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6. Medica'go Linn. 
* Poch without spines. 
(Sp. 1, 2, and 3 are said to be sometimes monadelplious.) 
*]. M. satlm (L.) ; st. erect, racemes many-llowered, j-wcis 
compressed looxeli/ gjrh-a/ tcit/i 2 or 3 fiirnx downy with 
adjjvt'ssed /lairs, pedicels shorter than the calyx or bract, 
leaflets obovate-oblong dentate above emarginate mucronate. 
— E. B. 1749. — St. angular when yonng. Pods twisted into 
a loose open spiral. Fl. large, yellow or violet. — Hedgebanks 
and borders of tields, scarcely naturalized. P. VI. VII. 
Luverne. E. S. 
2. .1/. si//i'cs'tris (Fries) ; st. rather ((uadrangular pithy as- 
cending, racemes many-ilowered, /'ods formituj one complete 
flat rinrf, pedicels shorter than the cal. longer than the bract. 
Its. obovate-oblong dentate above emarginate mucronate. — 
E. B. S. 2980. — Fl. large, yellow or blackish green with 
darker streaks. — Sandy and gravelly places in Norfolk and 
Suffolk. P. VI. VII. E. [il.] 
3. M. falcdfa (L.) : st. usually terete nearly solid prostrate, 
racemes many-fiowered pods stratghtli/ xidde-shajf^d tv'isted 
not forming a riii>j, pedicels shorter than the cal. longer than 
the bract. Its. obovate-oblong dentate emarginate mucronate. 
— E. B. 1010. — Fl. large, yellow. — Sandy and gravelly places 
in Norfolk and Suffolk. P. VI. VII. Yellow Medick. E. 
4. .1/. hipidlna, (L.) ; sjnJves many-flowered dense ovoid, pods 
compressed kiduei/shajied with a sinral point with longitudinal 
branched prominent veins, stip. obliquely ovate slightly toothed, 
leaflets roundish-ovate denticulate emarginate mucronate. — 
E. J>. 971. — St. procumbent or ascending, spreading widely. 
Pods 1-seeded, glabrous or slightly hairy. Fl. small, yellow. 
— [Var. WilUUnowiaiia (Kocti); pods with yellowisli sj^readiiig glandular hairs.] 
Waste ground. A. or B. V.~VIII. Black Medick. E. S. I. 
*"' Pods edged ivith spines, com/Mctli/ sjiiral. 
5. M. arab'ica (All.) ; peduncles l—i-flowered, j)ods com- 
pressed of 2 — 6 turns veined witli 4 ridges and a central furron' 
on tlie edge, spines in 2 rows divergent subulate curved, leaflets 
triaugular-obcordate, stip. toothed. — E. B. 1616. J/, ruaadata 
(Sibth.) — Lts. with a purple spot in the centre. Edge of pods 
broad ; spines springing from the margin and the ridge next 
to it on each side, compressed and fui-rowed on both sides 
variable in length. — On a gravelly soil. A. V. — VIII. E. S. I. 
