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4. RABniT-KfX)T C. Silky, low, erect, and luancliing ; root iinmial ; leaflets niirrow ; flowers whitish, 



in dense and soft-silky oblong heads. Connnon in poor dry land. '!'. avrttinf, 



5. Ykli.oW C Low, annual, smoothish ; corolla yellow, turning brownish. Waste grounds. 



T, afimrium. 

 Melilot (or Swekt-Clovkk). Melilhlm. 

 Flowers in a raeomo or sjiikc small. Corolla falling after flowering. Pod roundish nnd sm dl. 

 like an akene, hardly ojiening, containing only one or two seeds. Annuals or hiunnials. withswtiti- 

 sctjnted foliage ; leaflets tliree, toothed. Growing in gardens and around houses. 



1. Ykm.ow Melilot. Leaflets ohovate or oblong, obtuse ; corolla light yellow. A^. oj^i'inn'ia. 



2. White M. Leaflets as if cut off square at the end ; corolla white. M. o!h 1. 



Medick. Mcdlcdyo. 



Flowers like tliose of Melilot, either few or many in a cluster. Pod curved or oiled, either kidney- 

 jiliaped or rolled up spiially in various w.'iys. Leaves of 3 leaflets. 



1. LiiCEHN'E, or PuuPLK Medick. Stems u))right from a deep perennial root ; 



leaflets ul)ovate-ol)long ; flowers purple in short racemes; pods sjjiral. 

 Oiihivated for green fodder. M. sntiVK. 



2. IJlack M. Stems reclining ; leaflets wedge-obovate ; flowers yellow, in 



short spikes ; pods curved (Fig. 358), wrinkled, turning blackish. Waste 

 grounds. M. lupurnta. 



3. SnailM., with 2-flowere(l peduncles, is sometimes cultivated in gardens, on account of its singular 



pods coiled like a shell U""ig. 359). M. scutellata, 



Everlasting-Pea or Vetchling. Ldthi/rus. 



Lobes or teeth of the calyx not leafy. Style flattish, Otherwise the flowers nearly the same as 

 iu the true Pea, 



* Garden species, cultivated for ornament ; with winged stems and only one pair of leaflets. 



1. SWEKT Pea. Koot anmnd ; flowers 2 or 3 on a long peduncle, sweet-scented. L. oiioratmi, 



2. Garden Eveul.\stini;-Pea. Pi,oot perennial ; flowers many, i)ink or purple. L. lalifolim, 



* * Wild species, with perennial roots and more than (me pair of leaflets, 



3. Marsh E. Stems lightly winged or margined ; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, lance-linear or lance-oblong ; 



stipules lance-shaped ; flowers 2 to 5, purple. Moist ground, N. L. pcdiiatris. 



4. Pale K. Leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, ovate, pale ; sti])ules rather large, half heart-shaped ; flowers 7 to 10, 



cream-colour. Banks and thickets, AV. and N. L. ocliroleucHS, 



5. Veiny E. Leaflets 5 to 7 pairs, oblong or ovate ; stipules very small ; flowers many on the peduncle, 



purple. Shady banks, S. and W. L. rendsvs. 



6. Bkach Pea. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oval or obovate ; stipules large and leafy ; flowers 6 to 10 <>u 



the peduncle, purple. Shore of t)ie .sea, N. and of the Great Lakes. L. inaritimiis. 



Vetch or Tare. T7t/Vf. 



Like the last, but with small and usually more numerous leaflets ; and the thread-shaped style 

 hairy round the end or down the outer side. 



* Pereniuals, all wild species : flowers small, in a raceme on a long peduncle. 



I. Tufted V. Downy; leaflets many, lance-oblong, strongly mucronate; flowers crowded, bent 

 down iu the spike, blue, turning purple, summer. Thickets, N. V, Crucca. 



