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leaflets obcordate, stip. herniated. — E. B. S. 2634. — Edge of the 
pods as in M. minima. Spines about equalling the diameter of 
the pod, whole plant glabrous. — /}. apiculata ; spines very short 
without hooks', often scarcely longer than their own breadth so 
as to appear little more than tubercles. M. apiculata (Willd.), 
Koch, DC. — On sandy ground near the sea. A. V. — VIII. — E.I. 
7. Melilotus Lam. 
1. M. officinalis (Lam.) ; racemes lax, cor. twice as long as 
the calyx, wings keel and standard equal, pods ovate acute com- 
pressed transversely wrinkled hairy, leaflets serrate truncate nar- 
rowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. — E. B. 1340. — St. erect, 
2 — 3 feet high. Fl. in lateral racemes, yellow. — Waste places. 
B. ? VI.— VIII. Melilot. 
2. M. vulgaris (Willd.) ; racemes lax, cor. twice as long as 
the calyx, wings and heel equal but shorter than the standard, pods 
ovate obtuse mucronate reticulate-rugose glabrous, leaflets obo- 
vate the upper ones oblong serrate obtuse, stip. awlshaped en- 
tire.—^, leucantha Koch in DC, E. B. S. 2689. M. vulgaris 
Koch Syn. — St. erect. Fl. white. — Sandy and gravelly places 
near the sea, rare. B. VII. VIII. 
8. Trifolium Linn. 
* Fl. sessile, cal. with an elevated thickened often hairy line or 
ring of hairs in its throat, not inflated. 
1. T. pratense (L.) ; heads ovate dense sessile, cal. 10-nerved 
hairy not half so long as the corolla : teeth setaceous ciliated, 
stip. ovate abruptly bristle-pointed, leaflets oval emarginate 
tipper ones entire apiculate. — E. B. 1770. St. 15. 11. — In the 
cultivated plant the leaflets are usually all quite entire. Teeth 
of the cal. 5, 4 nearly equal in length to the tube, the lower one 
twice as long, the mouth with an internal thickened hairy ring 
within. Heads of fl. sometimes slightly stalked. Fl. purplish, 
sometimes white. St. erect. — /3. parviflorum ; heads more or 
less stalked, calyx-teeth as long or longer than the corolla. — 
Mountainous pastures, fields. /3. in dry places. P. V. — IX. 
Purple Clover. 
2. T. medium (L.) ; heads subglobose lax stalked, calyx 
10-nerved glabrous not half as long as the corolla : teeth seta- 
ceous hairy, stip. linear -lanceolate acuminate, leaflets elliptical 
or lanceolate apiculate. — E. B. 190. St. 15. 13. — Four of the 
calyx-teeth equal in length to, or rather longer than the tube, 
the fifth one-third longer, mouth with a thickened hairy ring 
within. Heads of fl. large. Fl. purplish. St. ascending, zig- 
zag. — Dry elevated pastures. P. VI. — IX. 
3. T. ochroleucum (L.) ; heads subglobose dense stalked soli- 
