90 25. LEGUMINOSJE. 



6. M.min,'ima(L.} ; peduncles 1 6-flowered, />orfs of 4 turns 

 smooth with a thin ed</e, spines in 2 rows divergent subulate 

 hooked, leaflets obovate, stip. nearly entire. E. B. 8. 2635. 

 Edge of the pods w.th 3 ridges, the central one so prominent as 

 to be easily taken for the true margin, no central furrow but the 

 central ridge cjmmon to the 2 rows of spines. Sides of the 

 pods smooth. Spines varying considerably in length and 

 the whole plant in hairiness. In sandy fields in the South- 

 east, rare. A. V. E. 



7. M denticulate (Willd.^ ; peduncles 1 5-flowered, pods 

 of 2 or 3 turns deeply netted with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows 

 divergent subulate hooked, leaflets obcordate, stip. laciniate 

 [seeis narrowly reniform]. E. B. S. 2634. Edge of the pods as 

 in M. minima. Spines about equalling the diameter of the 

 pod. Glabrous. /3. M. apiculata (Willd.) ; spines very short 

 without hooks, often scarcely longer than their own breadth so 

 as to appear little more than tubercles, ped. 3 10-flowered. 

 On sandy ground near the sea, rare. A. V. VIII. E. 



[M. lappacea (Desr.) ; ped. 1 4-flowered, pods of 3 5 turns with a 

 thin edge, spines hooked in 2 rows spreading horizontally, stip. laciniate, 

 seeds reniform. jR. vol. 22. t. 70. Heads more than double as large as in 

 Sp. 7, spines stronger, pods less strongly veined, seeds much broader. 

 Waste and cultivated ground, introduced. A. V. VIII.] E. S. 



7. MELILO'TUS Hill. Melilot. 



1. M. officindlis (Lam.) ; wings keeled and standard equal, 

 pods ovoid acute compressed transversely wrinkled hairy, leaflets 

 serrate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. E. B. 

 1340. M. macrorrhiza Pers., Koch. St. erect, 2 3 feet high. 

 Fl. in lateral racemes, yellow. Waste places. B. ? VI. VIII. 

 Common Melilot. E. S. I. 



2. M. aruen'sis (Wallr.) ; wings and standard equal longer than 

 the keel, pods ovoid blunt mucronate rounded and slightly keeled 

 on the back transversely plicate glabrous, Its. obcordate or oblong 

 serrate uppermost lanceolate, stip. awlshaped entire. E. B. S. 

 U960. M. officinalis Koch. St. erect. Fl. yellowish, in long 

 racemes. Pods brown. Waste places. Cambridge, Thetford. 

 &c . B. VI. VIII. E.L 



t&. M. al'ba (Desr.) ; wings and keel equal but shorter than the 

 standard, pods ovate blunt mucronate netted glabrous, leaflets 

 obovate the upper ones oblong serrate blunt, stip. awlshaped 

 entire. M. leucantha Koch, E. B. S. 2689. St. erect, Fl. 

 white. Sandy and gravelly places near the sea. rare. B. VII. 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



