128 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



8. T. PROciiMBENS, I/. (Low Hop-C.) Stems spreading or ascending, 

 pubescent (3' -6' high) ; leaflets loedge-obovate, notched at the end ; the lateral at 

 a small distance from the other (pinnately 3-foliolate) ; stipules ovate, short. — 

 Sandy fields and roadsides, New England to Virginia. Also var. iiiNus 

 (T. minus, Relhan), with smaller heads, the standard not much striate With 

 age. With the other ; also Kentucky, in cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu. ) 



5. MELIL6TXJS, Toatii. MElilot. SwEfit CLOVEft. 



Flowers much as in Cloyer, but in spiked racemes, small : corolla deciduous, 

 free from the stamen-tube. Pod ovoid, coriaceous, wrinkled, longer than the 

 calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1 - 2-seeded. — Annual or biennial herbs, fragrant in 

 drying, with pinnately 3-foIiolate leaves ; leaflets toothed. (Name from ^eXi, 

 honey, and Auroj, some leguminous plant. ) 



1. M. OFFICINALIS, Willd. (Yellow Melilot.) Upright (2° -4° high); 

 leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse ; corolla yellow ; the petals nearly of equal length. 

 — Waste or cultivated grounds. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. Alba, Lam. (White M.) Leaflets truncate; corolla white; the 

 standard longer than the other petals. (M. leucantha, Koch.) — In similar 

 places to the last, and much like it. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. MEDIC Ago, l. Mejdick. 



Flowers nearly as in Melilotus. Pod 1 - several-seeded, scythe-shaped, in- 

 curved, or variously coiled. — Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Stipules often cut. 

 (MijStK^, the name of Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks from Media. ) 



1. M. SATiVA, L. (LucEKNE.) Upright, smooth, perennial ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, toothed; flowers (purple) racemed ; pods spirally twisted. ^^ 

 Cultivated for green fodder, rarely spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. M. lupulIna, L. (Black Medick. Noneshch.) Procumbent, pu- 

 bescent, annual ; leaflets wedge-obovate, toothed at the apex ; flowers in short 

 spikes (yellow) ; pods kidney-form, 1-seeded. — Waste places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. M. maculXta, Willd. (Spotted Medick.) Spreading or procum- 

 bent annual, somewhat pubescent ; leaflets obcordate, with a purple spot, mi- 

 nutely toothed ; peduncles 3 - 5 flowered ; flowers yellow ; pods compactly spiral, 

 of 2 or 3 turns, compressed, /urroicerf on the thick edge, and fringed with a double 

 row of curved prickles. — Introduced with wool into waste grounds in some 

 places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. M. DENTicuLiTA, Willd. Nearly glabrous; pods loosely spiral, deeply 

 reticulated, and with a thin keeled edge: otherwise like the last; in similar places, 

 eastward. (Adv. from Eu.) 



7. PSORALEA, L. Psoralea. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, the lower lobe longest. Stamens diadelphous or 

 sometimes monadelphous. Pod seldom longer than the calyx, thick, often 

 wrinkled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. — Perennial herbs, usually sprinkled all over 

 or roughened (especially the calyx, pods, &c.) with glandular dots or points. 



