90 L. LEGUMINOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Medicago. 



from the staminal tube; standard and wings oblong; keel straight, obtuse. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; filaments filiform ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 

 usually many-ovuled ; style short, little incurved ; stigma oblique. Pod usually 

 spirally twisted, many-seeded, indehiscent, rarely sickle-shaped, in M. lupulina 

 one-seeded. DISTKIB. Species about 40 ; spread principally round the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



M. SATIVA, Linn. Wall. Cat. 5945, A, B, probably a cultivated race of M.falcata, 

 characterised by the pod forming a double spiral and flowers usually purple, is often 

 grown for forage in Madras, Bengal, and the North-West Provinces. 



* Suberect, perennial. 



1. HE. falcata, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 172 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 93. M. 

 sativa, Wall Cat. 5945 0, D. M. procurnbens, JBesser, Prim. FL Gal. ii. 127. 



KASHMIR, LAT>AK, KUNAWAR, &c. ; alt. 5-13,000 ft. DISTEIB. Affghanistafn, 

 Orient, and all through Europe. 



Subglabrous, copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets oblanceolate, 75 1 in. long. 

 Peduncles exceeding leaves. Flowers 12-20, in close racemes. Calyx in. ; teeth 

 setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, 

 sickle-shaped, glabrous, - in. long, 5-10-seeded. 



: * Diffuse trailing annuals or biennials. 



2. HE. lupulina, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 172 ; biennial, pod minute linear 

 sickle-shaped unarmed one-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5944 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 

 105. 



Tropical and temperate tracts of the north-west, ascending from the INDUS valley 

 and GANGETIC plain to 10-12,000 ft. DISTBIB. Orient. Siberia, Europe, Abyssinia, 

 often cultivated. 



Stem 1 ft. or more long, finely downy. Stipules toothed; points lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; leaflets obovate, faintly inciso-crenate, base deltoid, entire. Flowers 

 12-20, densely capitate ; peduncles exceeding the leaves. Calyx 7- in. ; teeth seta- 

 ceous, as long as the tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod ^~ in. long, indehiscent, 

 glabrous or downy, faintly veined longitudinally, finally black. 



3. HI. orbicularis, All. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 174 ; annual, pod spiral unarmed 

 large vertically compressed. Hoiss. FL Orient, ii. 97. 



KASHMIR ; temperate region, Falconer. DISTRIB. Orient, Mediterranean, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Stems slender, subglabrous, a foot or more long. Stipules short, deeply laciniated ; 

 leaflets ^-^ in. long, obovate-cuneate, faintly inciso-dentate. Peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves, 1-3 -flowered. Calyx in. ; teeth linear-setaceous. Corolla yellow, 

 much exserted. Pod tjt-f in. broad, with 4-5 flattened spirals, distantly finely trans- 

 versely veined. 



4. HE. laciniata, AIL ; DC. Prodr. ii. 180; annual, stipules laciniated, 

 pod small subglobose spiral muricated, corolla scarcely exserted. Boiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 104. 



PUNJAB ; tropical region, Fleming, Jacquemont, Aitchison. DISTRIB. Orient, Medi- 

 terranean, Abyssinia. 



Stems glabrous, very slender, reaching a foot long. Leaflets 5 f in. long, obovate- 

 cuneate, sharply inciso-dentate or even pinnatifid ; petiole equalling or exceeding 

 leaflets. Peduncles filiform, awned, 1-2-flowered. Calyx narrowly turbinate, in. ; 

 teeth setaceous. Pod ^ in. broad with 4-5 sharply muricated spirals. 



5. BE. denticulata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 176; annual, stipules laci- 

 niated, corolla twice the calyx, pod subglobose spiral muricated. JSoiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 102. M. canescens, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5946. M. polyrnorpha, 

 Eoxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 390. 



