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% spECIES IV—-MELILOTUS PARVIFLORA. Desf. 
Puate CCCXLIV. 
Hook. & Arn. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p, 100. 
Desfontaines, ¥). Atlantica, Vol. IT. p. 192. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. et Helv. ed. i 
p- 183. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 401. 
M. indica, Ald. Fl. Pied. Vol. I. p. 308. Coss. & Germ. FI. de Par. ed. ii. p. 159. 
Trifolium Melilotus indica, Linn. (?) Sp. Plant. ed. ii. p. 1077. 
Root slender, not elongate. Stem erect, flexuous, branched. 
Racemes elongated, rather lax in fruit. Corolla not twice the length 
of the calyx; standard longer than the wings and keel, which 
are equal. Pod sessile, globular-ovoid, rounded and apiculate at 
the apex, reticulated with strongly-marked elevated veins on the 
sides, which are quite glabrous; upper suture not thickened or 
channelled. 
In waste places and by roadsides, and in cultivated fields. A 
plant which has been introduced in this country within the last 
few years, but is now not uncommon about Battersea and Wands- 
worth. It has also occurred near Liverpool, and it is highly 
probable that it will extend its area in course of time, as it appears 
to thrive in the localities where it is at present established. 
[England.| Annual. Summer and Autumn. 
A much smaller plant than any of the preceding, from 6 to 15 
inches high, with the stems slender and flexuous. The flowers 
much smaller, pale yellow, with the calyx-teeth shorter and trian- 
cular, not subulate. ‘he pods are much rounder, olive when ripe, 
about 4 inch long, reticulated like those of M. alba, but with the 
veins more distinct. The seed is always solitary, brownish, 
roughened with small prominent points. The plant also appears 
to be truly annual, which is rarely the case with any of the pre- 
ceding, although they may occasionally be so. 
Small-flowered Melilot. 
French, Mélilot a Petites Fleurs. German, Kleinblumiger Steinklee. 
GENUS VII—TRIGONELLA. Linn. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; teeth elongated, sub-equal, or 
the upper ones longer. Corolla deciduous ; standard equal to or 
longer than the wings and keel; wings not cohering at the apex ; 
keel usually extremely short, obtuse, generally shorter than the 
wings. Stamens diadelphous, not adhering to the petals; fila- 
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