Medicago.] leguminosje. 69 



included in Power's " Flora of Cork," but we have not seen 

 any Irish specimens, and we fear that a thorny state of 0. 

 arvensis has been mistaken for it. 



MEDICAGO Linn. 



1. M. lupulina (Linn.) — Black Medick. 



Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 8 - 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of L:eland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. ' 



Pastures and wastes ; rather local. Fl. May to August. 



Abundant in the east and south of Ireland, but appears to 

 become rare in the west and north-west. Very rare near 

 Belfast, where Mr. Orr has met with it in two localities 

 only. Professor Melrille finds it near Galway, to the west 

 of the town. 



2. * M. maoulata (Sibth.) — Spotted Medick, 

 Districts -2-- (5) _______ 



Lat. 51°_52°. South of Ireland, a doubtful native. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Cultivated land, way-sides, and waste places ; very rare. 

 Fl. May to July. 



2. South side of the Little Island, by the shore, 1840 (at 

 that date the only known Irish locality) ; Flor. Cork. Occa- 

 sionally seen in cultivated land, as on the Model Farm, Cork, 

 but no doubt introduced; Prof.E. Murphy. — (5). Between 

 Dolphin's-barn and Crumlin, Dublin (growing with M. 

 derUiculata) ; the late Mr. Johnston. 



Further observation is required to show whether this 

 plant is native on the south coast; at present we must 

 consider it introduced in the localities mentioned. 



[M. denticulata -(WiUdi.) has been once found in a potato 

 field near Blarney {Flor. Cork) and Mr. Sullivan reports it as 

 occurring in cultivated ground at Bandon. The late Mr. 

 Johnston once gathered it between Dolphin's-barn and 

 Crumlin ; but there is no doubt that it had been introduced 

 in all these localities. Miss Maffett has shown us the sup- 



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