154 46. LEGUMINOS.E : PAPILIONACE-E. 



3. Medicago lupulina, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 779 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 172 ; Benth. Fl. Rongk. p. 75 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 27 ; 

 Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. 



China : apparently common, and from the most distant parts. 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Very generally diffused in temperate and subtropical Asia and 

 Europe. 



\Medicago sativa, Linn., is cultivated in Northern China, and 

 also occurs in a wild state, though it is probably not indigenous.] 



1. Melilotus alba, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 63 ; Baker in 

 Hooh.f. Fl, Brit. Ind. ii. p. 89; Franchet, PI. David, p. 81. 



Melilotus leucantha, Koch, ex DC. Fl. Franc, v. p. 564 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 187. 



Noeth China : without locality {Korolkow !) ; ChihLi : Peking 

 mountains {David, 468, 514, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. 



Now very widely spread in Europe and A sia ; probably to a 

 large extent through cultivation. 



2. Melilotus caerulea, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 62. 

 Trigonella caerulea, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 81 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. 



p. 68. 



Shensi or Kansuh : Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz 



MSS.~). 



South-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. 



3. Melilotus dentata, Willd, Enum. PI. Rort. Berol. p. 790 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. p. 186 ; Maxim, Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. 

 p. 470. 



Chihli : Peking (ex Maximowicz). 

 Europe, Siberia, and Mongolia. 



4. Melilotus macrorhiza, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. p. 348 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 187 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. i. p. 535 ; Ranee in Journ. Bat. 1879, 

 p. 10. 



Kwangttjno : abundant in places along the West river, and 

 doubtless wild (ex Ranee). 

 Eastern Europe aud Siberia. 



5. Melilotus officinalis, Desr. in Lam. Encycl, iv. p. 63 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 186 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 109. 



Kiangsu {Poll ex Franchet MSS.). 

 Europe and Siberia. 



