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2. M. sylves 'tris (T lies) ; st. ratlier quadrangular pithy ascend- 
ing, racemes many-flowered, pod forming one complete flat ring^, 
•pedicels shorter tliau the cal. longer than the bract, Its.'obovate- 
oblong dentate above emarginate niucronate. — Fl. large, yellow 
or blackish gi'een with darker streaks. — Sandy and gravelly 
places in Norfolk and Suffolk. P. VI. VII. fi. 
3. M. falcdta (L.) ; st. iisually terete nearly solid prostrate, 
racernes many-flowered, pod straightlij sickle-shaped twisted not 
famung a ring, pedicels shorter tliau the cal. longer than the 
biact, Its. obovate-oblong dentate emarginate niucronate. — U. B. 
1016.— Fl. large, yellow.— Saudy and gi-avelly places in Norfolk 
and Suflblk. P. VI. VII. Yellow Medick. E. 
. A. M. lupidina (L.) ; spikes mahy-flowered dense oval, pods 
compressed kidney-shaped icith a spiral 2)oint with longitudinal 
branched prominent veins, stip. obliquely ovate slightly toothed, 
leaflets roundish-obovate denticulate emarginate mucronate. — 
£. B. 971. — St. procumbent or ascending, spreading widely. 
Pods scarcely spiral, glabrous or slightly hairy. Fl. small, 
yellow.— Waste ground. A. or B. V.— VIII. Black Medick. 
E. S. I. 
** Pods edged with spines. 
■ h. M. maculdta (Sibth.) ; peduncles 1 — i-Jloioered, pods com- 
pactly spiral compressed of 2 or 3 turns veined 7vith 4 ridges on 
the edge and a central fur roto, spines in 2 rows divergent subu- 
late curved, leaflets triangular-obcordate, stip. toothed. — E. B. 
1616. — Lts. with a pui-ple spot in the centre. Edge of pods 
broad ; spines rising from the margin and the ridge next to it 
on each side, compressed and fun-owed on both sides, variable 
in length.— On a gTaveUy soil. A. V.— VIII. E. S. I. 
6. M. miu'ima (La,m.); peduncles 1—6-flowered, com- 
actly spiral of 4 turns smooth with a thin edge, spines in 2 rows 
ivergent subulate hooked, leaflets obovate,' stip. nearly entire. 
—R 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 cen- 
tral furrow but the central ridoe common to the 2 rows of spines. 
Sides of the pods smooth. Spines varjdng considerably in length 
and the whole plant in hairiness.— In sandy fields in the South- 
east, rare. A. V. j; 
[M. denticuluta seems to have been Ray's Oiford plant. There 
is a specimen in Buddie's Herb. (vi. 42) as the true plant of 
Bay. The station was " close to the Key," not the sea as usually 
quoted.] 
7. M. denticuldfa (Willd.) ; peduncles 1— 5-flowered, pods 
rather loosely spiral consisting of 2 or 8 turns deeply netted with 
a thin edge, spines in 2 rows divergent subulate hooked, leaflets 
