Meliloius.'] L. LEGDMINOSJ). (J. Gr. Baker.) 89 



Bengal, Kashmie and Laoak to Khmaon, alt. 5-12,000 ft— Disteib. Af- 

 ghanistan, Orient, South Europe. 



Difluse, very much hranched, glatrous, eubereot, 1 ft. or more high. Stipules 

 deeply or faintly toothed, points setaceous ; petiole as long as or exceeding leaflets ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, faintly inciso-dentate, i-J in. long. Pedwncles exceeding the 

 leaves, awned at the tip. Caiyx ^ in. ; teeth shorter than the tube. Fod ^-J in. by 

 ^ in., glabrous, marked with close transverse raised veins. 



13. MEIiIIiOTUS, Juss. 



Annual or biennial herb. Leaves with toothed pinnately 3-foliolate' leaflets. 

 Fhwers in long racemes. Calyx-taho campanulate ; teeth 5, suheqnal, lanceo- 

 late. Corolla caducous, free from the staminal tube ; standard and wings ' 

 narrow ; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, filaments not dilated ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, few-ovuled ; style filiform, glabrous, 

 much incurved, stigma terminal. Pod oblong, much exserted, indehiscent. — 

 DisTRiB. Species about a dozen ; spread through the temperate resrions of the 

 Old World. 



1. m. parviflora, Besf.; DC. Prodr. ii. 187 ; annual, OoroUa pale yellow 

 minute, standard exceeding wings and keel, pod glabrous. Wall. Cat. 6943 A, 

 B. ; W-Sf A. Prodr. 196 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 108. M. indica, All. Fl. Ped. i. 

 308. M. minima, Roth ; DC. Prodr. ii. 189. TrifoUum indicum, Linn. ; Ro.vh. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 388. 



Western Peninsula, Bengal, Noeth West Peovinces, tropical zone. — Dis- 

 teib. Orient, iiurope, and introduced in many other regions. 



Stems slender, 1-1^ ft. high. Stipules linear acuminate ; leaflets obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, retuse or emarginate. Flowering -racemes close ; fruiting-racemes 1-2 in. 

 Calyx ^ in. ; teeth deltoid. Corolla not more than ^ in. long. Pod ^-^ in., obscurely 

 reticulato-laeunose, usually 1-seeded. — M. parviflora, Wall, 5943 D, is M. italica, 

 Lam., only known in India in cultivation. 



2. JUL. alba, Lamk. Diet. iv. 63 ; biennial, corolla white, standard exceed- 

 ing wings and keel, pod glabrous. Poiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 109. M. altissima, 

 Wall. Cat. 5942, non ThuiU. M. leucantha, Koch ; DC. Prodr. ii. 187 ; W. ^ 

 A. Prodr. 196. M. vulgaris, Willd. Enum. 490. 



Northern Provinces, ascending from the plains of Bengal to 12-13,000 ft. in 

 NuBEA, and 11,000 ft. in Ladak. — Disteib. Europe, Orient, Siberia, &c. 



Much taller and more robust than the last. Stipules and leaflets similar. Eacemes 

 in flower 1^—2 in., in fruit 3-4 in. long. Calyx under i in. ; teeth lanceolate, shorter 

 than the tube. Corolla always white, inodorous, 2-3 times the length of the calyx 

 in the temperate zone, nearly as small as in M. parviflora in the plains. Pod as in the 

 last, but larger, often 2-seeded. 



8. UK. ofScinalis, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 186 ; biennial, corolla yellow, 

 standard the same length as the wings and keel, pod hairy. JBoiss. Fl. Orient. 

 ii. 109. M. macrorhiza, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 187. M. altissima, Thuill. Fl. 

 Par. 378, non ^allich. Trifolium officinale, Willd. ; Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 388. 



NuEKA and Ladak : 10-13,000 ft,, Thomson, Stewart. — Disteib. Europe, Orient, &c. 



Very like M. alba in general habit and identical in stipules and leaflets. Bacemes 

 denser, and not quite so long. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla linear, yellow, odorous, usually three times as long as the calyx. Pod dis- 

 tinctly stipitate, J in. long, l-2-s6eded, not so obtuse. 



14. nXEDXCAGO, Linn. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets toothed. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate ; teeth 5, subequal. Corolla more or less exserted, free 



