LEGUMINOS^E. LXV. MEDICAGO. LXVI. HYMENOCARPOS. LXVII. TRWONEILA. 



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peduncles are longer, the circles of the fruit thinner and nerved, 

 and the prickles longer. 



Prickly Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. procumbent. 



75 M. LACINIA'TA (All. pedem. no. 11 59.) stem erect; leaflets 

 linear, deeply-toothed, truncate ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; pe- 

 duncles 1 -2-flowered ; legume twisted into a globose form, very 

 spiny ; prickles straight, subulate, hooked, compressed, chan- 

 nelled ; margin thick, flatfish, but neither sulcate nor zonate ; 

 seeds oblong-reniform, bay-coloured. . H. Native of the 

 south of Europe, in corn-fields. M. polymorpha var. laciniata, 

 Lin. spec. 1099. Breyn. cent. 81. t. 34-. good. 



Jagged-leaved Medick. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 ft. 



76 M. TENOREA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 180.) pu- 

 bescent ; stems procumbent ; peduncles usually 2-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves; legume twisted into the form of a cy- 

 linder, having 5, distant, densely and longitudinally veined 

 circles, the margins rather cartilaginous and rather concave, but 

 not zonate nor sulcate ; prickles setaceous, arcuately divaricate, 

 adpressed ; seeds reniform, pale. O- H. Native in fields 

 about Naples. M. cancellata, Ten. cal. 1819. p. 58. but not 

 of Bieb. 



2'enore's Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. prost. 



77 M. GRANATE'NSIS (Willd. enum. p. 803.) stems erect; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas pinnatiiid ; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered ; legume twisted into a subglobose form, having 5 

 rather distant, reticulated circles, the margin rather cartilaginous, 

 narrow, and convex ; prickles conical, firm, and subulate, dis- 

 tich, and adpressed ; seeds reniform, large, and black. Q. H. 

 Native of Spain, near Malaga. M. polymorpha pinnatifida, 

 Jacq. coll. suppl. 148. t. 15. f. 2. Allied to M. Intertexta and 

 M. Tenoreana, but very distinct from either. 



Granada Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



78 M. INTERTE'XTA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1411.) stem procum- 

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

 duncles usually 2-flowered ; legume pilose, cochleate, ovate, 

 disk-formed ? rather membranous, obliquely reticulated, having 

 a thin margin ; prickles straight, thick, rigid, rather channelled 

 at the base, acute, and adpressed. O- H. Native of the south 

 of Europe. Gsertn. fruct. 2. p. 350. t. 155. f. 1.1 Moris, 

 hist. 1. p. 153. sect. 2. f. 8. Perhaps distinct from M. clllaris. 



Interwoven Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1629. PL proc. 



79 M. CILIA'RIS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1411.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, toothed ; stipulas ciliately toothed ; peduncles 

 usually 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, ovate-globose, pilose, 

 membranous, much reticulated, having a thick, concave, some- 

 what cartilaginous margin ; spines conical, firm, divaricate ; 

 seeds reniform, large, black. O- H. Native of the south of 

 Europe. Moris, hist. 1. p. 153. sect. 2. 1. 15. f. 7. 



Ct/z'aW-podded Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1686. PL pr. 



80 M. ECHINUS (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 546.) stems prostrate ; 

 leaflets obovate or obcordate, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, rather ciliately toothed ; peduncles 5-6-rlowered, longer 

 than the petioles ; legume twisted into an oval form, smooth, 

 membranous, and much reticulated ; spines compressed, chan- 

 nelled laterally, divaricate, adpressed, very long, and very acute, 

 having 6-7 circles; seeds reniform, black. Q. H. Native of 

 the south of France, about Nice. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 9. 



Hedge-hog Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL prost. 



81 M. jEGAGR6pmLA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 76.) stem 

 procumbent, glabrous ; leaflets obovate, toothed, mucronate, 

 somewhat emarginate ; stipulas pinnatifidly-toothed ; peduncles 

 usually 2-flowered ; legume cochleate, smooth, somewhat com- 

 pressed, having 6 approximate circles, bearing thick prickles on 

 the back. Q. H. Collected in gardens. 



Wild- goat-loved Medick. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 

 Cult. The seeds of the annual species of this genus only 



require to be sown in the open border in spring. The perennial 

 herbaceous species may be increased by dividing the plants at 

 the root in spring. The shrubby species, as M. arbdren, are 

 easily raised from cuttings. 



LXVI. HYMENOCA'RPOS(from tyr/v, hymen, amembrane, 

 and Kapiroc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the membranous 

 legumes). Savi, fl. pis. 2. p. 205. Medicago, sect. 1. Hyme- 

 nocarpos, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 171. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandrla. Calyx subcylindrical, 

 5-cleft. Keel remote from the vexillum. Stamens diadelplious. 

 Legume many-seeded, rather membranous, compressed, and 

 arched, never twisted. Herbs with 3-5-foliate leaves, and 

 yellow flowers. 



1 H. CIRCINNA^TUS (Savi, 1. c.) stem prostrate ; leaves pinnately 

 5-foliate ; leaflets entire, ovate, the terminal one large and ob- 

 long ; peduncles 2- 4-flowered, subcorymbose ; legume mem- 

 branous, kidney-shaped, pilose, with the margins toothed but 

 not winged ; seeds kidney-shaped, compressed. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of the Mediterranean, on the sea-shore, and of Corsica. 

 Medicago circinnata, Lin. spec. 1096. 



Circinnate-legumed Hymenocarpus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1640. PI. prostrate. 



2 H. NUMMULA'RIUS (Savi, 1. c.) stem prostrate, lower leaves 

 entire, upper ones pinnately 5-7-foliate ; leaflets ovate, entire, 

 the terminal one largest and oblong ; pedicels 3-flowered, rather 

 shorter than the leaves ; legume broad, compressed, somewhat 

 membranous, of a reniform, orbicular figure, with the margins 

 entire, and furnished with a narrow, nerved wing. O- H. 

 Native of the south of France and Egypt. Medicago nummula.- 

 ria, D.C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 124. but not of Steven. Medi- 

 cago circinnata, Gsertn. fruct. 2. p. 348. t. 155. f. 6. Medicago 

 circinnata /3, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1404. 



Money-wort-\egumed Hymenocarpos. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1640. PI. prostrate. 



3 H. RADIA'TUS (Willd. enum. p. 801.) stem erect; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, sharply toothed ; stipulas toothed ; 

 pedicels 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves ; legume membranous, 

 broad, compressed, reniform, having broadly winged, toothed, 

 reticulately veined margins. Q. H. Native of Italy and the 

 Levant. Medicago radiata, Lin. spec. 1096. Gsert. fruct. 2. 

 p. 348. t. 155. f. 7. M. lunata, J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 386. 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 15. f. 3. 



Far. ft, dasycurpus (Ser. mss.) legume pilose. Native of the 

 Levant. 



Ray -\egumed Hymenocarpos. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1629. 

 PI. I foot. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border in spring. 



LXVII. TRIGONE'LLA (from rp f < e , treis, three, and ywia, 

 gonia, an angle ; the vexillum of the flower is flat, and the keel 

 is very small and narrow, which gives the flower a triangular ap- 

 pearance). Lin. gen. no. 1213. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 332. t. 152. 

 f. 3. D.C. prod. 2. p. 181. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 cleft. Carina small, the wings and vexillum rather spreading, 

 forming apparently a 3-petalled corolla. Legume oblong, com- 

 pressed or cylindrical, acuminated, erectish, many-seeded. 

 Sweet-scented herbs, with trifoliate leaves, the middle leaflet 

 stalked. 



SECT. I. GRAMMOCA'RPUS (from ypa^a, gramma, writing, 

 and KUOTTOC, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the nerved legumes). 

 Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 181. Flowers capitate or um- 

 bellate. Legume ovate, longitudinally nerved, ending in a long 

 beak. 



