82 25. LEGITMIIfOS^. 



6. M. min'ima (Laxa..) ; peduncles 1 — 6-flowered, ^o«fe com- 

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

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

 —K 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. denticvldta (Willd.) ; peduncles 1 — 5-flowered, pods 

 rather loosely sph-al 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. S. 2634. — Edge of the 

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

 the pod. Glabrous. — /3. 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 sandy ground near the sea, rare. A. V. — VIII. 



E.I. 



[M. denticwldtei seems to haveheen Kay's Orford plant. There 

 is an authentic specimen in Buddie's Herb. (iv. 42). The sta- 

 tion was " close to the JKis«/."] 



6. HELiLo'iirs Linn. Melilot. 



1. M. offieindlis (Willd.) ; tvings heel and standard equal, pods 

 ovoid acute compressed transversely wrinkled Aairy, leaflets ser- 

 rate triiacate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. — E. B. 

 1314. — M. macrorrhiza Pers., Koch. — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet high. 

 Fl. in lateral racemes, yellow. — Waste places. B. ? YI. — ^Vin. 

 Common Melilot. E. S. I. 



2. M. arven'sis (Willd.) ; icings and standard equallcmger than 

 the keel, pods ovoid blunt mucronate rounded and slightly keeled 

 on the back transversely plicate glabrous, Its. obcordate or oblong 

 serrate uppermost lanceolate, stip. awlshaped entire. — E. B. S. 

 2960. — M. ofiioinalis Koch. — St. erect. Fl. yellowish, in long 

 racemes. Pods brown. — Waste places. Cambridge ; Thetford, 



&c. B. vi.-vm. E.I. 



t3. M. alhm (Lam.) ; teings and keel equal but shorter than tlie 

 statidard, pods ovate blunt mucronate netted glabrous, leaflets 

 obovate the upper ones oblong serrate blunt, stip. awlshaped 

 entire.— it/, leucantha Koch, E. B. S. 2689.— St. erect. Fl. 

 white. — Sandy and gravelly places near the sea, rare. B. VII 

 VIII. ' E. S. I. 



*4. M, parvi/ldra (I)esf ) ; wings and keel equal but shorter 



