PULSE FAMILY, 99 
point; T. procimbens, L., (Low Hop bad Te ism proc aT 
the trie leaflet petiolulate. They are ess _species——which 
are gradually extending themselves from ar pe pall to the interior 
nd 
3. MELILO’TUS, Tournef. Mexmor. 
= Geet: Meli, honey, and Lotus ; a Lotus-like plant, attractive of Bees.] 
Calyx as in Clover. Corolla Ne apie onger than the calyx, 
coriaceous, globose or ovoid, 1 —fe carcely dehiscent. Bee or, 
becoming fragrant in drying. Flowers sueatly in long spicate ra 
1. M. alba. Lam. Stem rather erect, striate; leaflets spaces 
se oe truncate at bate mucronate, remotely dentate- 
es loose, elongated ; corolla white , the ag longer 
as: the sees petals legume Dine oni. wrinkle d; 1—2-seeded. 
Wouire-riowserep Metizorus. Tree Clover. Bokhara a 
Fr. Le: Malilot a Germ. Weisser Steinklee. Span. Meliloto. 
Root biennial? Stem at first ascending or pgs finally erect, 3—5 or 6 feet high, stout 
sriateribbed smooth seattle branched. Sie oe ne chs J. an inch and a 
petioles 1-2 2 inches long. nm axillary pedunc 
~4 inc 
i- ng ee ene Flowers rarcenaly rascen sl 
ced, and partially cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. ee Fr. 
August — cma if; 
genus (M. coerulea, Lam. age ut oe | as been fee and is now 
= Sag coerulea, C.,'8 Crcy of eal an ort tie ig ee 
4. MEDICA’GO, Tournef. Men: 
[So named by the Greeks, from having been introduced by CLs a 
Flowers mostly as in Melilotus. Legume usually man many-seeded, of various 
poke sate more or less falcate, or spirally coil Leaves mace A 
1. M. lane (J pies oct roles eae only eee 
su te ; racemes ob! Tec cones epithe tele 
ted, several-seeded. 
Ciivissn Meotaits Lucerne. Spanish Teeti, pian Vinee 
Fr. ‘Ta Luzerne. Germ. Der | creas eee 
