128 LEGUMLNOS^E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



9. T. proctjmbens, L. (Low Hop-C.) Stems spreading or ascending 

 pubescent (3' -6' high) ; leaflets wedge-obovute, 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. minus 

 (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. MELILOTUS, Tourn. Melilot. Sweet Cloyer. 



Flowers much as in Clover, 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-foliolate leaves ; leaflets toothed. (Name from /ieX:, 

 honey, and Acoro's, some leguminous plant.) 



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

 leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse ; corolla ydlow ; 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. MEDICAGO, L. Medick. 



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

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

 (MT]biKTj, the name of Lucerne, because it came to the Greeks from Media.) 



1. M. satita, L. (Lucerne.) 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. Nonesuch.) Procumbent, pu- 

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

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



3. M. maculata, 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, furrowed 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. denticulata, 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. 



