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cal., ^od shorter titan calyx. — p. maritima ; glandular-villose, 

 fl.-l. tailing short of cal., pod as long or longer than calyx. — 

 Barren sandy places. P. Vl. — IX. E. S. I. 



2. _ O. campes'tris (Koch) ; not stoloniferous, st. erect or as- 

 cending bifariously hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets 

 oblong, pods ovate erect exceeding the calyx. — E. B. 682. — 

 Shrubby. Usually spinous. St. mostly erect. "Wings falling 

 short of the keel, which falls short of standard. Seeds tuber- 

 cular. — Barren places. P. VI. — IX: E. S. 



3. O. reclindta (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-cuneate 

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

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

 branched. — Sandy places. With EwpUwrum aristatum at Berry 

 Head, Devon. Mr. H. M. Holmes ! {J. of B. vi. 58). Channel 

 Isles. *Galloway. A. YII. ' ' E. 



5. Medica'go Linn. 

 * Pods without spines. 



(Sp. 1, 2, and 3 are said to be sometimes monadelphous.) 



*1. M. sativa (L. ; st. erect, raceme^ many-flowered, pods 

 compressed loosely spiral with 2 or 3 twns downy with adpressed 

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

 oblong dentate above emarginate mucronate. — E. B. 1749. — St. 

 angular when young. Pods twisted into a loose open spiral, 

 ll. large, yellow or violet. — Hedgebanks and borders of helds, 

 scarcely naturalized. P. VI. VII. Lucerne. E. S. 



2. Jf. syfoes'fe'js (Fries) ; st. rather quadrangular pithy ascend- 

 ing, racemes many-flowered, jiJOi^s/ormira^ ore* complete fiat 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.fakdta (L.); st. usually terete nearly solid prostrate, 

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

 fm-ming a ring, pedicels shorter than the cal. longer than the 

 bract, Its. obovate-oblong dentate emarginate mucronate. — E. 

 B. 1016. — Fl. large, yellow. — Sandy and gravelly places in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk. P. VI. VK. YeUow Medich. E. 



