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obcordate, dip. laciniate. — E. B. S. 2634. — Edge of the pods as 
in M. minhna. Spines about equalling the diameter of tne pod. 
Glabrous. — j3. M. apicttlata (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. L 
6. Meltlo'tus Lam. Melilot. 
1. M. officinalis ( WUld.) ; wings keel and standard equal, pods 
ovate aade compressed transversely wrinkled hairy, leaflets 
serrate truncate narrowly ovate, stip. setaceous entire. — E. B. 
1-340. M. macrorrhiza Pers., Koch. — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet high. 
Fl. in lateral racemes, yeUow. — "Waste places. B. ? \^. — XYH.. 
Common Melilot. E. S. I. 
J 2. M. arven'sis fSVilld.) ; icinffs and standard equal longer 
than the keel, pods ovate blimt mucronate rounded and slightly 
keeled on the hack ti-ansv.ersely plicate glabrous, Its. obcordate 
or oblong serrate uppermost lanceolate, stip. awlshaped entire. 
—E. B. S. 2960. M. officinalis AocA.— St. erect. Fl. yellowish, 
in long racemes. Pods brown. — Waste places. Cambridge ; 
Thetford; &c. B. VI. Vn. E, 1. 
t3. M. vulgaris (Willd.) ; wings and keel equal hut shorter than 
the standard, pods ovate blunt mucronate netted glabrous, leaflets 
obovate the upper ones oblong serrate blunt, stip. awlshaped 
entire.— M leucantha Koch, E. B. S. 2689. M. alba Koch.— St. 
erect. Fl. white. — Sandy and ffravelly places near the sea, rare. 
B. vn.vm. ■ ^ E.S.I. 
7. Trifo'littm: Linn. Clover. 
* Fl. sessile ; cal. with an elevated thickened often hairy Urn or 
ring of hairs in its throat, not injlated. 
1. T. praten 'se (L.) ; heads ovate dense sessile, cal. 10-veined 
hair}- not half so long as the corolla, teeth setaceous ciliate, free 
part of stip. blunt ovate abruptly bristle-pointed, leaflets oval 
emarginate upper ones entire apiculate. — E. B. 1770. a^. 15. 11. 
— In the cultivated plant the leaflets are usually all quite entire. 
Veins of stip. much branched find anastomosing. Upper part 
of cal. usually hairy ; teeth o, 4 nearlj- equal in length to the 
tube, the lower one twice as long. Heads of fl. sometimes 
sliglitly stalked. Fl. purolish, sometimes white. St. erect. — 
ff. jyarnfontm ; heads stalked, calj-x-teeth as long or longer tlian 
the corolla. — Mountainous pastures, fields. 0. in drj- places. 
P. v.— IX. Purple Clover. E. S. I. 
2. T. medium (L.) ; heads subgloboso lax stalked, calyx 
10-veined glabrous not half as long as the corolla, teeth seta- 
ceous hairy, free part of stip. lanceolcUe acuminate, leaflets elliptic 
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