134 LEGUMINOSAE 



As a more or less naturalized plant the Lucerne is found in all the 

 bordering counties. 



**M. Talcata, Linn. Sp. PI. 779 (1753). Yelloiv Medick. 



Top. Bot. 107. Syme, E. B. iii. 24, t. 336. Nyman, 166. Fl. Oxf. 76. 

 Casual. Waste places. Eare. On rubbish heaps at Grandpont, 1892. On 

 the side of the railway near Oxford in Berlishire, 1893. 



A native only of the eastern counties of England. The record in Wither- 

 ing' s Bot. Arr. ed. 5, iii. 811, of 'hedge-side from Sudborn to Oxford, Rev. G. 

 C'rabbe,' is probably a misprint for Orford in Suffolk. 



The specific name is spelt with a capital letter, because Eivinus used it as 

 the name of a genus. 



M. lupiiliua, Linn. Sp. PI. 779 (1753). Black Medick, Melilot Trefoil. 



Trifoliiim luteum Lnpulinum, Ger. Em. 1186. Ltqniiinum minimum, Hu'pi). 

 Top. Bot. 107. Syme, E. B. iii. 25, t, 337. Nvmnn, 170. Fl. Oxf. 76. 

 Native. Agrestal, &c. Fields, waysides, wall-tops, heaths, &c. Very 



common and generally distributed. A. or B. May- August. 

 First record. M. hqralina, Melilot Trefoil, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr. 

 Berks, 1809. 



Var.WiLLDEKOwii(Boenn. Prod. Fl. Monast. 226 as a species\ which 

 has glandular hairs on the fruit, has been noticed at South Hinksey, 

 Boar's Hill, Didcot, Haws Hill, Ruscombe, &c. The common plant 

 has glabrous or only slightly haiiy fruit. The var. unguiculata, Seringe, 

 DC. Prod. ii. 172, is a monstrosity with foliaceous calyces, and has been 

 observed in Sonning Cutting. ^ 



A very pubescent leaved form occurs on some of our heathlands. 



The cultivated plant is figured in Sutton's Perm, and Temp. Pastures, 

 t. xxii (1891% 



M. lupulina occurs in all the bordering counties. 



**M. DExncuLATA, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1414 (1800). Syme, E. B. iii. 26, t. 338. 

 Casual. Waste ground. Very rare. A. June. 



A few sjiecimens have been found on waste ground at Didcot. Mr. Jackson 

 lias seen it as a casual at Newbury. 



It occurs in the Isle of Wight and in Stirrey. 



M. arahica, Huds. Fl. Angl. 288 (1762). Heart Clover. 



M. polymorpha, var. arahica, Linn. Sp. PI. 780 ',1753)- M. cordata, Desr. 

 ap. Lam. Enc. Meth. iii. 636. If, macidata, Sibth. Fl. Ox. 232 

 (1794). Trifoliiun cordatum, Ger. Em. 1190. 



Top. Bot. T07. Syme, E. B. iii. 27, t. 339. Nyman, 169. Curt. P'l. 

 Lond. iii. t. 47. Fl. Oxf. 76. 



Colonist. Waste places. Very local. A. or B. June- August. 



First record. Medicago arabica. Heart Trefoil by no means rare in 

 the upper part of the county. Partially cultivated. This plant, 

 though indigenous, has probably never been cultivated except in 

 Berkshire, and its history is remarkable. In his voyage round 



