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lated, and with prickly margins ; circles tliick, coriaceous ; 

 prickles stiff, rather hooked ; seeds reniform, bay-coloured. 

 Q.? I/.? H. Native of Europe, by the sea side. J. Bauh. 

 hist. 2. p. 385. with a figure. 



/ \ir. ft, brci-isi'ta (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 568.) prickles short, 

 straight. M. polymorpha rigidula, Bert. pi. gen. 97. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. 



Shore Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PL prostrate. 



48 M. LAPPA'CEA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 637.) smoothish ; stems 

 procumbent ; leaflets obcordate, toothed ; stipulas ciliately- 

 toothed ; peduncles 3-5-flowered ; legumes twisted, smooth, ob- 

 liquely and flexuously-nerved, having 3 circles, and with the 

 margins prickly ; prickles long, hooked ; seeds kidney-shaped, 

 rather truncate, yellow. Q. H. Native about Montpelier, and 

 also about Naples. M. hispida, Gtert. fruct. 2. p. 155. f. 7.? 

 Allied to M. littoralis, but the legume and seeds are larger. 



Burdock Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. trailing. 



49 M. PEXTACY^CLA (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 124.) rather pilose; 

 stems prostrate ; leaflets obovatc, denticulated ; stipulas ciliately- 

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

 convex at both ends ; circles 5, reticulated with lacunas above ; 

 spines long, diverging, hooked at the apex ; seeds ovate-reni- 

 form, compressed, bay-coloured. O- H. Native about Nar- 

 bonne. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 19. ? Like the preceding, 

 and perhaps not distinct. 



Fii-e-circled Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. trailing. 



50 M. HI'STRIX (Ten. prod. p. 45. cat. 1819. p. 58 ) gla- 

 brous, prostrate ; leaflets obovate, retuse, denticulated ; stipulas 

 pectinately-multifid : peduncles usually 2-flowered, longer than 

 the leaves ; legumes cochleate, cylindrical, compressed at both 

 ends ; circles 5, rather distant ; prickles subulate, diverging, 

 hooked, rather pilose. Q. H. Native in fields about Naples. 

 This plant differs from M. cilifiris in the legumes being glabrous, 

 and from M. lappacea, Lam. 



Porcupine Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt, 1 820. PI. prostrate. 



51 M. DIFFU'SA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 524.) stems diffuse ; leaf- 

 lets obcordate, small ; stipulas broad, ciliated ; peduncles usually 

 S-flowered; legume cochleate, globose, having 5 circles ; prickles 

 straight, hooked at the apex. Q. H. Native of Teneriffe, on 

 rocks. This plant differs from M. lappacea in the leaflets and 

 fruit being smaller. 



Diffuse Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PI. diffuse. 



52 M. DISCIFORMIS (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 124.) plant pilose ; 

 stems procumbent ; leaflets obcordate, dentate : stipulas lanceo- 

 late, toothed ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legume cochleate, gla- 

 brous, having 5 approximate circles, which are veiny beneath, 

 and flat above, the 4 lower circles have their margins furnished 

 with long setaceous spines, which are hooked at the apex, the 

 fifth circle naked from abortion ; the margins of the whole 

 channelled between the spines. O- H. Native about Mont- 

 pelier, in sterile places. The herb is like M. minima, but the 

 form of the legume is very distinct from all the other species. 



Disk-formed Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. pros- 

 trate. 



53 M. CARSTIE'NSIS (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 156.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaflets ovate, toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed ; 

 peduncles racemose ; legume cochleate, compressed at both 

 ends, obliquely-nerved, having about 3 or 4 circles, green, but 

 at length black ; the margins thin, nerveless, and spiny ; spines 

 long, straight, hardly diverging ; seeds rather reniform, bay- 

 coloured. !{.. H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia, about Carst. 

 Sims, hot. mag. 909. M. Noccae, Balb. M. umbellata, Hortul. 



Carst Medick. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



54 M. NIGRA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1418.) leaflets obovate, 

 toothed ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; peduncles usually 2-flower- 

 ed ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, the circles approximate ; 



prickles subulate, straight, hooked. G- H. Native of the 

 south of France. Moris, hist. 2. p. 151. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 19. 

 .Btoc/t-frttited Medick. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. prostrate. 



55 M. TRIBULOIDES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 635.) pilose ; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas profoundly toothed ; 

 peduncles 2-flowered : legume cochleate, cylindrical, flat at both 

 ends, having 5 circles, wrinkled from lacunas ; spines thick, 

 diverging, rather hooked at the apex, lateral, not marginal, with 

 the margins thick and elevated, not channelled ; seeds kidney- 

 shaped, bay-coloured, obliquely-truncate at the apex. O- H. 

 Native of Europe, particularly of France. 



far. ft, Narbonensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 178.) spines adpres- 

 sed, short, and are, as well as the circles, more turgid ; legume 

 with tumid warts. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 568. 



Caltrop-like Medick. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1730. PI. prostrate. 



56 M. cRAssisriNA (Visiani, inbot. zeit. March, 1829. p. 20.) 

 pubescent ; stems prostrate, tetragonal ; leaflets obovate, sharply 

 toothed at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, cut at the 

 base ; peduncles 3-flowered ; legumes cochleate, ovate, depres- 

 sed, and veiny ; prickles stiff, conical, incurved, disposed in two 

 roivs. 0. H. Native of Dalmatia. This species is nearly 

 allied to M. tribuloldes. 



Thich-spined Medick. Fl. June, Aug. PI. prostrate. 



57 M. CYLINDRA'CEA (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 123.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obcordate, dentate ; stipulas deeply-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, truncate 

 at both ends ; circles very thick, 5-6, nearly concrete, with a 

 denticulated, 1-lined, flattish margin; seeds regularly kidney- 

 shaped, bay-coloured. O- H. Native of ? M. ternata /3, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 633. 



Cylindrical-fruited Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 prostrate. 



58 M. PR^COX (D. C. cat. monsp. p. 123.) stems prostrate ; 

 leaflets obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles short, 1 -2-flowered ; legume cochleate, glabrous, flat at 

 both ends : circles thin, rather wrinkled from lacunae, with the 

 margins thick, nerveless, and flat, bearing the spines laterally ; 

 spines rather diverging, hooked at the apex ; seeds ovate-reni- 

 form, bay-coloured. O- H. Native of Provence. 



Early Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prostrate. 



59 M. MOLLI'SSIMA (Roth, cat. bot. 3. p. 74.) very soft ; 

 stipulas broadest at the base, toothed at the apex ; pedun- 

 cles 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, having 5 circles ; spines 

 long, hooked at the apex. Q. H. Native of Spain and France. 



Very-soft Medick, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1 818. PI. prostrate. 



60 M. GRIECA. (Horn. hort. hafn. p. 24 and 728.) stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate, toothed at the apex, villous on both sur- 

 faces ; stipulas obsoletely-serrated : peduncles many-flowered : 

 legume cochleate, rather pilose ; prickles long, bent. O- H. 

 Native of Greece. Willd. enum. p. 805. Perhaps distinct 

 from M. minima var. longiseta. 



Greek Medick. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. prostrate. 



61 M. MI'NIMA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 636.) plant pilose ; steins 

 prostrate ; leaflets hairy, obovate or obcordate, entire, triden- 

 tate at the apex ; stipulas half-ovate, nearly entire ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, short ; legume cochleate, rather globose, having 

 3-5 very narrow flattish circles ; spines compressed, channelled 

 at the base, hooked ; seeds reniform, yellow 1 . Q. H. Native 

 of Europe, in sandy fields. In England at Narburgh, Norfolk, 

 and near Newmarket. M. polymorpha minima, Lin. spec. 1099. 

 Fl. dan. 211. M. hirsuta, All. pedem. no. 1156. ex herb. Balb. 

 M. echinata hirsuta and M. minima hirsuta, J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 

 386. with a figure. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 15. Trifolium 

 echinatum arvense, flore minore, C. Bauh. pin. p. 330. no. 7. 



Var. ft, canescens (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 178.) plant 

 canescent : spines longish. About Geneva, in arid places, 

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