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3. Melilotus (Tourn,) Hill, Sweet Clover, 
Sweet scented annual or perennial herbs with alternate trifoliolate 
leaves, Flowers in very slender axillary racemes, Calyx-lobes subequal 
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tamens 10, the uppermost free, the remainder united, 
Pod short and thick, 
subglobose. ; 
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O Flowers white :% Me alba 
0 Flowers yellow gz. Me officinalis- 
1. Me.alba Desv. Stems 1-3 m, tall; leaflets 1,5=2.5 cm, long, truncate 
at the apex; racemes 3-12 cm, long; corolla white, about 5 mm, long, 
fragrant; pods 3-4 mm, long, wrinkled, 
Along roadsides and waste places; naturalized from Lurope or escaped | 
from cultivation. 
2, ll. officinalis (Le) Lame Stems 1-3 m, tall; leaflets 1-2 cm. long, 
obovate to oblong, rounded or truncate at the apex; corolla yellow, : 
about 5 mm, long; pods 3-4 mm, long, wrinkled, itis, 
4: Pp 
Naturalized from iurope; same habitats as Mi, alba, an Serene a 
plessomitty 
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