128 LEGUMIXOS^.. (pulse FAMILY.) 



8. T. PROCUMnENS, L. (Low IIop-C.) Stems spreading or asccnainjr, 

 pubescent (.'J'-G' liiyh) ; Icnfltts iird/jfolm-n/e, notched at the end; the laleml at 

 a small distance fioin the ollur (i)innately 3-f'oliolatc) ; stipules ovate, short. — 

 Sandy fields and roadsides, New England to Virginia. Also var. jiiNua 

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

 age. AVith the other; also Kentucky, in cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



5. MELILOTUS, Tourn. Melilot. Sweet Clover. 



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

 free from the stamen-tube. Pod ovoid, coriaceous, wrinkled, longer than the 

 calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. — Annual or biennial herbs, fragrant in 

 drying, with pinnately 3-foliolatc leaves; leaflets toothed. (Name from pe'Xc, 

 honey, and Acoros, some leguminous plant.) 



1. M. officinXlis, Willd. (Yeeloav Melilot.) Upright (2° -4° high) ; 

 leaflets ohovate-oblong, obtuse; corolla ytllow; the petals nearly of equal length. 

 — Waste or cultivated grounds. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. Alba, Lam. (White M.) Leaflets truncate; corolla ichite : the 

 standard longer than the other petals. (M. Icucantha, Koch.) — In similar 

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



6. MEDICAGO, L. Medick. 



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

 curved, or variously coiled. — Leaves pinnafclyS-foliol ate. Stipules often cut. 

 {MrjdiKT], the name of Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks from jMcdia.) 



1. M. SATiVA, L. (Lucerne.) Upright, smooth, perennial ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, toothed; flowers (purple) racuncd ; pods spirally twisted. — 

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



2. M. LUPULiNA, L. (Black Medick. Nonesuch.) Procumbent, pu- 

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

 spikes (yellow) ; pods kldney-fljrm, 1-seeded. — Waste places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. M. macul.\ta, Willd. (Spotted Medick.) Spreading or procum- 

 bent annual, somewhat pubescent ; leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot, mi- 

 nutely toothed; peduncles 3 -5 flowered; flowers yellow; pods conipuctlij spind., 

 of 2 or 3 turns, compressed, yu/rou,W on the thick edtje, and fringed with a double 

 row of curved prickles. — Introduced with wool into waste grounds in some 

 places. (Adv. from Eu. ) 



4. M. denticulXta, Willd. Nearly glabrous; pods loosily spind, deiply 

 reticulated, and with a thin keeled edge: otherwise like tha last; in similar places, 

 eastward. (Adv. from Eu.) 



7. PSORALEA, L. Psoralea. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, the lower lobe longest. Stamens diadelphous or 

 sometimes monadclphous. Pod seldom longer than the calyx, thick, often 

 wrinkled, indehisccnt, 1-sceded. — Perennial herbs, usually sprinkled all over 

 or roughened (especially the calyx, pods, &c) with glandular dots or points. 



