402 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



gether in a Ihort thick fpike at the top of the 

 ftalk : the calyx is covered with the fame fhining 

 hairs as the leaves : the Braciea are fubulate 

 and ihorter than the calyx : the pod is hairy, tur- 

 gid, hard, and has two cells containing feveral 

 feeds. 



TRIFOLIUM. Gen. 1)1, 896. 



Flores fubcapitata. Legmnen vix calyce longius, non 

 dehifccns, deciduum. 



* Meliloti leguminihus nudis polyfpermis. 



meh cffici' TRIFOLIUM leguminihus racemofis nudis, dif- 



nalis I. permis, rugofis, acutis, caule ere6lo. Sp. pL 



1078. (Ger. em, 1205. /. 4. Rivin. t, 6. Mcris. 



h'lfi, /. 2. t.i6. f. 2. ordmis medii. Blaehvell /. 80 J 



Melilot. Jnziis, 



In corn fields and by way-fides, but not common : 

 beyond Driimmond -Lodge y near Edinhurgh. Dr. 

 Parfons, And near Aherlady^ in the Links. Sih- 

 bald. S. VIL 



The ftalk is ered, firm, ftriated, branched, and 

 two or three feet high : the leaves ternate, fmooth, 

 obtufely oval, and ferrated : the flowers are 

 fmall, yellow, pendulous, and grow in long clofe 

 fpikes at the tops of the branches : the pod is 

 very fliort, turgid, tranfverfely wrinkled, pen- 

 dulous, and contains either one or two feeds. 



The plant has a very peculiar ftrong fcent, and dif- 

 agreable bitter acrid tafle, but fuch however as 



is 



