CORONILLA 



From many points of view Sweet Clover is a weed; 

 it no longer adorns the garden, but lives on the road- 

 side, loiters along the railroad track, and romps over 

 waste places. The bees love its tiny blossoms, heavy 

 with nectar, and never forsake them so long as there 

 is enough daylight left for wanderers to wing their 

 way homeward. The plant once had a place among 

 sweet herbs, because its leaves are fragrant in drying. 

 Sweet Clover in mass is beautiful especially when with 

 leaf and flower it covers waste places. 



Yellow Sweet Clover, Melilotus officinalis resembles 

 its White brother and appears with it. The chief 

 difference is the color of the blossom, 

 though in some quarters officinalis blooms 

 earlier. 



CORONILLA. CLOVER-HEADED VETCH 



Coronilla vdria 

 Coronilla, little crown. 



Perennial. Naturalized from Europe. New 

 England, New York, and New Jersey. June- 

 August. 



Stem. — Straggling, creeping, and climbing. CoronUia vdria 



Leaves. — Alternate, odd-pinnate; leaflets 

 eleven to twenty-five, oblong or obovate, obtuse and 

 muconate at apex. 



Flowers. — Papilionaceous, pink and white, or pale pur- 

 ple, borne in little heads. 



Calyx. — SmaU; teeth nearly equal. 



Corolla. — Standard nearly orbicular; wing obliquely 

 obovate; keel incurved, beaked. 



Stamens.— Disidelphous, nine and one; anthers all 

 alike. Pod jointed. 



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