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LEGUMINOS,'. LXV. MEDICAGO. 



/ ur. -/, longiseta (D. C. herb.) spines very long; stems elon- 

 gated ; peduncles many-flowered, elongated. M. mollissima, 

 Roth, cat. bot. 3. p. 74. ? Trifolium echinutum arvense, C. 

 Bauh. pin. p. 329. no. 6. 



Least Medick. Fl. May, June. Britain. PL prostrate. 



62 M. ARENA'KIA (Ten. cat. 1819. p. 59.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas rather dentate or quite 

 entire : peduncles usually 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 legumes cochleate, somewhat cylindrical, flat at both ends ; 

 circles 4, approximate; prickles few, arched, diverging, hooked, 

 glabrous. . H. Native of Naples, in sandy places. M. lit- 

 toralis, Ten. prod. 45. but not of Rhode. 



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



63 M. MUKICOLE'PTIS (Tineo, pi. sic. rar. pug. 1. p. 18. 

 Tenore, app. 4. fl. neap. p. 29.) stems branched, diffuse, angular ; 

 leaves obovate or obcordate, small, serrulated at the apex ; sti- 

 pulas ciliately-toothed ; peduncles usually 1 -flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves ; legume usually solitary, cochleate, com- 

 pressed at both ends ; circles 3-4, coarsely reticulated, prickly ; 

 prickles oblong, setaceous, arched, marginal in two rows, very 

 broad at the base ; margins flat and thickish. . H. Native 

 near Palermo, Calabria, &c. The habit of the plant is that of 

 Jl/. disciformis, but the legume in that species is much larger, 

 reticulated, and the margins beset with long awns. 



Slender-marled Medick. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prostrate. 



64 M. UNCINA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1417.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas toothed ; peduncles many- 

 flowered ; legume cochleated, cylindrical, flat at both ends ; 

 circles distant ; prickles distich, reflexed, subulate, hooked. Q. 

 H. Native of the south of Europe. Allied to M. rigidula and 

 M. nigra. Perhaps not distinct from M. pcntacycla. 



Hooked-spined Medick. Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate. 



65 M. DI'STANS (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 326.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets somewhat cordate, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas 

 dentately-ciliated ; peduncles 2.4-flowered ; legume cochleated, 

 ovate, having 3 distant circles, which are prickly ; prickles 

 straight, diverging, hooked at the apex. 0. H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 21. Perhaps 

 M. uncinata of Willd. 



Distant-circled Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 

 prostrate. 



6G M. RE'CTA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 212.) stem erect; leaflets 

 cuneiform, toothed, pubescent; stipulas entire; peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; legume twisted into a globose form, almost nerveless, 

 prickly, and rather pilose ; prickles long, straight, hooked ; cir- 

 cles of legume 3-5, flattish ; spines compressed, channelled, 

 hooked. O- H. Native of Barbary. Perhaps only a variety 

 of M. minima. 



Straight-stemmed Medick. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1810. PL 1 ft. 



67 M. ACULEA V TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1410.) prostrate; leaflets 

 rhomboid-obovate, toothed ; stipulas toothed ; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, cylindrical, flattish at both ends, 

 with the margins of the circles muricated. O- H. Native of? 

 Very like M. tuberculata, but differs in the prickles of the 

 legume being unequal, thick, very short and obtuse. 



Prickly- podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. PL 

 prostrate. 



68 M. MACULA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1412.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obcordate or obovate, toothed, spotted ; stipulas dilated, 

 toothed ; peduncles 2-3-S-flowered ; legumes cochleate, compres- 

 sed at both ends, white, having 3-5 circles, which are cir- 

 cularly and densely nerved, the margins fringed with 2 rows of 

 long, spreading, slender, weak, partly hooked bristles ; seeds 

 kidney-shaped, yellow. O- H. Native of Europe, in sand. 

 In England, on gravelly soil in the southern parts. Moris. 

 hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 12. M. cordata, Desrous. in Lam. 



diet. 3. p. 63G. M. polymorpha, FIG. 30. 



Smith, engl. bot. 1016. "Curt. fl. 

 lond. 3. t. 47. Mart. fl. rust. t. 

 76. (f. 30.) 



,S'/>oe<7-leaved Medick. Fl. 

 May, Aug. Britain. PL prostrate. 



69 M. GERA'RDI (Waldst. et 

 Kit. ex Willd. spec. 3. p. 1415.) 

 stems prostrate ; leaflets obovate, 

 denticulated ; stipulas with seta- 

 ceous teeth ; peduncles usually 2- 

 flowered ; legume cochleate, vil- 

 lously-tomentose, flattish at both 

 ends, having 5 nerveless, prickly, 

 thick circles ; spines hooked at the 

 apex, hardly diverging ; seeds re- 

 ni form, bay-coloured. O-H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Europe and 



Egypt. M. villosa, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 545. Moris, hist. 2. p. 

 153. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 18. M. rigidula, Thuill. ex herb. Reyn. 



I tir. /3, minor (Ser. mss.) legume cylindrical, with short 

 prickles. M. villosa /3, D. C. 1. c. 



Gerard's 'Mt-dick. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. PL prostrate. 



70 M. AGRE'STIS (Ten. prod, suppl. 2. et cat. 1819. p. 59.) 

 pubescent ; stems prostrate ; leaflets cuneiform, toothed at the 

 apex ; stipulas with setaceous teeth ; peduncles usually 2-flower- 

 ed ; ' legume twisted, muricated, flat at both ends, having 5 

 circles ; prickles about equal in length to the breadth of the 

 legume. O-H. Native of Naples near Caserta, in fields. 



Field Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL prostrate. 



71 M. RIGIDULA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 634.) stems prostrate ; leaf- 

 lets obovate, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas toothed at the 

 base ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; legume cylindrical, flat at both 

 ends, beset with muricate-like spines on the back, which hardly 

 diverge. Q. H. Native of the south of France. Allied to 

 M. tornata according to Lamarck. 



Stiffis/i-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1730. PL 

 prostrate. 



72 M. MURICA'TA (All. pedem. no. 1158.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets rhomboid-obovate, toothed ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; 

 peduncles 1-3-flowered; legume twisted into an ovate form, gla- 

 brous, having 5 thick, somewhat nerved circles, the margin thick, 

 marked by an evanescent narrow zone, not furrowed ; spines dis- 

 posed in a single row, stiff, conical, arched, tooth-formed ; seeds 

 irregularly kidney-shaped, of a bay colour. Q. H. Native of 

 Europe, in fields. In England, at Orford, Suffolk, on the sea 

 bank plentifully. Vaill. bot. par. t. 33. f. 7. M. polymorpha 

 muricata, Lin. spec. 1098. 



Muricaled-yodded Medick. Fl. May, July. England. PL 

 prostrate. 



73 M. SPHSROCA'RPOS (Bert. ital. pi. dec. 3. p. 60.) glabrous, 

 prostrate ; leaflets rhomboidal-obovate, sharply-serrulated ; sti- 

 pulas jagged ; peduncles many-flowered ; legume twisted into a 

 globose form, with the circles so closely adpressed as to be almost 

 concrete, the margin thick, and bisidcate lengthwise ; prickles 

 short, thickish. 0. H. Native of Italy, on grassy hills about 

 Sarzena. Seb. pi. rom. p. 15. t. 3. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 

 11. f. 12 ? This species is distinguished from M.. Cerebellum of 

 Willd. in the legumes being globose, not cylindrical. 



Round-fruited Medick. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PL prostrate. 



74 M. MI/REX (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1410.) stems. 'prostrate ; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed, lower ones obcordate ; stipulas ciliate- 

 ly-toothed ; peduncles usually 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, 

 cylindrical, rather convex at both ends, prickly, and transversely 

 veined; prickles long, straight, and thick. . H. Native of ? 

 This species is very nearly allied to M, muricata, but the lower 



