Leguminosae. 47 



ONO'NIS ARVEN'SIS (99). Rest-harrow. 6—9. Stem procumbent 



(327) hairy without spines, leaflets oblong, flowers rose-coloured axillary. 



Heaths. 



ONO'NIS SPINO'SA (69). Spiny Rest-harrow. 6^-9. Stem 3—4 in. 



(328) erect spinous. Moors. 



Vl.—ANTHYLLIS. 



ANTHYL'LIS VULNERA'RIA (105). Kidney Vetch. 6-^. Calyx 

 (365) inflated mouth oblique 5-toothed woolly, petals nearly equal in length, 



flowers in crowded heads which grow in pairs, bracts large. Dry 



pastures. 



WII.—MEDICAGO. 



Calyx with 5 nearly equal teeth, stamens diadelphous, pod spirally 

 curvetl or coiled or sickle-shaped, leaves ternate, stipules adnate to the 

 petiole. 



Flowers purple, ' M. Sativa. 



Flowers yellow, 220* 



220*Pod I -seeded, ........ M. lupulina. 



220*Pod many-seeded, ....... M. maculata, 



MEDICA'GO SATI'VA. Lucerne. 6 — 7. Stem erect, flowers purple in 

 (331) racemes, leaflets obovate oblong toothed, pod with 2 — 3 coils downy. 

 Cultivated for forage. 



MEDICA'GO LUPULI'NA (100). Nonsuch. 5—8. Stem procum- 

 (334) bent, leaflets obovate toothed, flowers small yellow in ovate heads, 

 pod of I coil reticulate i -seeded. Waste places. 



Medica'go macula ta (40). 5 — 8. Nearly glabrous, pod many-seeded with 

 (336) 3 — 5 coils and 2 rows of long curved spines. [T. W. Tb. L. CI. 



VIII. —MELILOrUS. 



Calyx 5-toothed, leaves ternate, stipules slender adnate to the petiole, 

 leaflets obovate toothed, flowers in one-sided racemes, plants fragrant. 



MELILO'TUS OFFICINA'LIS (72). iMehlot. 6-8. Flowers yel- 



(338) low, pod hairy. Fields. 



Meliio'tus alba (40). 7 — 8. Flowers white, pod giaborus. 



(339) [Tb. Wl. F. CL 



\y..— TRIFOLlUM. 



Calyx 5-toothed, wings and keel united, stamens diadelphous, flowers in 

 heads or dense umbels, pods not longer than the calyx, leaves ternatCj 

 stipules adnate 10 petiole. 



