MEDICAGO L im a i Gen. PI. D ia d e l ph ia D e c a n d b ia .
Legumen compreffum, cochleatum. Urina corollæ a vexillo dtffcaens.
RaiiSyn. Gen. H e r b * f lo r e b a p il io n a c eo beu leg um ino s* .
MEDICAGO /«^«/mafpicisovalibus, leguminibusremformibusmonofpermis,cau]ibusprocumbentibus.
Lm. Syfi. Végétai, p. 577. Flor. Swecic. n. 6y8.
MEDICA caole diffufo, capital« hemifphaericis, fdiquis reniformibus. Haller hiß. No. 380, v. 1.
MEDICA lupulina. Scopoli FI. Carniol. No. 940.
TRIFOLIUM pratenfe luteum, capitulo breviore. Bauhin Pin. 328.
TRIFOLIUM luteum lupulinum. Gerard, emac. i t 86. R aii Syn. 33t. Meliot Trefoil.
TRIFOLIUM montanum Iupulinum. Parkinfon, 1105.
Hudfon Ft. Angl. ed. 1. p. 282. ed 2. p . 330.
Lightfoot. FI. Scot.
RADIX biennis, fuliformis, paucis fibrillis inflruSa,
profunde penetrans.
KAULES procumbentes, numerofi, pedales, fuban-
gulofi, hirfutuli, ramofi.
KOLIA terna, obeordata, aut obovata, obtufiufculè 1
dentata, mucrone brevi lata terminata, mol- \
lia, pubefeentia, averfâ præcipue parte. \
j STIPULÆ duæ, ovato-lanceolatæ, acuminatæ, den- '
' ticulatæ. t:
BPICULÆ primum fubrotundæ, poftea ovales, apici- <
bus fubincurvatis, bafi ad unum latus nudis. a
BALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, fubpilofum, ’
quinquedentatum, dentibus inæqualibus, tri- !
• bus inferioribus Iongioribus, duobus fuperio- *
ribus brevioribus, remotis.
jpOROLLA lutea, parva, Calyce longior; Vexillum i
reflexum, emarginatum, inferne patens ; *•
Alæ et Carinæ minimæ, fubæquales.
fjSTAMINA: Fil amenta connexa : A ntheræ lu- !
teæ. ,
BSTILLUM: Germen fubovatum comprelfum: '
Stylus longitudine Staminum, cramim, fur- «
fum curvatum : Stigma capitatum. <
ÄRICARPIUM: L egumen reniforme, comprelfum, i
rugofum, nigrum, fpiraliter cochleatum, fub- j
! villofum, fig . î.
JMEN unicum, ovatum, læve, flavefeens, fig. 2. j
I ROOT biennial, tapering, furnilhed with few fibres
1 s t a t irean“ Pene‘ rat>ng deep into the earth.
J MALKhi procumbent, numerous, about a foot long
fomewhat angular, flightly hairy, and bran-
; LEAVES growing three together, inverfely. heart or
egg'tnaped, fomewhat bluntly indented terminated
by a broad Ihort point, foft, pube'-
I QTTPiir Parllcular!)' °n the under fide.
> oIIPULAL two ovato-Janceolate, acuminated, notch-
* ed with little teeth.
! SWCULdE, .firft roundifli, afterwards oval, the tips
l fomewhatincurvated, and naked at bottom
f on one .fide,
; CA L YX : a P e r i a n t h iu m o f one le af, fomewhat
h a iry h a v in g fiv e teeth, wh ich are u n e q u a l;
the three low e rm o ft lo n g e f t ; the tw o upDer
COROT COROLTL°AAe Sy ellow, final], rtliomnogtee rf rtohman e atchhe oCthaelyr.x •
S t and a r d turning back, with a flight notch'
, jpreading b e low : W ings and K eel very
. ImalJ, and bending below. 1
I STAMINA conneaed by the F il a m e n t s : A n t h e - R^e yellow,
PISTILLUM: G ermen fomewhat oval and flat •
S t y l e the length of the Stamina, thick and
“ “ dmg upwards: S t igm a forming a’little
! SEED-VESSEL J a kidney-limped L egumen, flat
wrinkled, of a black colour, fpirally twilled’
; and flightly villous, fig. 1. 1
: SEED Angle, oval, fmooth, and of a yellowilh dolour
Jig- 2. . 1 *
Ml ■ ■ Waller and more clofely compared than thofe of the Trifolium no-r ^ soother.
■ ties I L ! k ha?.’rt? f f t f p § i been much cultivated in different parts of the kimrdom • ;n R ft
I s life namênTrrècy5,“ Ied by d' ? re"f n,a.raes.> as ° f T refo il Black Seed, and Non-fucà à'Smnt
jg f i Bop MedJcih mf CUlr e’ bma-yr'?f rhaPA bf introducecl at fome^future period. f ^ranum- wh,ch
I I ® M Zaillfjn WnÊ f ’ arnA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H I and though it does not produce fo larye a
1 1 natural M E ' ! ™ 18 ruPPo|ad 'o afford a fweeter one, and a food particularly »darned n <fi S
W Juîyd\ ^ e d i f e d Auguft.henCe | “ *