. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 4- Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. Spotted Medic. Fig. 2471. M. polyiiiorpha arabica L. Sp. PL 780. 1753. Medicago arabica Huds. FI. Angl. 288. 1762. Medicago iiiaculata Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 232. 1794. Annual, usually pubescent, with spreading hairs, closely resembling the preceding species, but gener- ally stouter. Leaflets often nearly i' long, and with a conspicuous dark s
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 4- Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. Spotted Medic. Fig. 2471. M. polyiiiorpha arabica L. Sp. PL 780. 1753. Medicago arabica Huds. FI. Angl. 288. 1762. Medicago iiiaculata Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 232. 1794. Annual, usually pubescent, with spreading hairs, closely resembling the preceding species, but gener- ally stouter. Leaflets often nearly i' long, and with a conspicuous dark spot or spots near the centre; pod nearly globose, of 3 or 4 compactly wound coils, reticulate-veined on the sides, the edge thicker and furrowed between the marginal rows of curved prickles. In waste places and ballast. New Brunswick to Pennsylvania and Georgia. Also on the Pacific Coast. Fugitive or adventive from Europe. Summer. Bur-, heart-, California or spotted-clover. Heart-trefoil. Heart- leaf. Purple grass. II. MELILOTUS [Tourn.] :\Iill. Card. Diet. Abr. Ed. 4. 1754. Annual or biennial herI)S, with 3-foliolate petioled leaves, dentate leaflets, their veins commonly ending in the teeth, and small white or yellow flowers in slender racemes. Calyx- teeth short, nearly equal; standard obovate or oblong; wings oblong; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; anthers all alike. Ovary sessile or stipitate, few-ovuled; style filiform. Pod ovoid or globose, straight, indehiscent or finally 2-valved. Seeds solitary or few. [Greek, Honey-lotus.] Africa and Asia. Type spec Trifoli. Flowtrs white ; standard a little longer than the wings. Flowers yellow ; standard about equalling the wings. c^iMcrx <Ki. Oftsr. in I ndek Kewc r^s I. Melilotus alba Desv. White Melilot. White Sweet-clover. Honey. Fig. 2472. Melilotus alba Desv. in Lam. Rncyc M. vulgaris Willd. Enun Ho Bero!. 790. Erect or ascending, 3''-io° high, branching, glabrous, or the young twigs and leaves finely pubescent. Leaves
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