MEL1I.OTUS. TKIFOLIUM. 
siderably in length and the whole j)lant in hairiness. — In sandy 
fields, rare. A. V. E. 
[I have omitted ill. muricata, being eonvinced from j)ersonal oh- 
servatioii that no such plant note exists “on the sea-bank atOrford.”] 
(). M. (lenticulata (Wilhl.) ; jteduneles 1- — 5-tlowcred, podi 
rather loosely sjiiral consisting of 2 or 3 turns deeply reticulated 
with a thin edge, sj)ines in 2 rows divergent subulate hooked, 
leaflets oheordate, stip. laciniated. — E. B. S. 2634. — Edge of the 
pods as in M. minima. Spines about equalling the diameter of 
the 1)0(1. Whole plant glabrous. — /3. apiculata ; spines very short 
without hooks, often scarcely longer than their owu breadth so 
as to appear little more than tubercles, ped. 3 — 10-flowered. M. 
apiculata (Wilhl.), Koch, DC. — On sandy ground near the sea. 
A. V.— VIII. E. I. 
6. Melilotus Lam . 
1. M. officinalis (Wilhl.); 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. M. macrorhiza 
Pers., Koch. — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet high. FI. in lateral racemes, 
yellow. — Waste places. B. ? VI. — VIII. Melilot. 
2. M. vulgaris (Wilhl.) ; racemes lax, cor. twice as long as 
the calyx, wings and keel equal but shorter than the standard, 
pods ovate obtuse nuieronate reticulate-rugose glabrous, leaflets 
ohovate the upper ones oblong serrate obtuse, stij). awlshaped 
entire. — M. leucantha Koch in DC., E. B. S. 2689. M. alba 
Koch “not Lam.” (Coss. et Germ.) — St. erect. FI. white. — 
Sandy and gravelly places near the sea, rare. B. VII. VIII. 
7. Tri FOLIUM Linn . 
* FI. sessile, cal. with an elevated thickened often hairy line or 
ring of hairs hi 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, 
.slip, ovate abruptly bristle-pointed, leaflets oval emarginate upper 
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 a thickened hairy ring within. Heads of 
fl. sometimes slightly stalked. FI. j)urplish, sometimes white. 
St. erect. — /3. parviflorum ; heads 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 
1 0-nerved glabrous not half as long as the corolla ; teeth seta- 
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