90 L. LEGTjMiNOSi). (J. G. Baker.) [Medicago. 



from the staminal tube; standard and wings oUong; keel straight, obtuse. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; filaments filiform; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 

 usually many-ovuled ; style short, little incurved ; stigma oblique. Pod usuidly 

 spirally twisted, many-seeded, indehiscent, rarely sickle-shaped, in M. Ivipidina 

 one-seeded. — Disibib. Species about 40 ; spread principally round the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



M. SATiTA, Linn. ; Wall. Cat. 5945, A, B, probahly a cultivated race of M.falcata, 

 characterised by the pod forming a double spiral and flowers usually purple, is often 

 grown for forage in Madras, Bengal, and the North-West Provinces. 



* Svherect, perennial, 



1. Itt. falcata, Linn. ; DO. Pr-odr. ii. 172 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 93. M. 

 sativa, Wall. Cat. 5945 0, D. M. proeumbens, Besser, Pi-im. Fl. Gal. ii. 127. 



Kashmee, Latjax, Ktjnawab, &c.; alt. 5-13,000 ft. — Disteib. Affghanistan, 

 Orient, and all through Europe. 



Subglabrons, copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets oblanceolate, ^1 in. long. 

 Peduncles exceeding leaves. Flowers 12-20, in close racemes. Calyx ^ in..; teeth 

 setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, 

 sickle-shaped, glabrous, J-| in. long, 5-10-seeded. 



** Diffuse trailing annuals or biennials. 



2. nX. lupulina, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 172 ; biennial, pod minute linear 

 sickle-shaped unarmed one-seeded. Wall. Cat. 6944 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 

 105. 



Tropical and temperate tracts of the north-west, ascending from the Indus valley 

 and Gangetio plain to 10-12,000 ft. — Disteib. Orient, Siberia, Europe, Abyssinia, 

 often cultivated. 



Stem 1 ft. or more long, finely downy. Stipules toothed; points lanceolate, 

 acuminate; leaflets obovate, faintly inciso-crenate, base deltoid, entire. Flowers 

 12-20, densely capitate ; peduncles exceeding the leaves. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth seta- 

 ceous, as long as the tube. Corolla slightly exserted. JPod ^ in. long, indehiscent, 

 glabrous or downy, faintly veined longitudinally, finally black. 



3. nx. orbicularis, All. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 174 ; annual, pod spiral unarmed 

 large vertically compressed. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 97. 



Kashmie ; temperate region. Falconer. — ^Disteib. Orient, Mediterranean, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Stems slender, subglabrons, a foot or more long. Stipules short, deeply laciniated ; 

 leaflets ^— | in. long, obovate-cnneate, faintly inciso-dentate. Peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves, 1-3-flowered. Calyx J in. ; t«Bth linear-setaceous. Corolla yellow, 

 much exserted. Fod J-J in. broad, with 4-5 flattened spirals, distantly finely trans- 

 versely veined. 



4. K. laciniata, All. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 180 ; annual, stipules laciniated, 

 pod small subglobose spiral muricated, corolla scarcely exserted. Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 104. 



PxjNJAB ; tropical region, Fleming, Jacguemoni, Aiichison. — DisteA. Orient, Medi- 

 terranean, Abyssinia. 



Stems glabrous, very slender, reaching a foot long. Leaflets |-J in. long, obovate- 

 cuneate, sharply inciso-dentate or even pinnatifid ; petiole equalling or exceeding 

 leaflets. Peduncles filiform, awned, 1-2-flowered. Calyx narrowly turbinate, ^ in. ;. 

 teeth setaceous. Fod ^ in. broad with 4—5 sharply muricated spirals. 



5. ItX. denticulata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 176; annual, stipules laci- 

 niated, corolla twice the calyx, pod subglobose spiral muricated. Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 102. M. canescens, &rah. in Wall. Cat. 5946. M. polymorpha, 

 Itoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 390. 



