208 LEaUMINOS^. [Tkigonella. 



Flowers yellow" . . . . 1. Jf. indica. 

 Flowers white 2, M. alba. 



1. M. indica, All. Ft. Pedem. i, 303. M. parviflora, Desf.; W. Sr A 

 Trod. 196; Royle III. 197, F. B. I. ii, 89; Watt E. D. TrifoUum 

 iaddoviTii, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 338. YexJxSinjijmetha. 



An annual with sleader stems l-^ ft. high. Stipules lineskv, acuminate. 

 Leaflets obovate or oblanoaolata, retuse or emarginate. Racemes dense- 

 flowered, 1-2 in. in fruit. OaUjx-teetk deltoid OoroUa yellow, minute • 

 standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pods ^^-j in., obscurely 

 reticulate- aounose, usually 1-seeded, glabrous. 



Abundant throughout the area as a cold weather weed in corn-fields. 

 DiSTRiB. Punjab, Bengal and 0. India, extending to S Europe. Intro* 

 ducedintoN. America and S Africa Largely used as grean fodder 

 for cattle, and in some of the Punjab districts it is cultivated for 

 this purpose 



2. M. alba, Desr. in Lamh. Encijcl. iv, 63; F, B. I. ii, 89 M 

 leucantha, Koch-, W. 8f A Prod. 196; Royle III. 197. (White Melilot). 

 Very similar to the preceding, but with _ larger and white flowers ; the 



pods are also larger, and they are sometimes 2-seeded. 

 Plentiful throughout the araa as a weed of cultivation, flowerings 

 during the cold aeas an. Distrib. Plains of Punjab and Bengal, and 

 on the Inner Western Himalaya up to 1P>,000 ft. It is found^alsoin 

 Europe and Siberia, and has been introduced in N". America The 

 plant is very fragra,at when drying, and it is said to be a good fodder 

 for cattle. 



5. Trigonella, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 87. 



Annual. Leaver; phuiitaly 3-foliolati-i, toothed. Flowers in. 

 racemes ; pale yrtUow. Calyx-tuhe campanulate ; teebk distinct, 

 subequal. Petals free from the staminal tube; standard and wings 

 narrow; heel shorter, obbuse. Stamem diadelphous ;^/a»»eMJ5 not 

 dilated ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovnled ; styU 

 glabrous; stigma termmal. Fad linear or linear-oblong, flat oi 

 turgid ; straight or curved, not spiral, usually exserted, many-seeded, 

 continuous within. — Species about 70, mostly inhabiting the Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



Pod short, turgid 1. T. occulta. 



Pod long, turgid, usually curved. 



Pod with a long beak . • • • 2. T. FcBnum'groBGwm. 

 Pod not beaked — 



Seeds 10-20 3. T. yolycerata. 



Seeds 4-6 . • . • , 4. T. hamosa. 



Pod narrov, linear, falcately 

 recurved . . . . . • , 5 T. corniculata 



