MEDICAeO. MELILOirS. 83 



* * ^Pods edged tmth spines. 



1 5. M. macultUa (Sibth.) ; peduncles 1 — ^-flowered, ppds com- 

 pactly spiral compressed of 2 or 3 turns veiiied with 4 ridges on 

 the edge and a central furrow, Spines in 2 rows divergent subu- 

 late curved, leaflets triangular-obeordate, stip. toothed. — Lts. 

 with a purple spot in the centre. Edge of pods broad; spines 

 springing fiom the margin and the ridge next to it on- each side, 

 compressed and furrowed on both sides, variable in length. — On 

 a graveUy soil. A. V.— VIII. E. S. 1. 



6. M. miriima (Lam.) ; peduncles 1^ — 6-flowered, pods com- 

 pactly spiral of 4 turns Smooth with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows 

 divergent subulate hooked, leaflets obovate, stip. nearly entire. 

 —E. B. S. 2635.— Edge of the pods with 3 ridges, the central 

 one so prominent as to be easUy taken for the true margin, no 

 central furrow but the central ridge' common to the 2 rows of 

 spines. Sides of the pods smooth. Spines varying consider- 

 ably in length and the whole plant in hairiness. — In sandy fields 

 in the South-east, rare. A. V. E. 



7. M. denticuldta (WiUd.) ; peduncles 1 — 5-flowered, pods 

 rather loosely spiral consisting of 2 or 3 tiu'ns deeply netted 

 with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows divergent subulate hooked, 

 leaflets obcordate, stip.lacitpiate. — E. B. S. 2634. — Edge of the 

 pods as in M. minima. Spines about equalling the diameter of 

 the pod. Glabrous. — (i. M. apiculata (Willd.) ; spines very 

 short without hooks, often scarcely longer than their own 

 breadth so as to appear little more than tubercles, ped, 3 — 10- 

 flowered. — ^^On sandy ground near the sea, rare. A. v. — VIII. 



E, I. 



[M. denticztidta seems to have been Ray's Orford plant. There 

 isan authentic specimen In Buddie's Herb. (iv. 42j. The sta- 

 tion was "close to the JSey."~\ 



6. Mblilo'ius Linn. Melilot. 



. 1. M.officitpdlis (Willd.) ; tvings heel and standard equal, pods 

 ovate acute, compressed transversely wrinkled liairy, leaflets ser- 

 rate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. -setaceous entice.— riW. ma- 

 crorrhiza Pers., Koch. — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet high. El. in lateral 

 recemes, yellow. — Waste places. B. ? VI. — ^VIII. Corrvmon. 

 Melilot.. E^.I. 



2. M. arvefdsis (Willd.) ; wings and standard equal hngelr than 

 th^ heel, pods aYa,iii blxmt mucronate rounded and slightly keeled 

 on the bach transversely plicate glabrous. Its. obcordate oi oblong 

 serrate tippfiin!iiostildnceola.te, stip. awlshaped entire. — E. B. S. 



