84 25. LEeXTMlNOSiE. 



4. M. lupulina (L.) ; spikes many-flowered dense oval, pods 

 compressed kidney-shaped tcith a spiral point -with longitudinal 

 branched prominent veins, stip. obliquely ovate slightly toothed, 

 leaflets roundish-ovate denticulate emarginate muoronate. — 

 JE. B. 971. — St. procumbent or ascending, spreading widely. 

 Pods 1-seeded, glabrous or slightlv hairy. Fl. small, yellow. — 

 Waste ground. A. or B. V.— Vlll. Black Mediok. E. S. I. 



** Pods edged with spines. 



5. M. maculdta (Sibth.) ; peduncles 1 — ^-flowered, pods com- 

 pactly spiral compressed of 2 — 6 turns veined with 4 ridges and 

 a central furroiv on the edge, spines in 2 rows divergent subu- 

 late curved, leaflets triangular-oboordate, stip. toothed. — E. B. 

 1616. — Lts. with a purple spot in the centre. Edge of pods 

 broad ; spines springing from the margin and the ridge next to 

 it on each side, compressed and furrowed on both sides, variable 

 in length. — On a gravelly soil. A. V. — VIII. E. S. I. 



6. M. min'ima (Lam.) ; peduncles 1 — 6-flowered, pods com- 

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

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

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

 one so prominent as to be easily 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 (Willd.); peduncles 1 — 5-flowered, pods 

 rather loosely spiral consisting of 2 or 3 turns deeply netted 

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

 leaflets obcordate, stip. laciniate. — E. B. 8. 2634. — Edge of the 

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

 the pod. Glabrous. — ^. 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 sa,ndy ground near the sea, rare. A. V. — VIII. 



E. 1. 



6. Melilo'tits Linn. Melilo't. 



1. If. o^eira&s (Willd.) ; wings keel and standard eqval, pods 

 ovoid acids compressed transversely wrinkled hairy, leaflets 

 serrate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. — E. B. 

 1340.— Af. matrorrhiza Pers., Koch.— St. erect, 2—3 feet high. 

 Fl. in lateral racemes, yellow. — Waste places. B. ? VI. — Vltl. 

 Common Melilot. E. S. I. 



