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naceis, eglandulosis. I branaceoiis, ' without 



glands. 



FW.on peduncles amch longer \hanX ^Tvt' am l£ tf'"^^''' 

 ceding species, the spikes when young are cSv h^Vrt V' 

 ca, small, not above half the length of the calyx i™; .1 " 

 h'^ very long, acute and villous along the maiSS* S" vil ?'" , ''" 

 red, the carina rarely as Ion., as the vexillmn Tlie r. t i^* ''''^''"■ 



frni f f . ''''^ *^™'''"' ^''«"?'^ ''''^^' ^o'^e hesitation, into this section 



inAw! • V"*^^P^*^ceeding species. It was collected some years a?o 

 F W:.^\^,?;!!^;;,^5 ''^' ^-"^.'^-^ -^^ -nt to .e by Dr. Erife: 



MELILOTUS. 



Calt^x tubulosus, 5. I Ca/?/a: tiibulai 



.f^^' .. <^«^^''^« toothed. Carina sim. 

 s^inplex, ahs et vexil- j pie, shorter than the 



.„, ^^\^''- Legumen wings and vexiJlum. 

 ^aiyce longius, rugo- jPor/ longer than the 



sum. i^/or^^ racemo- calyx, rugose. Flow 



Officinalis. 



er* m racemes. 



M. caule erectoj fo- I Stem erect; leaflets 



Jous obovatis, serra- I obovate, ^^^serrate^ 

 DanJo^/'''? ^^^"aribus, spikes axillary, pani- 

 ^^^ticuialis ; legumini- culate; pod 2 seeded, 



aispermis, rugo- rugose, acute. 

 *^^j acutis. a o 7 



* "fohum officinale. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1355. 



f ^ ; Ss ot vii'''' ^~^ ^?' ^"Sli, angular, glabroi.. 



"5 



f^5 Metrnh; ;''''' "~^ ^*^^^ ^"Sli. angular, glabn.-fl.. Z^i-e^- irifoli- 

 ''"''J Kilo w L ?^' f "'''^''' glabrous. F/otrcrs in Ic ng compact spikes . 



^, Keel ana wings nearly as long as the ve^iillnm. 



