4C2 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



gether in a fhort thick fpike at the top of the 

 llalk : the calyx is covered with the fame fhining 

 hairs as the leaves : the Braclea are ftibulate 

 and fhorter than the calyx : the pod is hairy, tur- 

 gid, hard, and has two cells containing feveral 

 feeds. 



TRIFOLIUM. Gen. pi. 896. 



Flores fybcapitata. Legumen vix calyce longius, non 

 dehifcens, deciduum. 



* Meliloti legumbiihus nudis polyfpermis. 



mel. offici- TRIFOLIUM leguminibus racemofis nudis, dif- 



nalis I. permis, rugofis, acutis, caule ereflo. Sp. pi. 



1078. (Ger. e77j. 1205. /. 4. Rivin. t. 6. Moris. 



hiji. /. 2. t.\6. f. 2. ordinis medii. Blackwell /. 80,; 



Melilot. Jngiis, 



In corn fields and by way-fides, but not common ; 

 beyond Drummond- Lodge ^ near Edinburgh. Dr. 

 Parfons. And near Aberlady^ in tlie Links. Uh- 

 haid. $. VII. 



The ftalk is ered, firm, ftriated, branched, and 

 two or three feet high : the leaves ternate, fmooth, 

 obtufely oval, and ferrated : the flowers are 

 fmall, yellow, pendulous, and grow in long clofe 

 fpikes at the tops of the branches ; the pod is 

 very Ihort, turgid, tranfverfely wrinkled, pen- 

 dulous, and contains either one or two feeds. 



The plane has a very peculiar ftrong fcent, and dif- 

 agreable bitter acrid talle, but fuch however as 



is 



