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LEGUMINOS/E. LXV. MEDICAGO. 



with mamillary clots above, and marked with lines beneath ; 

 seeds reniform, truncate at the apex, small, brownish. 0. H. 

 Native of Scandinavia, in sand on the sea-shore. M. tricycla, 

 D. C. cat. monsp. 125. 



Striated-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 



3. Legumes spin//. 



33 M. APICULA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1414.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obovatc, hardly denticulated at the apex ; stipulas ci- 

 liately-toothed ; peduncles 3-7-flowered; legumes cochleate, 

 flat at both ends, of 3 circles, reticulate and somewhat lacu- 

 nose, having muricated, smooth margins ; spines straight, di- 

 verging ; seeds oblong-kidney-shaped, yellow. . H. Native 

 about Nice, in corn-fields. M. coronata, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 

 155. f. 7. but not of Lam. M. muricata y, Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 '>35. M. polycarpa, Willd. enum. suppl. 52. M. polycephala, 

 Hortul. 



jlplculated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. prost. 



34 M. CATALO'NICA (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 28.) pubescent ; 

 stems elongated, diffuse; leaflets rhomboidal-ovate, denticulated ; 

 stipulas toothed ; peduncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, 

 compressed, having 4 muricated circles. Q. H. Native of 

 Catalonia. Allied to M. spimdbsa. 



Caialonian Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. diff. 



35 M. DENTICULA V TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1414.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas 

 ciliately-toothed ; legumes flat at both ends, having 2 circles, 

 obliquely reticulated, with prickly smooth margins, the prickles 

 diverging and hooked ; seeds oblong-kidney-shaped, rather trun- 

 cate at the apex. O- H. Native of the south of France, and 

 about Conception, in Chili. This species comes very near to 

 M. apicttltttft, but differs in the legumes being larger, and in the 

 spines being longer and hooked. 



/ ar. ft, ciHuris (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 176.) prickles 

 elongated. M. ciiians, Savi, cent. p. 148. but not of Willd. 

 Denticulated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. prost. 



36 M. GLOBULOSA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 77.) stems 

 procumbent, hairy ; leaflets somewhat rhomboidal, crenated, 

 rather pilose ; peduncles usually 2-flowered ; legume twisted 

 into a globose form, glabrous, having 7 approximate circles, bear- 

 ing remote incurved prickles on the back. O- H. Native of 

 Numidia. 



Globulose-frwteA Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PL procumbent. 



37 M. FLEXUOSA (Ten. cat. 1819. p. 54.) glabrous, procum- 

 bent ; leaflets obovate, rettise, toothed ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, flexuous, glabrous, 

 having only 2 circles, which are reticulated and prickly, the 

 prickles arched and short. Q. H. Native of Naples, in fields. 



Flextious-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl.tr. 



38 M. GLOBULii'EiiA (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 526.) smoothish ; 

 stems erect ; leaflets ovate, denticulated ; stipulas pinnatifidly- 

 jagged ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legume twisted into a globose 

 form, usually with 3 circles, having short, hispid, straight prickles. 

 0.H. Native of? 



Globe-bearing Medick. PI. 1 foot. 



39 M. spiSuLOSA (D.C. fl. fr. 5. p. 569.) pilose; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, sharply denticulated ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolate, toothed ; peduncles 2-flowered ; legume coch- 

 leate, egg-shaped, having 3-4 circles, prickly beneath the margins, 

 the prickles straight, converging, and adpressed, concrete, hardly 

 longer than the lacunose margins ; seeds reniform, brown, rather 

 truncate at the apex. . H. Native of the south of France, 

 and of the islands of the Archipelago. M. apiculata, Bast. ess. 

 p. 280. but not of Willd. M. rugosa, D'Urv. enum. p. 98. but 

 not of Lam. 



1 



Sphntlusc Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. pr<> 



40 M. PUBE'SCENS (D.C. cat. inon^p. p. 124. but not of Horn.) 

 plant prostrate, clothed with soft pubescence or villi ; stems elon- 

 gated ; leaflets broad, obovate, denticulated ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated, somewhat denticulated at the base ; peduncles 5-8- 

 flowered ; legumes cochleate, having 2-3 circles, smooth, hardly 

 arcuately reticulated under the margin ; the prickles thick, con- 

 verging, straight, adpressed, longer than the margin. 0. H. 

 Native about Montpelier. J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 385. with a figure. 

 Very like M. spinulosa, but differs in the prickles being much 

 longer than the margins. 



Pubescent Medick. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. prostrate. 



41 M. SARDOA (Moris, clench, sard. p. 15.) smoothish ; leaflets 

 rhomboidal-obovate, denticulated, mucronatc ; stipulas jagged ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legumes cochleate, cylindrical, having 

 4 turnings, reticulately nerved, prickly on the margins. . H. 

 Native of Sardinia. 



Sardoa Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PI. prostrate. 



42 M. TEREBE'LLUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1416.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, refuse, toothed ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; legume twisted into a cylindrical 

 form, flat at both ends, having 5 reticulated, smooth circles ; 

 the prickles very short, distinct, subulate, and spreading ; seeds 

 reniform and dark. . H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 M. aculeata, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 349. t, 155. f. 7. 



/lwl-spinedMcA\c. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1798. PI. prostr. 



43 M. MARINA (Lin. spec. 1097.) plant densely clothed with 

 tomentum, procumbent ; leaflets cuneiform, quite entire ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, entire ; peduncles many-flowered ; legumes cochleate, 

 obliquely nerved, rather spiny ; seeds exactly kidney-shaped, 

 yellow. 2/ . H. Native of Europe, by the sea-side. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 2. p. 155. f. 7. Cav. icon. 2. t. 130. 



Sea-side Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. PL prostrate. 



44 M. CORONA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 634.) villous ; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate-roundish, small, denticulated ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, entire ; peduncles 4-7-flowered, much longer 

 than the leaves ; legume cochleate, of 1 or 2 circles, villous, 

 reticulated, the form of a crown, having divaricate, marginal, 

 parallel, straight prickles ; seeds reniformly-lunulate, small, 

 brown. . H. Native of the south of Europe, Egypt, &c. 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 16. M. coronata Cherleri, J. 

 Bauh. hist. 2. p. 386. with a figure. M. polymorpha coronata, 

 Lin. spec. 1098. 



Cnwra-fonned-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1668. 

 PL prostrate. 



45 M. TENTACULA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1413.) prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas subulate, toothed ; peduncles 

 usually 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, flat at both 

 ends ; prickles smooth, lanceolate, distich, closely adpressed. 

 . H. Native of the south of Europe. M. truncatulata, 

 Gsertn. fruct. 2. p. 350. t. 155. f. 7. 



Tentaculated Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL prost. 



46 M. HORNEMANI.V'NA (Ser. mss. U. C. prod. 2. p. 177.) 

 stems hairy ; leaflets rhomboid-obovate, toothed, pubescent ; 

 stipulas jagged ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; legume twisted into a 

 cylindrical form, rather pilose, small, with the circles approxi- 

 mate ; prickles strong, subulate, reflexed, hooked. . H. Na- 

 tive of Morocco. M. pubescens, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 726. 

 but not of D. C. 



Horneman's Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL trailing. 



47 M. LITTORA'LIS (Rhode in Lois. not. 118. but not of 

 Tenore,) villous ; stems procumbent ; leaflets obcordate or ob- 

 ovate-cunciform, toothed at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 toothed ; peduncles 2-4-flowered ; legumes twisted, subcylin- 

 drical, glabrous, with 4 circles, obliquely and flexuously rcticu- 



