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LEGUMINOS^:. LXIX. MELILOTUS. 



erect ; leaflets ovate-oblong ; racemes very long ; wings equal to 

 the keel ; legumes nuked, ovate, acute at both ends, 1-seeded. 

 $ . H. Native of France. Trifolium altissimum, Lois. fl. 

 gall. 2. p. 4. M. alba, Lam. diet. 4. p. 63. Perhaps M. arven- 

 sis or M. alba, Tiiuill. Flowers white. 



Tallest Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 6 to 8 feet. 



10 M. LEVC.V'NTHA (Koch, ex D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 564.) stem 

 erect, branched ; leaflets ovate-oblong, truncate at tlie apex and 

 mucronulate, remotely serrated; stipulas setaceous; teeth of 

 calyx unequal, length of tube ; vexillum longer than the keel 

 and wings; legume 1-seeded, ovate, wrinkled from lacunae, 

 green ; seeds exactly ovate. $ . H. Native of Europe, in 

 fields. Trifolium oflicinale p, Lin. spec. 1078. Sturn. deutsch. 

 fl. 1. fasc. 15. f. K. M. vulgaris, Willd. enum. p. 790. M. 

 alba, Thuill. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 378. but not of Lam. Flowers 

 white. 



Var. ft, unguindata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) 

 legumes elongated, sterile ones claw-formed, pedicellate. 



White-flowered Melilot. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



1 1 M. MACRORiiizA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 348.) stems and 

 branches erect ; leaflets linear-oblong, sharply and remotely 

 toothed ; stipulas setaceous, toothless at the base ; teeth of calyx 

 equal, length of tube ; wings equal in length with the vexillum, 

 but exceeding the carina ; legume ovate, compressed, acutish, 

 wrinkled from lacunas, black, a little winged, 1-seeded ; seeds 

 unequally sub-cordate, bay-coloured. If.. H. Native of Hun- 

 gary. Trifolium macrorhizum, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 

 1. p. 24. t. 26. Flowers yellow. 



Long-rooted Melilot. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1801. PI. 2 to 3ft. 



12 M. PARVIFLORA (Desf. all. 2. p. 192.) stem ascending; 

 brandies spreading ; lower leaflets obovate-roundish, entire, up- 

 per ones oblong, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear-setaceous ; 

 flowers very minute, in dense spikes ; teeth of calyx nearly 

 equal, broad ; wings about equal in length to the vexillum and 

 carina ; legume ovate, rugged from lacunae, yellowish-green, 1- 

 seeded ; seeds ovoid, adhering to the legume, bay-coloured, 

 rugged from dots. O- H. Native of Barbary, Italy, and 

 France. Trifolium Melilotus I'ndicum 8, Lin. spec. 1077. Flowers 

 yellow. This plant has the habit of M. sulcata, but the legumes 

 are very different, and the spikes are rarely mucronate at the apex. 



Small-Jlorvered Melilot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1798. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



13 M. SEGETA'LIS (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 187.) stem 

 sometimes erect, sometimes procumbent ; leaflets obovate, ser- 

 rulated even to the base ; stipulas ciliately-toothed ; legume 

 nearly globose, naked, 1-seeded, wrinkled archwise. 0. H. 

 Native of Portugal, in Estramadura, among corn. Trifolium 

 Melilotus segetale, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 484. Flowers yellow. 

 Perhaps only a variety of M. I'ndica. 



Corn-feld Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



14 M. POLONICA (Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 348.) stem erect, terete ; 

 leaflets cuneatc-ovate, denticulated, rather truncate at the apex, 

 and mucronulate ; stipulas subulate ; flowers very minute ; spikes 

 mucronate ; teeth of calyx equal, broad ; legume ovate, wrinkled 

 from lacunae, bay-coloured, 2-seeded; seeds ovoid, black, 

 wrinkled from dots. Q. H. Native of Poland. Trifolium 

 Melilottis Polonicum, Lin. spec. 1078. Flowers yellow. Allied 

 to M. parvifldra, but very distinct. 



jPofo/i Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1778. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 M. TAU'RICA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 188.) stem 

 erect; leaflets rhomboidal-cuneate, lined, dentately-serrated in 

 front ; stipulas subulate-setaceous ; racemes elongated ; legumes 

 roundish, compressed, wrinkled transversely, 1-seeded. $ . H. 

 Native of Tauria. Trifolium Melilotus Tauricum, Bieb. fl. taur. 

 suppl. p. 506. Plant quite smooth, of a glaucous green-colour. 

 Flowers white. 



Taurian Mtlilot. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. ISIS. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



16 M. ITA'LICA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 65.) stem erect ; branches 

 ascending, thick ; leaflets obovate-roundish, obsoletely-denticu- 

 lated ; stipulas lanceolate, acute, somewhat jagged at the 1>; 

 teeth of calyx unequal, hardly the length of the tube ; wings 

 equal to the carina, but shorter than the vexillum ; legume glo- 

 bose, somewhat suberose, rug-reel from lacunas, yellowish-green, 

 1-2-seeded; seeds orbicular, compressed, rugged from dots, bay- 

 coloured. O- H. Native of Italy. Trifolium Melilotus Ita- 

 licum, Lin. spec. 1078. Melilotus rotundifolia, Ten. cat. 1819. 

 p. 57. Flowers yellow. There is a variety of this plant with 

 entire leaves. 



Italian Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



17 M. GRA'CILIS (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 565.) stem and branches 

 ascending, slender ; leaflets obovate, narrow, denticulated at the 

 apex; stipulas somewhat setaceous; teeth of calyx nearly equal, 

 hardly shorter than the tube ; wings equal in length to the carina 

 and vexillum ; legume globose, hardly suberose, rugged from la- 

 cuna?, yellowish-green, 2-seeded ; seeds orbicular, compressed, 

 rugged from dots, bay-coloured. O- H. Native of the south 

 of France. M. Neapolitana, Tenorc ex herb. Moricand. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Slender Melilot. Fl. July, Sept. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 M. PA'LLIDA (Besser. in litt. 1824.) stem rather terete, 

 lined, much branched ; leaflets obovate-linear, serrulated ; le- 

 gume nearly globose, obsoletely reticulated, mucronate by the 

 style, 1-seeded, of a yellowish bay-colour ; seeds globose, bay- 

 coloured, smooth. $ . H. Native of Volhynia. Flowers 

 pale-yellow, like those of M, ojficinalis. 



Pale-fiowered Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



19 M. SUAVE'OLENS (Ledeb. ind. hort. dorp, suppl. 1824. p. 

 5.) legume 2-seeded, reticulated, glabrous ; wings equalling the 

 keel in length, but shorter than the vexillum ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late-oblong, remotely serrated ; stipulas entire. 1.H. Native 

 of Dahuria, near Nertschiusk. Flowers yellow. 



Sweet-scented Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



SECT. II. PLAGIORU'TIS (from irXnyioc, plagios, transverse, 

 and pvne, rutis, a wrinkle ; in reference to the transverse wrinkles 

 on the surface of the legume). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 188.) legumes wrinkled transversely and arcuately. 



20 M. ARVE'NSIS (Wallr. sched. crit. p. 391.) stem much 

 branched from the base, ascending ; leaflets obovate, irregularly 

 toothed ; stipulas subulate ; racemes very long ; teeth of calyx 

 nearly equal, length of tube ; wings equal in length to the vexil- 

 lum, but exceeding the carina ; legume ovate, acute, wrinkled 

 transversely from lacunae, usually 2-seeded, yellowish-green; 

 seeds ovate-oblong, olive-coloured, smooth ; radicle hardly pro- 

 minent. O- H. Native of Germany, among corn. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, albijlbra (Wallr. sched. 392.) M. Petitpierreana, 

 Hayne in Schrad. neuejourn. 2. part 2. p. 337. Willd. enum. 

 790. ex Wallr. Flowers white. 



Corn-field Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



21 M. E'LEGANS (Salzmann, in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 188.) 

 teeth of calyx about equal, lanceolate, length of tube ; legume 

 ovate, adhering to the seeds, wrinkled irregularly and trans- 

 versely, and somewhat lacunose, and bay-coloured, 1-seeded; 

 seeds subglobose, hardly retuse, rugged from dots, bay-coloured. 

 O- H. Native of Corsica. 



Elegant Melilot. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 M. BESSERIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 188.) stem 

 angular, firm, branched ; branches assurgent ; leaflets ovate, ser- 

 rulated ; legume ovate, hardly compressed, very rugged, green- 

 ish ; wrinkles elevated, transverse, tumid, and lacunose ; seeds 

 irregularly heart-shaped, bay-coloured, rather veiny. $ . H. 

 Native of Tauria. M. imbricata, Besser in litt. (1824.) M. 

 plicata, Stev. ? Flowers yellow, like those of M. officinalis. 



