412 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



cle remote from the other petals : the filaments 

 are dilated at the apex : the anthene ftand on pe- 

 dicles : the pods are an inch long, of a reddifli 

 brown color, fmooth, fhining and divaricated, 

 or fpreading out from one another. 



The plant varies with hairy and fmooth leaves and 

 calyces. 



It is an excellent fodder for cattle, and would pro- 

 bably be well v/orth attention in agriculture. 



The infeft called by Limiceus THKWSglauca fome- 

 times renders the flowers tumid and monftrous. 



MEDICAGO. Gen. pi. Sgg. 



Legumen comprefTum, cochleatum. Carina corollse 



a vexillo defledlens. 



(pulina I. MEDICAGO fpicis ovalibus, legu mini bus renifor- 



mibus monofpermis, caulibus procumbentibus. 



Lin.fyji. nat. p. 506, Sp. pi. 1097. (Ger. em. 



1 186. / 5. Rivin. t. 8.) 



Melilot Trefoil. Anglis. 



In corn fields and paftures frequent. ^ . VI-VIII. 



The ftalks are numerous, branched, from eight 

 inches to a foot long, and lie proftrate on the 

 ground : the leaves are ternate, of a variable 

 figure, being either oval, heart-fliap'd or roundifh, 

 finely ferrated, fofr, a little hairy, and fupported 

 on footRalks : the peduncles are axillary, and 

 bear an oval, imbricated head of fmali yellow 

 flowers : the vexillum is large, oval, reflex'd, and 

 hides the other petals : the feed-veflels grow in 



