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leafy racemes, pink, rather large. Pod obliquely ovate or oblong, 1-4 seeded. A 

 foetid and verv variable species. 



Fields and waste places. April-August. 



0. repensL. Creeping Rest-harrow. A sub-species of the last, viscidly 

 glandular, prostrate or ascending, stoloniferous, rarely spinous. Leaflets ovate or 

 obovate. Flowers larger, pink. Pod usually shorter than calyx. Very variable. 



Sandy fields and waste places. May-July. 



O. Columns All. Plant hairy-glandular, 6-ro in. high, erect, with woody 

 root-stock. Leaves trifoliate on longish stalks, central leaflet petioled. Flowers 

 yellow, in leafy spikes. Stipules oval- lanceolate, shorter than the petiole. Calyx- 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, about as long as the hairy pod. 



Limestone hills above Menton, St. Martin Lantosque, etc. Rather rare. 



O. minutissima L. Almost glabrous, 6-18 in. high, ligneous at base. 

 Leaves trifoliate; leaflets small, sessile, cuneate, serrate. Stipules subulate, en- 

 tire. Flowers yellow, small, in dense leafy spikes. Calyx lobes, linear-subulate, 3 

 times as long as tube and as long as the corolla. Pods glabrous, ovoid, blackish. 



Dry, stony places on the littoral, common. May-October. 



O. mitissima L. Annual, 1-2 ft. high, nearly glabrous. Stem-leaves tri- 

 foliate, short-petioled. Leaflets oblong, serrate. Floral leaves simple or none. 

 Stipules scarious, entire, in form of a 2-lobed sheath. Flowers pink, small, 

 almost hidden in a dense spike. Calyx tubular, with lobes equalling the tube. 

 Pod ovoid, hairy, equal in length to calyx. 



Fields and hills on the littoral, rare, lies d'Hyeres, Six Fours, He Ste. 

 Marguerite. 



TRIGONELLA L. 



T. gladiata Stev. A small annual. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, 

 cuneate, serrate at top. Stipules entire. Flowers whitish, small, solitary or in 

 pairs, axillary, sessile. Pod large, erect, linear-lanceolate, curved, with very long 

 beak projecting like a sword. 



Stony fields and dry hills, uncommon. April-June. 



T. monspeliaca L. A small pubescent annual, 6-12 in. high. Leaves tri- 

 foliate with obovate leaflets, serrate at top. Stipules toothed. Flowers yellow, 

 very small, 5-12 in axillary, sessile whorls throughout the length of the stem. 

 Pods spreading like stars, linear, curved, mucronate, the concave side upwards. 



Barren stony ground in the plains and hills. April-June. 



MELILOTUS L. 



M. arvensis L. Field Melilot. Biennial, glabrescent, erect, reaching 3 ft. 

 in height. Leaves trifoliate. Leaflets oblong, or ovate, serrate at top. Flowers 

 small, yellow, scented, in long axillary racemes, drooping. Wings and standard 

 longer than keel. Pod ovoid, obtuse, mucronate, rugose, glabrous. 



In crops and waste places. May-July. 



M. altissima Thuill. Tall Melilot. Erect, almost glabrous, 2-4 ft. high. 

 Leaflets narrow linear-oblong, serrate. Stipules subulate, slender. Racemes 

 3-4 in. long. Corolla scented, more than twice length of calyx ; petals nearly 

 equal. Pod ovoid, compressed, acuminate, reticulate, hairy, black when ripe. 



Meadows and sides of streams. May-September. 



M. alba Desv. White Melilot. Biennial, almost glabrous, more slender 

 than the last. Flowers smaller, white. Pods more ovoid and glabrous, but also 

 black when ripe. Standard longer than wings or keel. 



Sides of water-courses. May- August. 



M. messanensis All. Annual, nearly glabrous, very leafy. Leaflets 

 obovate-cuneate, serrate at top. Flowers yellow, in short racemes much shorter 

 than the leaves. Pods large, 7-9 mm. long, channelled on upper side, elliptic 



