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1. Trigonella occulta, Del'de, Fl. -Egypt, lllmtr. (1812) p, 71. 

 A low densely Ccespitose diffuse annual ; stems not more than a few 

 inches long, pale, glabrous or with a few scattered silky hairs. Leaves 

 pinnately o-foliolate ; petioles ^-| in. long, striate, silky-hairy when 

 young ; stipules \ in. long, leaFy, deeply lancinate-toothed, strongly 

 nerved. Li-atlets -i%-| in. long, o''lanceolate-cuiieate, sharply toothed, 

 subglabrous above, sparsely silky beneath ; nerves strong, couspii-uous ; 

 lateral petiolules short, the terniiual ones pg-yV ^^' long. Flouers 2-4 

 together, in sessile axillary clusters. Calyx g in. long, membranous, 

 hairy ; teeth longer than the tube, subulate. Corolla scarcely exserted ; 

 standard obovate-oblong ; wings oblanceolate. Pods membranous, slightly 

 longer than the calyx, oblong-ellipsoid, strongly veined, sparsely clothed 

 with spreading white hairs. Seeds 1-2, oblong, y^-yV iu. long, smooth, 

 yellowish-brown or sometimes mottled. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 87; Boiss. 

 El. Orient, v. 2, p. 84; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 38 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Xat. v, 11 (1897) p. 421 ; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, 

 p. 88. — Flowers : Jan. 



Vei-y rare except in Sind. Deccan : Lanoli, Woodrow. Sixd : Stocks ! — Distkib, 

 India (Upper Gangetic plain) ; Egypt, Nubia. 



7. MELILOTUS, Juss. 



Annual or biennial herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; stipules adnate 

 to the petiole ; leaflets toothed. Flowers small, yellow or white, in 

 slender or abbreviated axillary racemes ; bracts minute or ; bracteoles 0. 

 Calyx short ; teeth subequal. Corolla free from the staminal-tube, 

 deciduous ; standard obovate or oblong, contracted at the base, sub- 

 sessile ; wings obtuse ; keel shorter than the wings, obtuse. Stamens 

 diadelphous ; filaments not dilated; anthers uniform. Ovarv sessile or 

 stalked ; ovules few ; style filiform, incurved ; stigma terminal. Pod 

 subglobose or ovoid, longer than the calyx, indehiscent or tardily de- 

 hiscent. Seeds 1 or few. — Distkib. Temperate and subtropical regions 

 of the Old World ; species 10 or 12. 



I. Melilotus indica, All. Fl. Pedem. v. 1 (1785) p. 308. A\i 

 erect annual herb, 1-H ft. high; sfem and branches pale, slightly 

 striate, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles f-lj in. long, 

 very slender ; stipules \ in. long, lanceolate, very acute, adnate to the 

 petiole. Leaflets k-^ by ^-f i"" toothed, oblanceolate or obovate- 

 cuneate (sometimes a few casually linear-oblong), rounded, truncate, or 

 refuse at the apex, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on both sides; 

 petiolules of the lateral leaflets very short, those ot" the terminal leaflets 

 Yrr\ i'^' long. Flowei's small, in slender spicate close I'acemes ; pedicels 

 short, deflexed ; bracts subulate. Calyx -oy-iV in. long ; teeth triangular. 

 Corolla twice the calyx. Pods ellipsoid, compressed, tapering at both 

 ends, reticulato-venose, glabrous. Seed 1, oblnng-ellipsoid, compressed, 

 J^ in, long, brown. Melilotus parviflora, Desf. Fl. Atlant. v. 2 (180U) 

 p. 192; FL B. L V. 2, p. 89; Grab. Cat. p. 46: Dalz. & Gihs. Suppl. 

 p. 21 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 2, p. 108; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod, v, 5, 

 p. 225. — Flowers : Jan. Vern. VdiimethiJcd ; Rdn-methi. 



In pasture grounds, Graham, Bahdl c|- Gibson. Deccan : Poona, JVoodrow. Sind : 

 Woodrow I, Cou/cel — Disteib. India (tropical zone): Europe, S. Persia, Afghanistan, 

 and introduced iu many otlicr regions. 



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