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large, on naked pedanoles; standard rose-red, wings and 

 keel whitish. Flowers reflexed when old. 



7. T. agrarium, L. (Yellow or Hop-C.) 'Elovt&rs yellow, 

 reflexed when old. Leaflets obovate-ohlong, all 3 from the 

 same point. Stem 6-12 inches high. — Sandy fields. 



8. T. proeumbens, L. (Low Hop-0.) Flowers yellow, 

 reflexed when old. Leaflets wedge-ohovate, the lateral ones 

 at a short distance from the terminal one. Stem smaller 

 than in No. 6, spreading. — Sandy fields. 



3. !)lEDlCA'e», L. Medics. 



1. M. lupuli'na, L. (Black Mbdick.) Stem procumbent, 

 downy. Leaflets obovate, toothed at the apex. Flowers 

 yellow. Pods kidney-shaped. — "Waste places. 



2. M. sati'va, L., (Lucerne) is upright, has purple 

 flowers in a long raceme, and spirally-twisted pods, — Culti- 

 vated fields. 



3. M. maeula'ta, Willd. (Spotted M.) Spreading or 

 procumbent. Leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot. Ped- 

 uncles 3-5-flowered. Pods compactly spiral, furrowed on the 

 thick edge, bristly. — Atl. sea-coast. 



4. M. dentieula'ta, Willd. Pods loosely spiral, deeply 

 reticulated, with a thin keeled edge ; otherwise like the last. 

 — Atl. sea-coast. 



4. MEIUO'TCS, Touru. SWEET Clovek. 



1. M. offleina'lis, Willd. (Yellow Melilot.) Stem erect, 

 2-4 feet high. Leaflets obovate-oblong. Flowers yellow. 

 Pod drooping, 1-2-seeded. — Waste places. 



2. M. alba. Lam., (White M.)is much like No. 1, but has 

 white flowers. — Escaped from gardens. 



5. HOSACK'IA, Douglas. 

 H. Purshia'na, Benth. A low annual, more or less silky- 

 villous, sometimes glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile ; leaflets 

 varying from ovate to lanceolate. Calyx-teeth linear, much 

 longer than the tube. — N.W. 



