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2. 0. reditiata (Small Spreading Rest-harrow). — A small herba- 

 ceous species, with pendulous, pale pink flowers, found only on the 

 coast of Devonshire, near Tarbert, Galloway, and on the south-west 

 coast of Scotland. — Fl. early summer. Annual. 



5. Medicago {Medick) 



1. M. jalcata (Sickle Medick). — A rare species found only in the 

 eastern counties of England. Stem prostrate, 1-2 feet long ; 

 leaflets oblong and tootlfed ; flowers large, yellow ; legumes sickle- 

 shaped. — Fl. June, July. 



2. M. sativa (Lucerne). — Like the above, but more upright ; 

 flowers usually blue or violet ; legumes spirally twisted. Largely 

 cultivated as a fodder plant, and frequently found as an escape. 

 — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. M. lupulina (Black Medick, or Nonsuch). — Leaflets inversely 

 egg-shaped, finely toothed ; stipules scarcely notched ; flowers 

 small, yellow, in dense oblong heads ; legumes rugged, i-seeded, 

 kidney-shaped. A herbaceous plant with branching stems 12-18 

 inches long, sparsely covered with soft hairs ; resembling in habit 

 some of the smaller clovers, but distinguished from them by its 

 legumes not being enclosed within the calyx. Legumes black, not 

 spirally curved. — Fl. June to August. Annual. 



4. M. denticulata (Toothed Medick). — Stems spreading ; leaflets 

 inversely heart-shaped, smooth ; stipules jagged ; flowers small, 

 yellow, 2-5 in a head ; legumes loosely 

 spiral, edged with hooked prickles. Very 

 rare. — Fl. April to June. Annual. 



5. M. maculata (Spotted Medick). — • 

 Much like the last ; leaflets inversely heart- 

 shaped, with a purple spot in the centre 

 of each ; stipules toothed ; flowers small, 

 yellow, 2-4 together ; legumes with hooked 

 prickles, and twisted spirally into a ball. 

 In Cornwall this plant, under the name of 

 Spotted Clover, is considered very injurious 

 to pasturage. — Fl. June to September. 

 Annual. Medicago Maculata 



(Spotted Medick) 



6. M. minima (Little Bur-Medick). — 

 Leaflets inversely heart-shaped, downy ; 



stipules scarcely toothed ; flowers 2-4 together ; legumes spirally 

 twisted into a prickly ball ; prickles hooked. Sandy places, rare. 

 — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



