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SPECIES IV.— ME LI LOT US PARVIPLORA. Dtsf. 

 Plate CCCXLIV. 

 Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 100. 

 Desfontaines, Fl. Atlantica, Vol. II. p. 192. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Ilelv. ed. ii. 



p. 183. Gr. k Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 401. 

 M. indica, All. Fl. Pied. Vol. I. p. 308. Coss. &. Germ. Fl. de Par. ed. ii. p. 159. 

 Trifoliuiu Melilotus indica, Linn.{1) Sp. Plant, ed. ii. p. 1077. 



Eoot slender, not elongate. Stem erect, flexuous, branched. 

 Racemes elongated, rather lax in fruit. Corolla not twice the length 

 of the calyx ; standard longer than the wings and keel, which 

 are equal. Pod sessile, globular-ovoid, rounded and apiculate at 

 the apex, reticulated with strongly-marked elevated veins on the 

 sides, which are quite glabrous; upper suture not thickened or 

 channelled. 



In waste places and by roadsides, and in cultivated fields. A 

 plant which has been introduced in this country within the last 

 few years, but is now not uncommon about Battersea and Wands- 

 worth. It has also occurred near Liverpool, and it is highly 

 probable that it will extend its area in course of time, as it appears 

 to thrive in the localities where it is at present established. 



[England.] Annual. Summer and Autumn. 



A much smaller plant than any of the preceding, from 6 to 15 

 inches high, with the stems slender and flexvious. The flowers 

 much smaller, pale yellow, with the calyx-teeth shorter and trian- 

 gular, not subulate. The pods are much rounder, olive when ripe, 

 about ^ inch long, reticulated like those of M. alba, but with the 

 veins more distinct. The seed is always solitary, brownish, 

 roughened with small prominent points. The plant also appears 

 to be truly annual, which is rarely the case with any of the pre- 

 ceding, although they may occasionally be so. 



Small-Jloioered Melilot. 



French, Melilot h Petitcs Fleurs. German, Kleinhlumiger Steinklea, 



GENUS FJ/Z— TRIGONE LL A. Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; teeth elongated, sub-equal, or 

 the upper ones longer. Corolla deciduous ; standard equal to or 

 longer than the wings and keel; wings not cohering at the apex; 

 keel usually extremely short, obtuse, generally shorter tlian the 

 wings. Stamens diadelphous, not adhering to the petals ; filu- 



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