92 OIIDKK 4;}. LEGUMINOS^E. 



1O T. i.NcAKvA-rr.M. St. erect, flexuous; Ifts. round-ovate, obtuse o> obcordate, vll- 

 Ion* ; spike dense, oblong, pedunculate. Italy. 2f. Red. 



33. MEDIC AGO, L. MEDICK. Calyx 5-cleft. Cor. deciduous. Vex. 

 free and remote from the keel. Leg. variously curved, or spirally coiled or 

 twisted. Lvs. pinnately 3-foliate, denticulate. European.- 



* Pods smooth Nos. 1, 2, 3. * * Pods spiny Nos. 4, 5, 6. 



1 in. In puli na. L. None-such. Procumbent, pubescent; Ifts. wedge-obovate ; tt. 



yellow ; pod reniform, 1-seeded. (i) Waste grounds. 6 20'. May July. 



2 M. sativa L. Lucerne. Erect, glabrous ; Ifts. oblong-lanceolate ; slip, lance-linear; 



fls. violet-purple, large ; pod spiral, it Fields : rare. 2 3f. June. July. 



3 OT. scutellata L. Snails. Lfts. elliptical and obovate ; ped. 1-3-flowered, shorter 



than the leaf; pod coiled like a snail-shell. Gardens. July. 



4 M. dentlculata Willd. Lfts. obovate ; slip, bristly-gashed ; ped. with 13 yellow 



flowers ; pod loosely spiral, border doubly echinate. 1 2f. June. 



5 HE. maouliita Willd. Lfts. obcordate, with a purple spot ; ped. 2-3-flowered ; pod 



compactly spiral, outer edge grooved and doubly spiny. 



8 M. Intertexta L. Hedgehog. Lfts. rhomboidal ; slip, gashed ; pod spirally coiled 

 in 5 or 6 turns, bordered with bristly prickles. Rare. 



34. MELILOTUS, Tourn. MELILOT. Legume ovoid, wrinkled, longer 

 than the calyx, 1-2-seeded. Fls. as in Trifoliuin. @ (2) Leaves pinnately 

 trifoliate, leaflets toothed. Flowers in racemes. June, July. 



1 M. offlclnalls Willd. Fls. yellow; Ifts. obovate-oblong, obtuse ; stein erect, with 



spreading branches. Alluvion. 3f. Raceme slender, one-sided. 



2 M. alba Lam. Sweet-scented Clover. Fls. white; Ifts. ovate-oblong, truncate, mu 



cronate ; vex. longer than the other petals. Fields. 4 6f. 



35. FSORALEA. Cal. 5-cleft, campanulate. Segm. acuminate, lower 

 one longest. Stam. diadelphous, rarely somewhat monadelphous. Pod as 

 long as the calyx, 1-seeded, indehiscent. if, 5 Often glandular-dotted. 

 Slip, cohering with the base of the petiole. Flowers cyanic. 



* Leaves, at least the upper ones, 1-foliate, lowest 3- foliate Nos. 1, 2 



* Leaves all pinnately 3-foliate Nos. 3, 4, 5 



* Leaves pinnately 19-21-foliate No. 6 



* Leaves palmately 3-7-foliate. a Silky or smooth. Fls. loosely spicatc. . .Nos. 7, 8, 9 



a NIHous. Flowers densely capitate Nos. 10, 11 



1 P. canesceiis MX. Bushy, downy-canesccnt ; lower Ivs. palmately 3-foliate ; Ifts. 



roundish obovate, dotted, upper simple. Woods, S. 2f. 



2 I*. Tlrgata N. Virgate, smoothish ; lowest Ivs. pinnately 3-foliate ; ifts. linear or 



olhong, often all simple ; spikes rather dense. Ga. 2f. 



3 P. st.ipula.ta T. & G. Smoothish; Ifts. elliptic-ovate, obtnse; stipules large, ovate ; 



l>ed. as long as the leaves ; spikes capitate. Falls of Ohio, Ky. 



1 P. melilotoides MX. Smoothish; Ifts. lance-oblong, obtuse; slip, lanceolate; 

 ped. much longer than the leaves. Dry soils, S. and W. 2f. 



5 P. Oiiobrycliis N. Pubescent; Ifts. ovate, acuminate; stipules filiform; ped. 



long, with slender spikes. Thickets, W. 3 5f. June, July. 



6 P. multijuga Ell. Lfts. numerous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse; spikes oblumr; 



calyx villous, with long teeth. Upper country. Car. Ga. 



7 P. Lupliiellus MX. Slender, glabrous ; li'ts. 5 7, linear-filiform; rac. elotigatod j 



tta. violet ; pod S-slmpud. Woods, S. 2f. May. June. 



