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7. M. denticulata (Willd.) ; peduncles 1 5-flowered, pods 

 rather loosely spiral consisting of 2 or 3 turns deeply reticulated 

 with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows divergent subulate hooked, 

 leaflets obcordate, stip. laciniated.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. A. V. VIII. E. I. 



6. MELILOTUS Lam. 



1. M. ojficinalis (Willd.) ; racemes lax, wings If eel and standard 

 equal, pods ovate acute compressed transversely wrinkled hairy, 

 leaflets sen-ate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. 

 E. E. 1340. M. macrorrhiza Pers., Koch. St. erect, 23 feet 

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

 VIII. Melilot. 



2. M. arvensis (Willd.) ; racemes lax, wings and standard equal 

 longer than the keel, pods ovate obtuse mucronate rounded and 

 slightly keeled on the back transversely plicate-rugose glabrous, 

 Its. obcordate or oblong serrate, uppermost lanceolate, stip. awl- 

 shaped entire. E. B. S. 2960. M. officinalis Koch. St. erect. 

 Fl. yellowish, in long racemes. Pods brown. Waste places. 

 Cambridge ; Thetford ; &c. B. VI. VII. E. I. 



3. M. vulgaris (Willd.) ; racemes lax, wings and keel equal but 

 shorter than the standard,pods ovate obtuse mucronate reticulate- 

 rugose glabrous, leaflets obovate the upper ones oblong serrate 

 obtuse, stip. awlshaped entire. M. leucantha Koch, E. B. S. 

 2689. M. alba Koch. St. erect. Fl. white. Sandy and gravelly 

 places near the sea, rare. B. VII. VIII. 



7. TRIFOLIUM Linn. Clover. 



* Fl. sessile j cal. with an elevated thickened often hairy line or 

 ring of hairs in its throat, not inflated. 



1. T. pratense (L.); heads ovate dense sessile, cal. 10- veined 

 hairy not half so long as the corolla, teeth setaceous ciliated, 

 stip. ovate abruptly bristle-pointed, leaflets oval emarginate upper 

 ones entire apiculate. E. B. 1770. St. 15. 11. In the cultivated 

 plant the leaflets are usually all quite entire. Cal. -teeth 5, 

 4 nearly equal in length to the tube, the lower one twice as long. 

 Heads of fl. sometimes slightly stalked. Fl. purplish, sometimes 

 white. St. erect. |3. parviflorum ; heads stalked, calyx-teeth as 

 long or longer than the corolla. Mountainous" pastures, fields. 

 /3. in dry places. P. V. IX. Purple Clover. 



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