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25. LEtiUMINOS^. 
6. M. min'ima (Bartal.) ; peduncles 1 — 6-flowered, pods of 4 
turns smooth with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows divergent 
subulate hooked, leaflets obovate, stip. nearly entire. — E. 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 considerably in 
length and the whole plant in hairiness. — In sandy fields in 
the South-east, rare. A. V. E. 
7. M. his'pida (Gaertn. sec. Urb.) ; peduncles 1 — 5-flowered, 
pods of 2 or 3 turns deejdy netted with a thin edge, spines in 
2 rows divergent subulate hooked, leaflets obcordate, stip. 
laciniaie [seeds narrowly reniform]. — M. denticuldta (Willd.). — 
E. B. S. 2634. — Edge of the pods as in M. minima. Spines 
about equalling the diameter of the pod. Glabrous. — M. 
apicidata (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. 
[Jlf. lappncm (Desr. in Lam.); ped. 1 — 4-Howered, pods of 3—5 turns with a 
thin edge, spines hooked in 2 rows spreading horizontally, stip. laciniate, seeds 
reniform. — R. vol. 22. t. 70. — Heads more than double as large as in Sp. 7, spines 
stronger, pod* less strongly veined, seeds much broader. — Waste and cultivated 
ground, introduced. A. V.— VIII.) E. S. 
7. Melilo'tus Lam. em., Koch. Melilot. 
1. M. altis'si'//ia (Thuill. diag. em.) ; wings keel and standard 
e(jiial,2wds ovoid acute compressed transversely wrinkled hairy, 
leaflets serrate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. 
— E. B. 1340. — M. officinalis (Lam. em. Hayne). — St. erect, 2 — 
3 feet high. Fl. in lateral racemes, yellow. — Waste places. 
B. 1 VI.— VIII. Common Melilot. E. S. I. 
2. M. officinalis (Lam. em. Thuill.) ; n<ings and standard, 
equal longer than the keel, pods ovoid blunt mucronate rounded 
and slightly keeled on the hack transversely plicate glabrous. 
Its. obcordate or oblong serrate uppermost lanceolate, stip. 
awlshaped entire. — E. B. S. 2960. ^^. arven'sis (Wallr.). — St. 
erect. Fl. yellowish, in long racemes. Pods brown. — Waste 
places. Cambridge, Thetford, &c. B. VI.— VIIL E.I. 
t3. M. al'ha (l)esr. in Lam.) ; wings and keel equal hut 
shorter titan the standard, pods ovate hlunt mucronate netted 
glahrous, leaflets obovate tlie upper ones oblong serrate blunt, 
stip. awlshaped entire. — M. leurantha (Koch), £. B. *S'. 2689. — 
St. erect. Fl. white. — Sandy and gravelly places near the sea, 
rare. B. VII. VIII. E. S. 1. 
