MEDEOLA— MENISPERMUM. 
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rfEDEO'LA. 6—3 (Asparagi.) 
virgin 'ica, (Indian cucumber, g-y. m. 
leaves in whorls, lance-oval, acuminate ; 
pedicels aggregated, terminal ; root white. 
n-18 i. 
"ViEDICA'GO. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) [Call- 
ed medike, by Dioscorides, on account of its 
supposed medicinal virtues.] 
lupuli'na, (hop medick, y. J. 0.) spikes 
oval; legumes reniform, 1-seeded; stipules 
entire; leaves obovate; stem procumbent. 
intertex"ta, (y. Au.) stem procumbent ; 
leafets obovate, toothed ; stipules ciliate, 
toothed; peduncles somewhat 2-flowered; 
iegume pilose, spiral, oval ; spines straight, 
thick, ri^id, and acute. Sandy fields. Conn, 
to Car. Introduced. 
sati'va, (p. Ju. 2^.) peduncles racemed; 
legume smooth, cochleate ; stipules entire ; 
leaves oblong, toothed. Naturalized. 
tribuloi'des, (hedge hog, @.) peduncles 
2-flowered; legume cochleate, cylindric, 
flat both sides, aculeate, conic 2-ways, re- 
flexed ; stipules toothed ; leaves toothed, 
obovate. Ex. 
scutella'ta, (snail-shell, bee-hive, Ju. @.) 
peduncles about 2-flowered ; legumes un- 
armed, cochleate in an orbicular form, with 
a convex base and a flattop ; stipules tooth- 
ed; leaves obiong, toothed. Ex. 
7iiacula'ta, /p.) stem pi-ostrate ; leafets 
obcordate, tootned, spotted ; stipule* tooth- 
ed ; peduncles 3-5-flowered ; legumes com- 
pactly spiral, furrowed on the margin, and 
fringed with a double row of long-curved 
Hpines ; seeds reniform, yellowish. S. 
denticula'ta, (p.) nearly glabrous ; stem 
prostrate ; leafets obcordate ; stipules lacin- 
iate ; peduncles 2 to 5-flowered ; legumes 
broad, loosely-spiral and flat, with i-3 con- 
volutions, reticulated ; the margin thin, 
keeled, with a double compact row of sub- 
ulate-curved prickles. 1-2 f. S. 
MELAMPY'RUM. 13—2. {Pedicula, es.) [From 
melas, black, and purns, wheat.] 
amenca' num, (cow-wheat, y. Ju. @.) 
Blender ; lower leaves linear, entire ; floral 
ones lanceolate, toothed behind ; flowers 
axillary, distinct. Y ax. latrfo'lium,\\a.s, very 
broad leaves. Woods. S. 
MELAN"THIUM. 6—3. (Junca.) [From meZas, 
black, anthos, flower.] 
mrgin"icum, (g y. black flower.) panicle 
pyramid-form, very large ; petals ovate ; 
leaves long, linear-lanceolate, flat, smooth ; 
flowers become black. 3-4 f. 
hybridf'um. (bunch-flower, w. J. 2^.) pan- 
icles racemose ; petals sub-orbicular, plait- 
ftd with long claws ; glands connate. 2 f. 
glau'cum, (g-w. Ju. root a tunicated 
b'Jlb; leaves glaucous, gramineous, mar- 
gined ; racemes mostly simple, few-flower- 
ed ; segments of the perianth roundish, 
clawed, with two peculiar spots ; seeds 
subulately-winged. 1-3 f. Northern lakes. 
Canada. Mich. 
monoHcum, (Ju. 2^.) panicle with the 
lower flov.'ers sterile ; upper ones fertile, 
racemed ; petals oblong, flat with short 
olaws; styles half the length of the germ. 
I MELANANTIIE'RA. 17—1. {CorymbiferoR ^ 
j [Fi'oni iw-las, black, and anilios, flower ] 
1 has^la'ta, (w. S. 2^.) leaves hastate, 3- 
lobed ; chaft' of the recepta(;le lanceolate, 
acuminate. Var. lubn'fa, leaves deeply- 3- 
lobed. Var. pandura'ta, leaves slightly 3- 
lobed, pauduriform. 4 6 f. S. 
ME'LlA. 1(1— 1. (Melia.) [From rneZt, honey ] 
azcd''arach, (pride of China, T?.) leaves 
doubly pinnate ; leafets smooth, ovate, 
toothed. 30-40 (. S. 
MELI'CA. 3—2 (GraminecE.) 
spccio'sa, (melic grass, J. 11) smooth; 
panicle loose, erect, few-flowered ; branch- 
es simple ; leaves flat, pube.scent beneath ; 
florets obtuse. 3-4 f. Charleston, S. C. 
diffii'sa, (J. 11.) panicle diffuse, very 
branching ; stem erect, pubescent ; flowers 
acute, beardless. 
glu'bra, (large flowered melica, Ap.) stem 
glabrous; leaves nan-ow, scabrous; pani- 
cle erect, loose branches simple, few-flow- 
ered ; flowers with the glumes unbearded. 
2 3 f. S. 
MELTLO'TUS. 16—10. (Leguminoscs.) [From 
meli, honey, and lotus, a plant.] 
ofJlciiia'Us, (yellow melilot-clover, y. J, 
©•) stem erect, branching ; leafets lanceo- 
late, oblong; spikes axillary, paniculate; 
leu'ume 2 seeded, rugose ; flowers in long 
yellow racemes. 2-4 f. 
aV'ba, (white melilol-clover, w. J. 
stem erect ; leafets variable, (oval, ovate, 
obovate, and oblanceolate,) mucronately 
serrulate ; banner longer than the wings • 
racemes axiliarj-, panicled ; the longest 
raceme 6 to 10 times as long as the longest 
leafet at its base; legumes oval. 3-6 f. 
Probably introduced, but now very com- 
mon, and growing wild. 
occidentd'lis, (y.) erect ; leafets linear-ob» 
long or obovate, serrate, truncate at the ex 
tremity ; flowers minute ; teeth of the calyx 
unequal, as long as the tube ; legume 1-2 
seeded, ovate-orbiculate, slightly wrinkled 
California. 
MEL1S"SA. 13— 1. (LahiatcR.) iVtom melissa, 
a bee, because it aflfords lioney.] 
ojficiiia'li.'i, (balm, w. b. Ju. 2^.) flowera 
whorled half-way round, sub-se.ssile ; bracts 
oblong, pedicelled ; leaves ovate, acute, 
; serrate. Naturalized. 
j MKLO'THRIA. (CucurbitacecB.) [From 
melon, fruit, and tkrion, food.] 
jieitda'lu, (small creeping cucumber, y. 
J. @.) leaves sub-reniform, lobed, and an- 
gled, slightly hi.spid : fruit oval, smooth, 
pendulous. A slender vine, running over 
small shrubs and herbs on the banks of 
streams ; stem hairy; leaves petioled ; ten 
drils 5-6 inches high ; flowers axillary; the 
sterile in small racemes, the fertile solitary. 
MEN1S1'ER"MUM. -20—12. [From mena, the 
moon, and sperma, seed ; seed crescent-form.] 
caiiadeii'se, (moon-seed, y. Ju. 2/.) leaves 
peltate, cordate, round-angular; racemes 
compound ; petals 8. 
similaci' num, (y. Ju. 11. ^ racemes gener- 
ally simple ; petals 4-leaves peltate, some 
what glahrou.s, cordate, nearly round, oo 
tusely angled, glaucous beneath. S 
lyo'ui, (Ju. IS-) racemes sitnple : pelalo 
