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spirally twisted. (Name of Greek origin, and denoting 

 that some plant of the family was introduced from 

 Media.) 



6. MELILOTUS (Melilot). Calyx with 5 nearly equal 

 teeth ; petals distinct, soon falling off ; legume of few 

 seeds, longer than the calyx. (Name from mel, honey, 

 and lotus, the plant so called.) 



7. TRIGON^LLA (Fenugreek). Calyx with 5 nearly equal 

 teeth ; petals distinct ; keel obtuse ; legume straight or 

 nearly so, many-seeded. (Name in Greek denoting three- 

 angled, from the form of the corolla). 



8. TRIFOLIUM (Trefoil). Calyx with 5 unequal teeth; 

 petals combined by their claws, and persistent ; legume 

 of few seeds, concealed in the calyx. (Name from tria, 

 three, and folium, a leaf, each leaf being composed of 

 3 leaflets.) 



9. LOTUS (Bird's-foot Trefoil). Calyx with 5 nearly 

 equal teeth ; keel beaked ; legume cylindrical, many- 

 seeded, and imperfectly many-celled. (Name from the 

 Greek lotos.) 



* Leaves pinnate, with a terminal leaflet. 



10. ANTHYLLIS (Lady's Fingers). Stamens all united 

 by their filaments ; calyx inflated, 5 -toothed ; legume 

 enclosed in the calyx. (Name from the Greek anthos, 

 a flower, and ioulos, down, from the downy calyx.) 



11. OXYTROPIS. Stamens in 2 sets, 9 and 1 ; keel 

 of the corolla pointed ; legume more or less perfectly 

 2 -celled. (Name from the Greek oxys, sharp, and tropis, 

 a keel.) 



12. ASTRAGALUS (Milk Vetch). Stamens in 2 sets, 

 9 and 1 ; keel of the corolla blunt ; legume more or less 

 perfectly 2 -celled. (Name from the Greek astrdgalos, 

 a pastern bone, from the knotted form of the root of the 

 plant to which the name was originally given.) 



