4go 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
lupulina. 
Intertexta. 
592 . MEDICAGO. Gen. pi. 1214, 
1. M. spicis ovalibus, leguminibus reniformibus monosper 
mis stipulis integerrimis, foliolis obovatis, caulibus pro 
cumbentibus. — WiUd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1406. 
Icon. Schkuhr handh. t.2l2. 
In gravelly soil, on roadsides: Canada to CaroliriaT Q* 
June — Sept. v. v. Flowers small, yellow. 
2. M. pedunculis siibbifloris, leguminibus cochleatis ovali- 
bus, aculeis pubescentibus setaceis distichis adpressis, 
stipulis ciliato-dentatis, foliolis obovatis dentatis. 
Willd. sp. pLS.p.lAll. 
M. polymorpha intertexta. Sp, pl. IO 98 . 
_Icon. Schkuhr handb. 212. h. 
In sandy fields : Carolina. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 
yellow. 
Note. — -In addition to the observations under Psoralea 
esculenta, p. 475. it may be interesting to state, that 
A. B. Lambert, Esq. raised in the summer of 1812 a 
number of plants, the seeds of which were taken out 
of a specimen collected in the year 1805 by M. Lewis, 
Esq. Also, that this highly interesting plant is now 
growing at Messrs. Frasers, Sloane Square. 
