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€ach; and they are oblong, narrow, of a yel-. 
lowifh green, and dented toward the ends. 
The flowers ftand in little clufters at the tops 
of the ftalks, and are of a bright yellow. 
The feed-veflels are flat, and a little turned 
about: the feeds are few, and angulated. 
We have it in our hilly paftures, but not com- 
mon. It flowersin July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium luteum fylveftre 
lignea five frutefcens. Others, Medica fylvefris. 
2. Common Heart-Trefoil. 
Medica folio cordate maculato. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are placed on long, flender 
footftalks, three on each; and they are of a heart- 
like fhape, and each has a black fpot in the 
~ middle. ; 
The ftalks are numerous, procumbent, and a 
foot long: they are flender, and of a pale green. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root: they are alfo fpotted. 
The flowers are {mall and yellow. 
The feed-vefiels are remarkable in their form 
and afpect: they are rough, and twifted in a fin- 
gular manner. The feeds are large and few. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in July. 
C.Bauhine calls it Trifolium folio cordato macu- 
Jato.. Others, T7ifolium cordatum, and fome Me- 
dica Arabica Camerarit, 
3. Little Hedgehog Trefoil: _ 
Medica echinata minima. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, 
The ftalks are weak, flender, procumbent, 
and four or five inches long. 
The leaves are few, and placed irregularly : 
they ftand by threes on flender footftalks ; and 
are of an oval figure, but fharp-pointed, and of 
a frefh green. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow: they ftand 
in little clufters at the tops of the ftalks, and in 
the bofoms of the leaves. 
The feed-veffel is fmall, but rough, and, as it 
were, prickly ; whence the plant has obtained its 
common Englifh name. 
The feeds are angulated, and brown. 
We have it in barren, hilly paftures. It flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifelizm arvenfe fruéiu mi- 
nore. Others, Medica echinata minima, and Me- 
dica {pinofa. 2 
4. Prickly-edged Medick. 
Medica fruétu ad margines Spinofo. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with a 
few fibres.. 
DIVISION UI 
1. Lucorne. 
Medica fativa flore purpureo. 
The root is very long, and lives many years. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, upright, much 
branched, and two feet or more in height : they 
are fmooth, and of a pale green, 
The firft leaves are placed on long footttalks, 
three on each; and they are broad, fhort, ob- 
tufe, fomewhat heart-fafhioned, but with a flight 
dent, and of a fine lively green. 
The ftalks are numerous, flender, and ten 
inches high. 
The leaves ftand at diftances, and are like thof 
from the root. 
The flowers are fall and yellow : they ftand 
on flender footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the 
leaves. 
The feed-vefflel is twifted round, and has an 
edge of ftiff briftles. 
We have it in the fouthern counties very fre- 
quent on fandy ground, and in fome other places. 
It flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Trifolium cochleatum modiolis fpi- 
nofis. The old writers knew it not. 
5. Black-fruited Medick: 
Medica polycarpos fruftu compreffo nigricante. 
The root is flender, oblong, white, and has a 
few fibres. ; 
The firft leaves are placed by threes on flender 
footftalks ; and they are {mall and obtufe. 
The ftalks are flender, not much branched, of 
a faint green, and eight inches high. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root, but are fimaller. , 
The flowers are fmall and yellow : they ftand 
in great numbers on flender footftalks tifing from 
the bofoms of the leaves, 
The feed-veffels are compreffed, and blackith, | 
We have it in dry paftures, but not common, 
It flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Medica polycarpos fruflu minore com- 
prefo feabro. 
6. Prickly Sea-Medick. 
Medica maritima Jpinofa. 
The root is {mall and oblong. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, 
and eight or ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed by threes on hort foot- 
ftalks ; and they are fhort, broad, obtufe, and 
of a bright green. 
The flowers are {mall and yellow. 
The fruit is twifted and prickly, 
The ftalks of the plant are ufually purple to- 
ward the root; and the tops of the fhoots are 
hairy. 
Tt is found about our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls it Medica marina Supina noftras. foliis 
viridibus ad fummos ramulos villofis. 
procumbenr, 
FOREIGN SPECIES, 
The leaves are placed very thick ; and they are 
difpofed, as in the others, three on a ftalk : they 
are oblong, fharp-pointed, and flightly ferrated : 
their colour is a freth green, 
The flowers are fmall, and of a beautiful 
violet-colour: they are placed half a dozen to- 
gether at the tops of the ftalks, and on flen- 
der 
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