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MEDICA’GO. 
Fruit (“pod ’’) without spines. 
Leaflets more than twice as long as wide. 
os purple (rarely yellow); pods much spirally 
| twisted. } 
l sativa. Lucerne. 
-Flowers yellow (rarely purple); pods more or less 
curved, rarely forming a circle. } 
L falca'ta. 
Leaflets not much longer than they are wide; pods 
spirally twisted, turning black. ] 
lupulina. Black Medick. 
Pods with numerous curved spines. 
-Leaves (usually) with a dark patch; pods with a ce, 
| grooved edge on their outer margin. a 
E macula'ta. Spotted Medick. 
Leaves not spotted ; pods with a thin edge. 
oS with long, slender teeth; pods in a TE Ts 
| spiral, strongly net-veined. J 
denticula'ta. 
Stipules entire or slightly toothed ; pods = 
veined, rolled up into a ball. J 
min‘ima. 
MELAMPY’RUM. 
Flowers entirely yellow. 
Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, its oe 
lip straight; upper bracts often toothed. z 
praten’se. Common Cowwheat. 
Corolla scarcely twice the length of the calyx, its lower 
lip bent down; bracts under the flowers always | 
entire. sylvat‘icum. 
Flowers tipped or variegated with pink or purple. 
Bracts under the flowers wide and heart-shaped at their 
( base, much bent back, with numerous fine, short | 
L teeth. crista'‘tum. 
Bracts not heart-shaped, erect, with few long, i 
teeth. 
arven’se.” 
MELILO’TUS. 
Flowers white, the upper petal (“standard”) longer 
( than the rest. al'ba. 
Flowers yellow. 
