standard deflexed 

 persistent sulcated, stems procumbent, leaflets obovate," .SV/. 



1 1 . Tr. mhnis, "spikes capitate hemisphaerical, peduncles straight, 

 standards smoothish, stems procumbent, petiole lengthened up- 

 wards," Srn. p. 220. 



12. Trijiliforme, *' heads lax of few flowers, peduncles capillary 

 flexuose, standards smooth, stems procumbent, leaflets sub- 

 sessile," Sm. 



1.3. LOTUS. 

 Legume cylindrical, straight. IVivgs of the cor. cohering by 

 their uj^per edge. Filaments dilated upwards. 



1. L. cnrnkuhdus, heads depressed, stems decumbent, legumes 

 cylindrical patent, p. 220. 



14. MEDICAGO, 



Legume falcate or spirally twisted, compressed j membranaceous, 



1. M, saliva, peduncles racemed, legumes smooth spirally twisted, 

 stipules entire, leaflets long toothed, p. 220. 



2. M. lupulina, spikes oval, legumes reniform I -seeded, stipules 

 entire, leaflets obovate. p. 220. 



Order XLVIII. RHAMNE^.. Jms. 



Cal. more or less inferior, 4 — 5-parted, with a valvular cestiva-' 

 tion. Petals 4 — 5. Stamens 4 — 5, opposite to and often 

 hooded by ihecucullatepe/a/i. Ovarium2 — 3-celled. Ovulum 

 solitary, erect. Fruit baccate, capsular, or drupaceous. Embryo 

 in the axis of a fleshy albuuien. 



