128 LEGUMINOSJE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



8. T. PROCUMBENS, L. (Low Hop-C.) Stems spreading or ascending, 

 pubescent (3' -6' high) ; leaflets wedge-obovate, notched at the end; the lateral at 

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

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

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

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



5. MELILOTUS, Tourn. MELILOT. SWEET CLOVER. 



Flowers much as in Clover, but 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-foliolate leaves ; leaflets toothed. (Name from /ic'Xt, 

 honey, and Atoros, some leguminous plant.) 



1. M. 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 M.) Leaflets truncate; corolla white; the 

 standard longer than the other petals. (M. leucantha, 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, of variously coiled. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Stipules often cut. 

 (MrjdiKT), the name of Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks from Media.) 



1. M. SATIVA, L. (LUCERNE.) Upright, smooth, perennial ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, toothed ; flowers (purple) racemed ; 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 kidney-form, 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 compactly spiral, 

 of 2 or 3 turns, compressed, furrowed on the thick edge, and fringed with a double 

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

 places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. M. DENTICULATA, Willd. Nearly glabrous; pods loosely spiral, deeply 

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

 eastward. (Adv. from Eu.) 



7. PSORALEA, L. PSORALEA. 



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

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

 wrinkled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. Perennial herbs, usually sprinkled all over 

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



