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few ee radial spines, often curved and uncinate, varying 
much in 
+Var. inermis Moris. Spines none or reduced to tubercles. 
Known from M. tornata by flat faces and thick edge of spirals. II.! 
Var. breviseta DC. Spines equal to, or shorter _ diameter 
of spir A common form Reclamation Roa ! 
Var. longiseta DC. Spines longer than diameter of spiral. The 
commonest form. II. ! 
+M. turbinata Willd. Waste uae and grassy places ; ernest 
3-6. Very pubescent, pods rather large, tub-shaped, spine 
reduced to tubercles. M. tuberculata Willd. is very near this, “i 
has res not muticous, peduncles, and glabrous pods flat at 
base. III. i. At Seah By Lajo near upper ford ! 
Var. atsleade Gaertn. (M. olive neta Guss.) face: ; roma pod. 
I. Sandy fields near the Neutral Ground, &. . Algeci- 
ras, Wk. 
M. Murex Willa. var. spherocarpa Bertol. Similar places ; 
rare? 3-6. Even nearer last than M. tube = but pod 
glabrous, — at both ends. II. Sa wee fields on Neutral 
Ground at — of Fort San Felipe, D. III. piscine Fritze, 
Rev. get Bernabe, very glabrous, with short radiating 
siliiilce’ 
M. hispida Gaertn. Similar places; common ; 3-6. Spiral 
lax, — contiguous, spines radiating, grooved, and usually 
uncin: 
r, dentcwlata Urb. (M. denticulata Willd.) has only 1-3 
turns “ol spiral. I. iii. Near Los Barrios Station ! 
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spine ne of the largest and most conspicuous species. 
M. Terebelum Willd. differs only in its shorter spines, and M. i 
pacea DC., which may occur, in fewer (3-4) turns. I. K,, 
M. Tereblinm, wr Road! Below Mediterranean Road! 
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M. coronata Desr. Similar places; rare? 3-6. Spirals as 
last, but fruit ve small, of one or two turns, with short pectinate 
spines parallel to axis. I. K. 
minima Lamk. Similar places; frequent or common 
3-6. Much smaller, fruit globose, with long fine spines cadintieig 
spherically. I.! III.! 
Melilotus parviflora Desf. Fields and waste places ; — 
3-6. Flowers usually very small, fruit globose, very coarsely 
reticulate. Large-flowered forms look very like M. elegans. ea} ! 
III. i. Slopes of San Roque, D. ii. Railside near Algeciras! 
Fruit ‘ellipsoid, transversely jebaan: Seen in more atid! than 
those noted. I. Sandpits! Reclamation ‘Road ! East slopes 
halen Middle Hill! III. ii. Marsh near Palmones Pinar! _ 
M. sulcata Desf. Similar places; very common; 3-5. Fruit 
with fine regular concentric ribs. I.! III. i. and ii.! 
