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2. 0. reclinata (Small Spreading Rest-harrow). A small herba- 

 ceous species, with pendulous, pale pink flowers, found only on the 

 coast of Devonshire, near Tarbert, Galloway, and on the south-west 

 coast of Scotland. Fl. early summer. Annual. 



5. Medicago (Medick) 



1. M. falcata (Sickle Medick). A rare species found only in the 

 eastern counties of England. Stem prostrate, 1-2 feet long ; 

 leaflets oblong and toothed ; flowers large, yellow ; legumes sickle- 

 shaped. Fl. June, July. 



2. M. sativa (Lucerne). Like the above, but more upright ; 

 flowers usually blue or violet ; legumes spirally twisted. Largely 

 cultivated as a fodder plant, and frequently found as an escape. 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. M. lupulina (Black Medick, or Nonsuch). Leaflets inversely 

 egg-shaped, finely toothed ; stipules scarcely notched ; flowers 

 small, yellow, in dense oblong heads ; legumes rugged, i-seeded, 

 kidney-shaped. A herbaceous plant with branching stems 12-18 

 inches long, sparsely covered with soft hairs ; resembling in habit 

 some of the smaller clovers, but distinguished from them by its 

 legumes not being enclosed within the calyx. Legumes black, not 

 spirally curved. FL June to August. Annual. 



4. M . denticulata (Toothed Medick). Stems spreading ; leaflets 

 inversely heart-shaped, smooth ; stipules jagged ; flowers small, 

 yellow, 2-5 in a head ; legumes loosely 

 spiral, edged with hooked prickles. Very 

 rare. Fl. April to June. Annual. 



5. M. maculata (Spotted Medick). 

 Much like the last ; leaflets inversely heart- 

 shaped, with a purple spot in the centre 

 of each ; stipules toothed ; flowers small, 

 yellow, 2-4 together ; legumes with hooked 

 prickles, and twisted spirally into a ball. 

 In Cornwall this plant, under the name of 

 Spotted Clover, is considered very injurious 

 to pasturage. Fl. June to September. 

 Annual. Medicago Maculata 



(Spotted Medick) 



6. M. minima (Little Bur-Medick). 

 Leaflets inversely heart-shaped, downy ; 



stipules scarcely toothed ; flowers 2-4 together ; legumes spirally 

 twisted into a prickly ball ; prickles hooked. Sandy places, rare. 

 Fl. June, July. Annual. 





