MELIL0TT7S. 
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Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, r. Waste open ground near tbe sea; 
Praia Formosa to the W. of Funcbal ; Brazen Head (Sr. Moniz, 
Mr. J. Y. Johnson). — A somewhat larger stouter more leafy pi. 
than M. parvijiora with larger short broad rounded lfts., much 
larger longer- stalked fl. in rather loose rac., and more strongly 
closely and regularly transversely ribbed or wrinkled pods. St. 
branched erect 1-2 ft. high. Stip. small lanceolate narrowly 
and finely acuminate entire. Lfts. rounded or very broadly 
wedge-shaped 5-10 lines long and nearly or quite as byoad ; the 
lower entire, the upper sharply and finely toothed. Fl. bright 
y., becoming deeper golden-y. in drying, in lax mostly short 
not mucronate rac. Cal. slightly 2-lipped, the two upper teeth 
approximate. Keel as long as standard, wings shorter. Pods 
fy line in diam., i.e. larger than in Madeiran but not larger 
than in French spec. (Castigneaux, 22nd May 1848, E. Bourgeau, 
no. 120) in BH. of M. parvijiora Desf., ovate subglobose and 
turgid, distinctly mucronulate or beaked, with a keeled edge or 
border, much more strongly regularly and closely arcuato-costate 
than in M. parvijiora , but still less approaching M. sulcata , the 
ribs or wrinkles being wavy or flexuose and subanastomosing, 
yet again scarcely corrugate or rugoso-scrobiculate, and not 
imbricate. Seeds evenly globose, pale reddish-chestnut or 
rufescent, closely and minutely granulate ; radicle not pro- 
minent. 
I had long ago (Febr. March 1828) observed this pi., but 
without separating it from M. parvijiora Desf. ; and my atten- 
tion was more particularly drawn to it in 1838 by Dr. Lippold. 
More recently it has been again observed by Sr. Moniz and 
Mr. Johnson. 
In drying, the fl. of this Melilot become deeper- instead of 
paler-col., and the 1. turn almost uniformly to a peculiar dark 
reddish-brown ; and by this latter mark an old imperfect spec, 
from Madeira in the BH., ticketed by Solander “ Trifolium 
Melilotus italica, Linn. Sp. PI. 1078, Madera,” was at once 
recognizable. It is quite distinct however from M. italica Lam. 
3. M. sulcata Desf. 
St. erect or diffuse and ascending ; lfts. lanceolate- oblong, the 
lower obovate, the upper linear-oblong, all sharply serrate ; stip. 
linear-acuminate toothed or laciniate at the base ; fl. middle-sized 
distinctly stalked in loose distinctly mucronate or atoned finally 
elongated rac. ; pedic. not quite the length and cor. nearly 
twice the length of cal. ; sep. equal ; wings shorter, keel equal 
to or longer than the standard ; pods 1-seeded smooth orbicidar 
compressed very obtuse elegantly and regularly many-ribbed or 
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