130 LEGUMINOS.E. (pulse FAMILY.) 



M. LUPULixA, L. (Black Medic k. Nonesuch.) Procumbent, pubes- 

 cent, annual : leaflets Avedge-ol)Ovate, toothed at the apex ; flowers in short 

 spikti; (yellow); pods kichiefj-furm, 1 -seeded. — Waste places, N. Eng. to Fla., 

 west to "Mich., Iowa, and Mo. (Adv. from Eu.) 



M. maculXta, Willd. (Spotted Medick.) Spreading or procumbent 

 annual, somewhat puljescent ; leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot, minutely 

 toothed ; peduncles 3 - b-fiowered ; flowers yellow ; pods conipactly sj)iral, 

 of 2 or 3 turns, compressed, /w/Totfec? on the thick ed(je, and fringed with a 

 double row of curved prickles. — X. Brunswick to Mass. (Adv. from Eu.) 



M. DENTicuLATA, Willd. Nearly glabrous; pods loosely spiral, deeply 

 reticulated, and with a thin keeled edge ; otherwise like the last, and with the 

 same range. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. HOSACKIA, Douglas. 



Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals free from the diadelphous stamens ; stand- 

 ard ovate or roundish, its claw often remote from the others ; wings obovate 

 or oblong ; keel incurved. Pod linear, compressed or somewhat terete, sessile, 

 several-seeded. — Herbs, with pinnate leaves (in ours 1 - 3-foliolate, with gland- 

 like stipules), and small yellow or reddish flowers in umbels (ours solitary) 

 upon axillary leafy-bracteate peduncles. (Named for Dr. Daoid Hosack, of 

 New York.) 



1. H. Purshiana, Benth. Annual, more or less silky-villous or gla- 

 brous, often 1° high or more; leaves nearly sessile, the 1-3 leaflets ovate to 

 lanceolate (3 - 9" long) ; peduncles often short, bracteate with a single leaflet. 

 — N. C. ; S. W. Minn, to Ark., and west to the Pacific. Very variable. 



13. PSORALEA, L. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, the lower lobe longest. Stamens diadelphous or 

 sometimes monadelphous. Pod seldom longer than the calyx, thick, often 

 wrinkled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. — Perennial herbs, usually sprinkled all over 

 or roughened (especially the calyx, pods, etc.) with glandular dots or points. 

 Leaves mostly 3 - 5-foliolate. Flowers spiked or racemed, white or mostly 

 blue-purplish. Root sometimes tuberous and farinaceous. (Name, ipapaKeos, 

 scurf ij, from the glands or dots.) 



* Leaves pinnateli/ 3-Jbliolate. 



1. P. Onobrychis, Nutt. Nearb- smooth and free from glands, erect 

 (3 - 5° high) ; leaflets lanceolate-ovate, taper-pointed (3' long) ; stipules and 

 bracts aivl-shaped ; racemes elongated ; peduncle shorter than the leaves : pods 

 roughened and wrinkled. — River-banks, Ohio to 111. and Mo. ; also south and 

 east to S. C. July. 



2. P. stipulata, Torr. &Gray. Nearly smooth and glandless ; stems dif- 

 fuse ; leaflets ovate-elliptical, reticulated ; stipules ovate ; flowers in heads on 

 rather short peduncles ; bracts broadly ovate, sharp-pointed. — Rocks, S. Ind. 

 and Ky. June, July. 



3. P. melilotoides, Michx. Somewhat pubescent, more or less glan- 

 dular; stems erect (1 -2° high), slender; leaflets lanceolate or narrowlij oblong ; 

 spikes oblong, long-peduncled ; stipules awl-shaped ; bracts ovate or lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed; pods strongly wrinkled transversely. — Dry soil, Fla. to Tenn.. 

 S. Ind. and Kan. June. 



