Plex.cal. 63. LEGUMINOS^. 368. Medicago. 605 



&. scalra. Legvmen cochleate, about 10 on one peduncle, 

 slightly compressed, rough, with many tubercles. 



Trifoliiitn cochleatum, quod Medica polycarpos fructu minore compresso 

 •cabro Doody, Rati Syn, 333, 4. 



y. glair a. Legumen bald. 



b. Legumen syiail-'Uke, whirls many^ downy, rather spinous. 



4. Medicago minima. Least lucerne. 

 Peduncles many-flowered; stipules semi-ovate, undivided; 



leaflets reverse ovate, slightly toothed ; legumens orbicular, 

 hirtous ; spines stiff, hooked, divaricating. 



Trifolium cochleatum q. Medica echinala minima Joh. Bauhini, Raii 

 Syn. 333, 2. 



Medica ecbinata parva recfa, Park. 1115. 

 Medicago polymorpha minima, Lin. S. P. 1099. 

 Medicago minima, Withering Bot.Arr. ed. 3, 660. 

 SmaU hedgehog trefoil. 



Sandy places ; annual ; June. 



Plant very small, very downy ; leaves not spotted. 



&. maritima. Plant larger, less downy. 



Trifolium cochleatum, quod Medica marina supina nostras, foiiis viribui 

 ad summos ramulos villosis Plukeneti, Dillen in Raii Syn. 334,5. 



c. Legumen snail-like ; whirls many, laid, spinous. 



5. Medicago muricata. Thorny lucerne. 

 Peduncles 3 or 4-flowered ; legumens bald, flat upon both 



sides, whirls 5 ; spines very short, awlshape, radiating; 

 stipules 1-leaved, toothed; leaflets rhomboid, ovate, toothed, 

 hairy. 



Trifolium cochleatum modiolis spinosis, Raii Syn. 353, 5. 

 Medicago polymorpha muricata, Lin. S. P. 1098. 

 Medicago muricata, Withering Bot. ^Irr. 813, 



Sea-shores; annual; June. 

 Leaves not spotted, hairy. 



6. Medicago maculata. Spotted lucerne. 

 Peduncles 2 to 4-flowered ; legumens compressed on both 



sides; prickles awlshape, long, bent, spreading; stipules 

 dilated, toothed ; leaflets reverse heartshape, toothed, spot- 

 ted, smooth. 



Trifolium cochleatum folio cordato maculato, Raii Syn. 333, 1. 



Trifolium cordatum, Ger.em. 1191,4. 



Medica Arabica Camerarii, sive Trifolium cordatum, Park. 1115. 



Medicago polymorpha Arabica, Lin. S. P. 



Medicago Arabica, Withering Bot. Arr, 812. 



Medicago maculata, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 



HMrt trefoil. 



