128 leguminos^;. (pulse family.) 



J\A„ £_ 8. T. proctjmbens, L. (Low Hop-C.) Stems spreading or ascending, 



Ma pubescent (3' -6' high) ; leaflets wedge-obovate, notched at the end; the lateral at 



"imB a sm all distance from the other (pinnately 3-foliolate) ; stipules ovate, short. — 



Sandy fields and roadsides, New England to Virginia. Also var. minus 



(T. minus, Relhan), with smaller heads, the standard not much striate with 



age. With the other; also Kentucky, in cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



5. MELILOTUS, Tourn. Melilot. Sweet Clover. 



Flowers much as in Clover, but in spiked racemes, small : corolla deciduous, 

 free from the stamen-tube. Pod ovoid, coriaceous, wrinkled, longer than the 

 calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1 - 2-seeded. — Annual or biennial herbs, fragrant in 

 drying, with pinnately 3-foliolate leaves ; leaflets toothed. (Name from /xe'Xt, 

 honey, and Acordf, some leguminous plant.) 



1. M. officinalis, Willd. (Yellow Melilot.) Upright (2° -4° high) ; 

 leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse ; corolla yellow ; the petals nearly of equal length. 

 — Waste or cultivated grounds. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. Alba, Lam. (White M.) Leaflets truncate; corolla white; the 

 standard longer than the other petals. (M. leucantha, Koch.) — In similar 

 places to the last, and much like it. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. MEDICAGO, L. Medick. 



Flowers nearly as in Melilotus. Pod 1 - several-seeded, scythe-shaped, in- 

 curved, or variously coiled. — Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Stipules often cut. 

 (Mrj8i.Kr), the name of Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks from Media.) 



1. M. sativa, L. (Lucerne.) Upright, smooth, perennial ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, toothed; flowers (purple) racemed ; pods spirally twisted. — 

 Cultivated for green fodder, rarely spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. lupulina, L. (Black Medick. Nonesuch.) Procumbent, pu- 

 bescent, annual ; leaflets wedge-obovate, toothed at the apex ; flowers in short 

 spikes (yellow) ; pods kidney-form, 1-seeded. — Waste places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. M. maculata, Willd. (Spotted Medick.) Spreading or procum- 

 bent annual, somewhat pubescent ; leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot, mi- 

 nutely toothed ; peduncles 3 - 5-jiowered ; flowers yellow ; pods compactly spiral, 

 of 2 or 3 turns, compressed, furrowed on the thick edge, and fringed with a double 

 row of curved prickles. — Introduced with wool into waste grounds in some 

 places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. M. denticulXta, Willd. Nearly glabrous ; pods loosely spiral, deeply 

 reticulated, and with a thin keeled edge: otherwise like the last; in similar places, 

 eastward. (Adv. from Eu.) 



7. PSORALEA, L. Psoralea. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, the lower lobe longest. Stamens diadelphous or 

 sometimes monadelphous. Pod seldom longer than the calyx, thick, often 

 wrinkled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. — Perennial herbs, usually sprinkled all over 

 or roughened (especially the calyx, pods, &c.) with glandular dots or points. 



