CXXV11I. 



MEL1L0TUS OFFICINALIS. 



Common Melilot. 



Class XVII. Diadelphia. — Order III. Deoandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Leguminos^:. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx tubular, five-toothed. Petals distinct, 

 deciduous. Legume one or few-seeded, indehiscent, 

 longer than the calyx. — Flowers racemose. Leaves 

 ternate. 



Spec. Char. — Stem erect, branched. Leaflets obovate- 

 oblong, remotely serrated. Petals nearly equal in length. 

 Legume two-seeded, ovate, wrinkled. 



SYNONYMES. 

 'Melilotus officinarum. Bauh. Pin. 331. 

 Melilotus germaniae. Ger. Em. 1205. Lob. obs. 501. 

 Melilotus vulgaris. Raii Syn. 331. Park. Theatr. 719. 



Trag. 591. 

 Trifolium Melilotus officinalis, a. Lin. Sp. PL 1078. Eng. 



Fl iii. 297- Eng. Bot. t. 1340. 

 Melilotus officinalis. Willd. enum. 790. Dec. Prod. ii. p. 



187. 

 Melilot. 

 Meliloto. 

 Meliloto. 

 Meliloto. 



Honigklee ; Steinklee ; Melilotenklee. 

 Melote; Mallote ; Welriekende Klaveren. 

 Amur ; Meloten. 

 Amur ; Melotengres. 

 Komonica Swoyska. 

 Burkan. 

 Sarkerep. 



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Hungarian. 



Description. — The root is annual or biennial, slender, 

 elongated, slightly branched, and fibrous. The stem is erect, 

 firm, branched, with wide-spreading branches, glabrous, some- 



