170 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
MEDICAGO. 
M. acrestis Ten. (M. aculeata Willd. of Dame & Collins, FI. 
Middlesex Co. 26, 1888). Woollen mills at Graniteville, Westford 
(C. W. Swan, Aug. 20, 1885). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical 
Club. Native of southern Europe and Syria. 
M. arasica (L.) Huds. Woollen mill refuse and waste places, rare; 
Georgetown, Newbury, Lawrence, Dracut, Lowell, Chelmsford, 
Somerville, Roxbury. 
M. ratcata L. Wool refuse and waste places, rare; Middleton, 
Lowell, Westford, Boston. s 
M. nispipa Gaertn. Woolen mill yards and dumps, rare. 
M. HIsprpa Gaertn., var. APICULATA Urban. (M. lappacea Lam. 
of Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 25, 1888). Parker River mills, 
Georgetown (Mrs. C. N. S. Horner, no date); Charlestown (C. E. 
Perkins, July 22, 1879); Boston (C. E. Perkins, —, 1882). 
[M. InrERTEXTA Willd. from wool-waste Westford (C. W. Swan) 
reported in Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 26, 1888, is represented 
in herb. N. E. Botanical Club and Yale, but specimens are too young 
for satisfactory determination. ] 
M. LACINIATA All. Dracut or Lowell (C. W. Swan, Aug. 6, 1884); 
S. Boston flats (C. E. Perkins, —, 1878 and Sept. 29, 1881). Native 
of Mediterranean region. 
M. turuna L. Fields and waste places, common. 
M. minma L. Woollen mills at Graniteville, Westford (C. W. 
Swan, Sept. 15, 1884); dump, Lowell (C. W. Swan, Aug. 6, 1884); 
sown by wool, N. Chelmsford (W. P. Alcott, —, 1878). One specimen 
of the last seems to be var. longiseta DC. Native of Europe. 
M. Praecox DC. Wool-waste at Graniteville, Westford (C. W. 
Swan, Aug. 20, 1885). Specimens in herb. N. E. Botanical Club and 
Yale: 
M. sativa L. Fields and waste places, frequent. 
MELILOTUS. 
M. arsa Desr. Waste places, common. 
M. mica (L.) All. (M. parviflora Desf.) Waste places, rare; 
Dracut or Lowell, Westford, Cambridge, Charlestown, Boston. 
Native of the Mediterranean region and southern Asia. 
M. OFFICINALIS (L.) Lam. Waste places, frequent. 
