82 25. LEGUJiiifos^. 



2. O. campes'tris fKock) ; st. erect or ascending bifariously 

 hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets oblong, pods ovate 

 erect exceeding the eaiyx.^-0. spinosa Koch, — Shrubby. Usually 

 spinous! St. mostly erect. Wings falling short of the keel, 

 which falls short of standard. Seeds tubercular. — Barren places. 

 P. VI.— IX. ■ E. S. 



[O. recUndia (L.) ; viscid, pubescent, st. ascending, fl._ axil- 

 lary, pedicels 1-flowered shorter than the 1. fl. or pod without 

 bracts, cor. about equal to the calyx, leaflets obovate-cuueate 

 serrate at, the tip, stipules ovate, puds cylindrical reflexed, seeds 

 14—18 tubercular.— -B. S. S. 2838.— St. 5—6 in. high, much 

 branched. — Sandy places. Channel Isles. *Galloway. A. YII.] 



5, Medica'go Linn. 

 * Pods without spines. 



■ *1. M. satii-a (L.) ; st. erect, racemes many-flowered, pods 

 compressed loosely spiral loith 2 or S turns downy with adpressed 

 hairs, pedicels shorter than the calyx or bract, leaflets obovate- 

 oblong dentate above emarginate mucrouate. — St. angular when 

 young. Pods twisted into a loose open spiral. Fl. large, yellow 

 or violet. — Hedgebanks and borders of fields, scarcely natural- 

 ized. P. VI. VII. Lucerne. E. S. 



2. M. sylves'tris (Fries) ; st. rather quadrangular pithy ascend- 

 ing, racemes many-flowered, pod forming one complete flat ring, 

 pedicels shorter than the cal. longer than the bract, Its. obovate- 

 oblong dentate above emarginate mucronate. — E. B. <S. 2980. — 

 Fl. large, yellow or blackish green with darker streaks. — Sandy 

 and gravelly places in Norfolk and Suffolk. P. VI. VII. E. 



•3. M. falcdta (L.) ; st. usually terete nearly solid prostrate, 

 racemes many-flowered, pod straightly sickle-shaped twisted not 

 forming a ring, pedicels shorter than the cal. longer than the 

 bract, its. obovate-oblong dentate emarginate mucronate. — Fl. 

 large, yellow. — Sandy and gravelly places in Norfolk and Suf- 

 folk. P. VI. VII. YeUow Medick. B. 



4. M. htpulina (L.)'j spikes many-flowered dense oval, pods 

 compressed kidney-shaped with a spiral point with longitudinal 

 branched prominent veins, stip. obliquely ovate slightly toothed, 

 leaflets, rouhdish-obovate denticulate emarginate mucronate. — 

 St. procumbent or ascending, spreading widely. Pods scarcely 

 spiral, glabrous or slightlv hairy. Fl. small, yellow. — Waste 

 ground. A. or B.\.—ym. Llack Medick. E.S.I. 



