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3Ielil6tusJ] XXVI. leguminos^ : trifolie^. * 99 



the margin with a compact double row of uncinate prickles. 

 E. B, S, t, 2635. — (3. stems and leaves hoarj. 



Sandy fields and waste places, rare. Narburgli, Norfolk ; New- 

 market, Cambridgeshire; between Sandwich and Peo-well/ Kent ; 

 Landguard Fort and elsewhere on the coast of Suffolk. — )8. Peo-well 

 Bay, Isle of Thanet. ©. 5—7. — Ray's plant from Orford, Suffolk, 

 supposed by Smith to be M. muricata AIL, is more probably the pre-' 

 sent species. 



6. M. denticuUta Willd. {reticulated M.) ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaflets obcordate, stipules laciniated, peduncles few-flowered' 

 legumes broad loosely spiral and flat with 2—3 spires deeply 

 reticulated the margin thin keeled with a double compact row 

 of prickles.— a. prickles subulate often curved or hooked. 

 E. B. S. t. 2634. — /3. prickles minute straight. 



First discovered on the coast of Kent, but since found in several of 

 the Eastern and Southern counties of England. 0. 4 8. Th^ 



legumes are beautifully reticulated, and quite unlike any of the pre-^ 

 ceding. 



7. Melilotus Tourn. Melilot. 



C«Z.5-tootIied; teeth nearly equal. Pet. distinct, deciduous. 

 Keel obtuse. Legume 1- or few-seeded, indehiscent, longer than 

 the cal— Flowers in long racem:-s. Leaves trifoliolate.—l^ ame - 

 mel, honey, and Lotus, the genus so called. 



1. M. officinalis Ij . (common yellow M.) ; legumes 1— 2-seeded 

 ovate compressed pointed irregularly veined and rugose hairy, 

 racemes lax, corolla more than twice as long as the calvx, petals 

 all of nearly equal length, stem erect. Trifolium Sm.: E.B. 



Bushy places and way-sides, not frequent. $ or %. 6—8.—. 

 i>tems2—3ft. liigh. Leat;es obovate, serrate 7^Zo?wrs yellow, in uni- 

 lateral pedunculated axillary racemes. Legumes 3—4 times longer than 

 tlie calyx, nearly twice as large as in the next species and less promi- 

 nently wrmkled. - This plant while drvincr smells like Antho^can- 



thum odoratum. 



ovL 1% "^"'■'' ^^'"^- ^^^^'^^ ilf.); legumes 1-2-seeded 

 ovate obtuse inucronate reticulate-rugose glabrous, racemes 



thn'n ^?? 7 r^'f ''' ^°"° ^' ^^'^ «^l^^' keel and wings shorter 

 tban the standard, stem erect. M. leucantha Koch 7 E B S 



t. 2689. 



obLf n^,7.f '^\^'"'- (^^'^^^^O ; legumes l-2.seeded ovate 

 corX twTce "' ' '''^^^'-^^^-^7 pHcate rugose, racemes lax, 

 coiolla twice as long as the calyx, wings and standard equal 



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