LEGUMINOS^E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 93 



places, and even in woodlands. Appearing like a naturalized plant; but mani- 

 festly indigenous northward. (Eu.) 



* * # Flowers short-pedicelled in close heads, reflexed when old: corolla yellow, 

 persistent, turning dry and chestnut-brown with age, the standard becoming hood- 



7. X. AGRARIUM, L. (YELLOW or HOP-CLOVER.) Smoothish, somewhat 

 upright (6' -12' high); lea/lets obovate-oblong, all three from the samv point (pal- 

 mate) and nearly sessile ; stipules narrow, cohering with the petiole for more than 

 half its length. Sandy fields, Massachusetts to Penn. (Nat. from Eu.) 



8. T. PROCUMBENS, L. (Low HOP-CLOVER.) Stems spreading or as- 

 cending, pubescent (3' - 6' high) ; leaflets wedge-o^ovate, notched at the end ; the 

 lateral at a small distance from the other (pinnately 3-foliolate) ; stipules ovate, short. 

 (D Sandy fields and road-sides, N. England to Virginia. Also var. MlNua 

 (T. minus, Relh.), with smaller heads, the standard not much striate with age. 

 With the other, and Kentucky, in cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



5. MELiII^OTUS, Tourn. MELILOT. SWEET CLOVER 



Flowers much as in Clover, but in spiked racemes, small : corolla deciduous, 

 the wings not united with the keel. Pod ovoid, coriaceous, wrinkled, longer 

 than the calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. Herbs, fragrant in drying, 

 with pinnately 3-foliolate leaves ; leaflets toothed. (Name from /neXt, honey, and 

 AWTOS, some leguminous plant.) 



1. UI. OFFICINALIS, Willd. (YELLOW MELILOT.) Upright (2 -4 

 high) ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse; corolla yellow ; the petals nearly of equal 

 length. @ Waste or cultivated grounds. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. ALBA, Lam. (WHITE MELILOT.) Leaflets truncate; corolla ivhite, 

 the standard longer than the other petals. (M. leucantha, Koch.) In simi- 

 lar places to the last, and much like it. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. MEDICAOO, L. MEDICK. 



Flowers nearly as in Melilotus. Pod 1 - several-seeded, scythe-shaped, 

 curved, or variously coiled. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Stipules often cut. 

 (Deriv. from MnSiK-f], the name applied to Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks 

 from Media.) 



1. M. SATivA, L. (LUCERNE.) Upright, smooth ; leaflets obovate-oblong, 

 toothed ; flowers (purple) racemed ; pods spirally twisted. 1J. Cultivated for 

 green fodder, rarely spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. LuruLiNA, L. (BLACK MEDICK. NONESUCH.) Procumbent, pu- 

 bescent ; leaflets wedge-obovate, toothed at the apex ; flowers in short spikes 

 (yellow); pods kidney-form, 1 -seeded. (2) Waste places; sparingly. (Adv. 

 fromEu.) 



3. M. MACUL\TA, Willd. (SPOTTED MEDICK.) Spreading or procum 

 bent, somewhat pubescent; leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot, minutely 



