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large, on naked peduncles ; standard rose-red, wings and 

 keel whitish. Flowers reflexed when old. 



7. T. agrarium, L. (YELLOW or Hop-C.) Flowers yellow, 

 reflexed when old. Leaflets obovate-oblong, all 3 from the 

 same point. Stem 6-12 inches high. Sandy fields. 



8. T. proeumbens, L. (Low Hop-0.) Flowers yellow, 

 reflexed when old. Leaflets wedge-obovate, the lateral ones 

 at a shprt distance from the terminal one. Stem smaller 

 than in No. 6, spreading. Sandy fields. 



3. MEDICA'GO, L. MEDICK. 



1. M. lupuli'na, L. (BLACK MEDICK.) Stem procumbent, 

 downy. Leaflets obovate, toothed at the apex. Flowers 

 yellow. Pods kidney-shaped. Waste places. 



2. M. sati'va, L., (LUCERNE) is upright, has purple 

 flowers in a long raceme, and spirally-twisted pods. Culti- 

 vated fields. 



3. M. maeula'ta, Willd. (SPOTTED M.) Spreading or 

 procumbent. Leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot. Ped- 

 uncles 3-5-flowered. Pods compactly spiral, furrowed on the 

 thick edge, bristly. Atl. sea-coast. 



4. M. dentieula'ta, Willd. Pods loosely spiral, deeply 

 reticulated, with a thin keeled edge ; otherwise like the last. 

 Atl. sea-coast. 



4. IttELILO'TUS, Tourn. SWEET CLOVER. 



1. M. offleina'lis, Willd. ( YELLOW MELILOT.) Stem erect, 

 2-4 feet high. Leaflets obovate-oblong. Flowers yellow. 

 Pod drooping, 1-2-seeded. Waste places. 



2. M. alba, Lam., (WHITE M.)is much like No. 1, but has 

 white flowers. Escaped from gardens. 



5. HOSACK'IA, Douglas. 



H. PuPShia'na, Benth. A low annual, more or less silky- 

 villous, sometimes glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile ; leaflets 

 varying from ovate to lanceolate. Calyx-teeth linear, much 

 longer than the tube. N. W. 



