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slightly downy, diskshaped, notveiiied, with 2-3 coils bor- 

 dered by divergent hooked spines. 



Golden Grove: Square Waterhole. — July-Nov. — Medi- 

 terranean region. 



7. M. reticulata, Bentli. Slightly downy annual, 

 prostrate or ascending; leaflets oboval, toothed; stipules 

 with tine teeth ; flowers '2-3, on awned peduncle.s nearly as 

 long as the leaf; pedicels shorter than calyx-tube; wings 

 longer than keel; pod small, glabrous, diskshaped, net- 

 veined, coils 3 5, rather loose when ripe, with thin but blunt 

 bordei's which are fringed on each side b.v a row of tubercles; 

 seeds few. 



Hills and plains near Adelaide. — Sept. -Dec. — Mediter- 

 ranean region. Resembles the smaller forms of the follow- 

 ing species. 



8. M. denticulata, Willd. 

 Toothed Medic. Subglabrous an- 

 nual; stems prostrate or ascend- 

 ing, often purplish ; leaflets 

 large, oboval, wedgeshaped at 

 base, sharply toothed; stipules 

 large, with long fine teeth ; 

 flowers small, yellow, 2-6, rarely 

 1, on peduncles usually awned 

 and shorter than the leaf; pedi- 

 cels shorter than calyx-tube ; 

 wings longer than keel ; pod 

 rather large, diskshaped to sub- 

 c.vlindrical, finely netveined, with 

 3-5 close coils, bordered b.v 2 rows 

 of divergent, more 

 spines, varying in 

 several. 



Verv common and often called 

 "Clover" or "Trefoil'" in South 

 Au.stralia. — July - Dec. — Mediter- 

 ranean region, extending north- 

 wards to southern counties of 

 England. 



9. M. truncatuia, (isertn. Prostrate or ascend- 

 ing, downy annual ; leaflets oboval, sharply toothed at sum- 

 mit ; stipules finely toothed ; flowers 1-3. yellow, on peduncles 

 about as long as the petiole, and terminating in an awn 

 as long as the flowers : pedicels shorter than calyx-tube ; 

 calyx downy, with awlshaped teeth nearly as long as the 

 flower; wings shorter than keel; pod downy, cylindrical, 



or less hooked 

 length ; seeds 



drnticulata. 



trunnitula. 



Medicag'o denticulata. 



colls, keeled on tht* 

 such a 



shaped like a little barrel, with 4-5 close 



outer edge and with 2 rows of spines diverging to 



degree as to be almost appressed against the pod. 



Pasture, Marino.- Sept. -Nov. — Mediterranean region 



