PL ex. cal. 63. LEGUMINOS^E. 368. Medlcago. 605 
@. scabra . Legumen cochleate, about 10 on one peduncle, 
slightly compressed, rough, with many tubercles. 
Trifolium cochleatum, quod Medica polycarpos fructu tninore compresso 
scabro Doody, Ran Syn. 333 , 4. 
y. glabra. Legumen bald. 
b. Legumen snail-like, whirls many, downy, rather spinous. 
4-. Medicago minima. Least lucerne . 
Peduncles many-flowered; stipules semi-ovate, undivided; 
leaflets reverse ovate, slightly toothed ; legumens orbicular, 
hirtous ; spines stiff*, hooked, divaricating. 
Trifolium cochleatum q. Medica echinata minima Joh. Bauhini, Raii 
Syn. 333, 2. 
Medica echinata parva recta, Park. 1115. 
Medicago polymorpha minima, Lin'S. P. 1099. 
Medicago minima, Withering Bot.Arr. ed. 3, 660. 
Small hedgehog trefoil. 
Sandy places; annual; June. 
Plant very small, very downy ; leaves not spotted. 
£. maritima. Plant larger, less downy. 
Trifolium cochleatum, quod Medica marina supina nostras, foliis viribut 
ad summos ramulos villosis Plukeneti, Dillen in Raii Syn. 334,5. 
c. Legumen snail-like ; whirls many, bald, spinous . 
5. Medicago muricata. Thorny lucerne . 
Peduncles 3 ' 1 t upon both 
stipules 1-leaved, toothed; leaflets rhomboid, ovate, toothed, 
hairy. 
Trifolium cochleatum modiolis spinosis, Raii Syn. 333, 5. 
Medicago polymorpha muricata, Lin. S. P. 1098. 
Medicago muricata, Withering Hot. Arr . 813. 
Sea-shores; annual; June. 
Leaves not spotted, hairy. 
6 . Medicago maculata. Spotted lucerne . 
Peduncles 2 to 4-flowered ; legumens compressed on both 
sides ; prickles awlshape, long, bent, spreading ; stipules 
dilated, toothed ; leaflets reverse heartshape, toothed, spot- 
ted, smooth. 
Trifolium cochleatum folio cordato maculato, Raii Syn. 3 33, 1. 
Trifolium cordatum, Ger.em . 1191,4. 
Medica Arabica Camerarii, sive Trifolium cordatum, Park. 1115. 
Medicago polymorpha Arabica, Lin. S. P. 
Medicago Arabica, Withering Bot. Arr, 812. 
Medicago maculata, Sihthorp FI. Ox. 
Heart trefoil „ 
sides, whirls 
radiating ; 
