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GENUS VIII. MELILOTUS. 
Diadelphia Deeandria. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Mel, honey, and Lotus: Honey lotus. Bees are 
very fond of the flowers. 
Grew. Cuar. Annual or perennial herbaceous plants: calyx tu- 
bular, 5-toothed: corolla deciduous: keel simple: wings shorter 
than the vexillum; the keel and wings cohering, free from the sta- 
men tube: stamens 9 and one: style filiform: legumes globose or 
ovoid, longer than the calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1 or more seeded: 
peduncles axillary : fruit pendulous. 
(1) M. revcanrHa. (Coch.) 
. Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 196.—Dec. prod. II. p. 187. 
Syn. - M. altissima, Dec. J. e.—M. vulgaris, Willd.—Trifolium 
officinale, Linn. Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 388. 
Spec. Cuar. Annual: stem erect, branched: leaves trifolio- 
late; leaflets ovate-oblong, truncated at the apex, mucronate, re- 
motely serrated: racemes elongated, lax: keel and wings shorter - 
than the vexillum: legumes ovate, irregularly wrinkled, 2-seeded : 
flowers small, white, 
Peninsula. Assam. Saharunpore. Flowering in the cold 
season. ‘ 
(2) M. parvirtora. (Desf.) 
’ Fdent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 196.—Dec. prod. TI. p. 187. 
Syn. M. minima, Roth. Dec. prod. II. p. 189.—Trifolium 
Indicum, Roxb. fl. Ind. Il]. p. 388. 
Spec. Cuar. Annual; stem ascending or erect ; leaves trifolio- 
late ; lower leaflets roundish-obovate, upper ones linear or cuneate- 
oblong, serrated: calyeine teeth nearly equal, broad: wings almost 
as long as the keel and vexillum: legumes irregularly wrinkled, 2-: 
seeded: flowers small, yellow, at first. close-spiked, and afterwards 
mare distant. 
On pasture grounds in the Peninsula, flowering in the cold 
season. 
GENUS Ix. PYCNOSPORA. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Ser: Syst: 
Dertv. From Pycnos, thick or close, and Soros, a seed; the 
seeds being numerous and closely packed. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, upper segment broader, 2- 
cleft at the apex: petals about equal: vexillum rounded, free : keel 
