This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...in greenhouses. From the Canary Islands. XI. MEDICAGO, Tourn. Annual or perennial herbs; leaves petioled, of 3 toothed leaflets. Flowers in terminal and axillary spikes or racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth short and slender. Standard oblong, much longer than the wings or keel. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Ovary sessile. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...in greenhouses. From the Canary Islands. XI. MEDICAGO, Tourn. Annual or perennial herbs; leaves petioled, of 3 toothed leaflets. Flowers in terminal and axillary spikes or racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth short and slender. Standard oblong, much longer than the wings or keel. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Ovary sessile. Pod 1-several-seeded, coiled, not splitting open, often spiny. 1. M. sativa, L. Alfalfa. Perennial; stems erect, branching, downy when young, becoming smooth with age, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves short-petioled; leaflets obovate, sharply dentate towards the apex, obtuse or sometimes notched or mucronate; stipules lanceolate, entire. Flowers blue, small, in rather close spikes;.pods downy, coiled, few-seeded. Introduced from Europe, and cultivated for hay and pasture. 2. M. lupulina, L. Black Medick, Nonesuch. An annual or biennial, much branched, reclining herb, with stems from 6-20 in. long. Leaves very short-petioled; leaflets obovate, acute, 4- in. long, toothed near the tip. Flowers small, yellow, in short spikes. Pods very small, 1-seeded, kidney-shaped, black. Roadsides and waste ground, introduced from Europe. XH. MELILOTUS, Tourn. Annual or biennial herbs. Leaves petioled, of 3 leaflets. Flowers small, white or yellow, in dense axillary and terminal racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth nearly equal. Standard erect, wings and keel cohering. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Pod longer than the calyx, 1--4-seeded. 1. M. alba, Lam. Melilotus. Biennial; stem erect, branching, smooth or the young branches slightly downy. Leaflets oblong or oblanceolate, rounded or truncate at the apex, serrate; stipules small. Racemes long, slender, erect. Flowers white. Standard longer than the wings and keel. Pod ovoid, wrinkled, drooping, mostly 1-seeded, scarcely ...
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