( aij ) 
Medica. The flower is papilionaceous : The fruit 
turbinated, refembling a fnaii’s Ihell, or ram’a 
horn. The fpecies are : 
1. Medica fylvejiris^ R. 333. frutefcens flavo flo* 
Ye Clufii^ P. 1114. "Trifolium luteum Jiliqua cornuta^ 
G. E. 1191. ^rifolium luteum fylveftre^ Jiliqua cor- 
nuta^ vel Medica frutefcens^ 330* Yellow Me- 
dick, with fiat wreathed cods. In corn, but fel- 
dom •, near Bournbridge : Mr Martin, 
2. ^rifolium cochleatum folio cordato maculato^ R. 
333, C. 329. cordatum^ G. 1021. Medica Arabica 
Camerarii^ five "Trifolium cor datum,, P. 1 1 1 5. Heart 
Trefoil, or Claver. In dry and fandy paftures, e- 
fpecially near the fea. The ftalks are a cubit, or 
two cubits long, fmooth, fpread on the ground, and 
have fmooth leaves, broad at the extremities, fer- 
rated, fhap’d lilee a heart, and marked with black- 
ilh red fpots : The fiowers are fmall, yellow, and 
Hand two or three together : The pods refemble a 
fnail’s Ihell, are a little fiat, and fet with fpines 
along the edges. 
3. Medica echinata minima,, R. 333. echinata 
parva redia,, P. 1115. "Trifolium echinatum arven- 
fe fru 5 iu minore,, C. 330. The fmallefl: Hedgehog 
Trefoil. In fandy places, but feldom. It is found 
in an old gravel-pit, in the corn-field, near Wilbor- 
ham Church, in Cambridgejhire : Mr Martin, The 
ftalks are about a foot long : The leaves are fmall,- 
and haiiy : The fiowers are fmall, yellow, grow in 
clufters, and are fucceeded by fmall pods, common- 
ly three or four join’d together. 
4. 1 ‘rifoUum cochleatum modiolis fpinofis,, R. 333, 
Hedgehog Trefoil, with a fmall fruit, like the leg- 
ment of a cone, or nave of a cart-wheel. At Or- 
fordy in Suffolk \ on the fea bank, clofe by the fea, 
plentifully. 
5. Medica polycarpos frudfu minore compreffo fca- 
hroy R. 333. frifolium cochleatum poly car pon five 
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