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(Tvifolium Mclilotus indica L.) 5 Melilolus indica DesvJ 

 non All: crescit in Ind\ orieiit: 



3. M. ru^ulosa — W. en: 789. {Tnd'. orient:). Priori 

 valde affinis, sed differt pra^serlim floril^us duplo ma- 

 joribus albis , leguminibus oblongis sub-^-spermis. =i 

 4. M. macroihiza = Pcrs: encb: II. p. d\S. (^llungar:), 

 Perenn: Erecta glabra , racemi longissirae spicati , (lo- 

 res flavi , legumina snb-2-sperma. liuc pertinet sec: 

 Spr: syst: III. 206. 31. linearis Pers: 1. c. quam dis- 

 linguit DG. Prodr: II. 186. Comparatis specim: meis 

 ex hb: Bellardi et Bonjean, aliud. discrimen non in- 

 venio nisi racemis longiorihus et dcnsius spicatis, ac 

 leguminibus scepius ispermis in M. lineari. 



^ 5. M. oj/icinalis = W. en: 790. »— Spr: syst; 

 III. 206. = Oed: fl: dan: t. 934. Ic: taur: vol. 6. t. 

 5y. (Eur:, Asia med:, Afr: et Amer: Pedem: ad vias 

 et limites agrorum etiam secus prata occurrit All; 

 n. 1122. In locis incultis secus aquas Re fl: tor: II. 

 p. 26. In arvis et ad vias vix extra portam Medio" 

 lani urbis IVouarice Biroli fl: acon: II. p. 39. Sardinia. 

 in campis Moris sl: sard: I. p. i5.). Ann: biennisve. 

 Glabra ramosa , racemi elongati laxi , (lores lutei , 

 carina et alse longitudine vexilli, legumina 2-sperma* 

 Variat radice bienni , caule altiori , floribus minori- 

 bus luteis vel albis (M. altissima Thuill:). Huc refert 

 cl: Re (app: III. p. 12.) M. palustrem Spr: sysl: IIL 

 206. in qua legumina sunt i-sperma , affirmans idem 

 ssepius observasse in 31. officinali , binc speciera re- 

 fert inter indi^enas , communem dicens inter *Tauri* 

 nwn et f^enariam , at de ceteris differentiis non lo- 

 <juitur 3 insuper 3/. palustris a Kit: descripta sub 



