LEGUMIXOS.E. LXV. MEDICACO. 



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Cult. All the species of Anllnjllis arc very beautiful when 

 in flower. The hardy, herbaceous, perennial kinds thrive best 

 in dry light soil, and are very readily increased by seeds ; they 

 are well adapted for ornamenting rock-work. The seeds of the 

 hardy annual kinds should be sown in a rather dry warm 

 situation in the open ground. The green-house and frame kinds 

 thrive best in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, most of them 

 produce perfect seed, by which they are readily increased. 

 Young cuttings of them will also root if planted in a pot of sand 

 with a bell-glass placed over them ; the glasses to be taken off' 

 and wiped occasionally to prevent damp. 



SUBTRIBE II. TRIFOLIE'^E (plants agreeing with Trifblium 

 in some important characters). Bronn. diss. 1. c. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 171. Legume 1 -celled. Stamens diadelphous. Stems her- 

 baceous, rarely frutescent. Leaves usually palmate, with 3-5 

 leaflets, rarely impari-pinnate. Primordial ones alternate. 



LXV. MEDICA'GO (from Medike, a name given by Dios- 

 corides to a Median grass). Lin. gen. no. 1214. Gsert. fruct. 2. 

 p. 348. t. 155. f. 7. D. C. prod. 2. p. 171. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelpliia, Decundria. Calyx somewhat cylin- 

 drical, 5-cleft. Carina rather remote from the vexillum (f. 30. 

 i.). Stamens diadelphous. Legume many-seeded, of various 

 forms, reniform, falcate, cochleate, but usually twisted in a spiral 

 manner (f. 30. c.). Herbs or shrubs. Stipulas usually cut. 

 Leaves stalked, trifoliate in all ; leaflets usually toothed. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, 1 -2 or many-flowered. Flowers yellow. 



SECT. I. LUPULA'RIA (from lupulus, hops. The M, lujmllna 

 is called Hop-Trefoil, from the heads of flowers resembling hops). 

 Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 172. Legume reniform, falcate, or 

 somewhat cochleate, glabrous or pubescent, with entire margins. 

 Leaves trifoliate. 



1 M. KUPE'STRIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 225. suppl. p. 517.) 

 stems prostrate ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, cuneiform, 

 toothed at the apex, pubescent ; peduncles usually 2-flowered ; 

 legume reniformly twisted, reticulated, hoary ; seeds rather 

 ovate, brown; radicle hardly prominent. 1. H. Native of 

 Tauria, among calcareous rocks. Allied to M. prostrdla, but 

 differs in the peduncles being few-flowered, in the flowers being 

 smaller, and in the legumes being less twisted. 



Rock Lucern. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. ascending. 



2 M. BRACHYCA'RPA (Fisch. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 517.) 

 pilose ; stem ascending ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, den- 

 ticulated, with numerous nerves ; stipulas lanceolate-linear ; 

 heads spherical ; calycine segments 3 times longer than the tube, 

 linear ; legumes 1 -seeded, with numerous transverse and parallel 

 nerves ; the seminiferous margin thick and straight ; seeds ovate, 

 cordate, compressed. () H. Native of Tauria, near Tiflis. 



Short-fruited Medick. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. prostrate. 



3 M. LUPULI'NA (Lin. spec. 1097.) stem procumbent; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, acute, toothed ; peduncles bearing ovate 

 spikes of flowers ; flowers sessile ; legumes reniform, 1 -seeded, 

 arched, reticulated ; seeds ovate, somewhat kidney-shaped. 

 O- H. Native of Europe, in meadows, pastures, and cultivated 

 fields; plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 971. Fl. dan. 

 992. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 2. t. 57. Mart. fl. rust. t. 19. Fuchs. 

 hist. 819. icon. M. Willdenovii, Mer. fl. par. 296. is a variety 

 having the stem and leaves more or less pilose. This is one 

 the most valuable of artificial grasses, affording excellent: 



for sheep. For its culture and uses see Trifblium prc^ ^ns. 



Par. fi, polistachya (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 272.) heads 

 aggregate into a terminal raceme ; leaflets large. Q. H. Native 

 of Switzerland, about Bern. 



Var. y, corymbbsa (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 172.) flowers 

 almost abortive and corymbose ; pedicels filiform, elongated. 

 O- H. Native about Geneva. 



Hop-Trefoil or Black Nonsuch. Fl. May, Aug. Brit. Pl.tr. 



4 M. MNIOCA'RPA (Wallr. in litt.) stems procumbent ; leaflets 

 obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 acute, almost entire ; flowers apetalous, disposed in racemose 

 spikes ; legumes falcate, hardly nerved, stipulate, unguiculate. 

 O. H. Native of Switzerland about Longirod, and of Belgium. 



Moss-fruited Medick. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. prostrate. 



5 M. CIIETA'CEA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 223. suppl. 517.) gla- 

 brous ; stems ascending, suffruticose ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 nearly orbicular, coriaceous, almost entire, having numerous 

 nerves ; stipulas lanceolate, acute, nerved ; peduncles many- 

 flowered ; legume falcately-reniform, quite entire, rayed with 

 numerous nerves. !(. . H. Native of Tauria, in sterile creta- 

 ceous places. M. nummulEtria, Stev. in Bess. cat. hort. crem. 

 1816. p. 85. but not of D. C. Flowers the colour and form of 

 those of M.falcdta, but a little smaller. A very distinct species. 



Cretaceous Lucern. Fl. July. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 to 3 feet long. 



6 M. CORYMBIFEUA (Schmidt in Schlecht. Linnaea. 4. p. 74.) 

 stems ascending ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the 

 apex ; stipulas toothed ; corymbs compound, dense ; peduncles 

 and pedicels beset with glandular pili ; legume reniform, rugose, 

 pilose, 1 -seeded. O- H. Native on the shores of the Baltic 

 sea. 



Corymb-bearing Medick. PI. ascending. 



7 M. FALCA'TA (Lin. spec. 1096.) stems prostrate; leaflets 

 oblong, toothed at the apex ; stipulas quite entire ; peduncles 

 racemose ; legumes falcate, smoothish or pubescent ; seeds ob- 

 long ; radicle hardly prominent. O- H. Native of Europe, in 

 dry mountainous pastures, In Britain on dry gravelly banks 

 and old walls ; between Watford and Bushy-hill by the foot-way ; 

 in Cambridgeshire ; common about Norwich in gravelly fields, 

 and on many parts of the city walls, also about Bury St. Edmund. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1016. Flowers usually pale-yellow, but occa- 

 sionally violet and green. This is said to be the kind of lucern 

 cultivated in Switzerland. For its culture see M. satloa. 



Var. /3, anmdaris (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 172.) leaflets 

 narrower and smaller ; legumes more arched. O- H. M. an- 

 nnlih-is, Besser. in litt. 



Var. y, tiimida (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 173.) flowers 

 tumid; carpels tumid. 0. H. About Geneva. 



Fate ale -podded Lucern. Fl. July. Britain. PI. prostrate. 



8 M. PROCU'MBENS (Besser. prim. fl. galix. 2. p. 127.) stems 

 procumbent ; leaflets oblong-linear, toothed at the apex ; stipu- 

 las toothed at the base ; peduncles racemose ; legume falcate, 

 almost naked, reticulated, 2-seeded ; seeds irregularly cordate. 

 1. H. Native of Cracovia, in dry fields and on hills. Perhaps 

 only a variety of M. falcata, but differs in the legumes being a 

 little broader, short and long in the same specimen. 



Procumbent Lucern. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. PI. prostrate. 



9 M. CANCELLA'TA (Bieb. fl. taur. 226. but not of Ten.) 

 stems prostrate ; leaflets oblong-cuneiform, toothed at the apex, 

 quite smooth ; stipulas subulate, lower ones denticulated ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, reticulately-veined, 

 glabrous, with the veins radiating towards the margins. If. . H. 

 Native of Caucasus. Flowers fewer and smaller than in M. 



falcata, always yellow. 



Latticed-veined Lucern. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 



10 M. SUFFRUTICOSA (Ram. in D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 341.) stems 

 prostrate, suffruticose ; leaflets obovate-roundish, almost entire 

 or obcordate ; stipulas lanceolate, broad, toothed ; peduncles 

 racemose, twice the length of the petioles ; legume pubescent, 

 almost spiral, reticulated with arched veins ; seeds irregularly 



