Melilotus LEGUMINOSAE Amorpha 



Melilotus Hill. Melilot. 



•i' M. officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow Melilot. 



Common on roadsides and waste ground of the Piedmont; one 

 collection on the Coastal Plain: 4 mi. w. n. w. of Easton (Ta), 

 Earle, 3383, 5 July 1941 (P). Fl. all summer. Nat. from Europe. 



M. indica (L.) All. 



Waste ground at Wilmington, Commons & Tatnall, 18 June 

 1897 (A, D). Adv. from Eurasia. 



• \ M. alba Desr. White Melilot. 



Common in the Piedmont area of New Castle County; less 

 frequent on the Coastal Plain, southward at least to Talbot and 

 Sussex Counties. Fl. all summer. Nat. from Europe. 



Medicago L. Medick. 



M. sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Frequently escaping from cultivation, and becoming established 

 on roadsides. Introd. from Europe. 



M. falcata L. 



Occasional in streets of Wilmington, where collected by Commons 

 in 1897 and 1898 (A) ; not seen since. Adv. from Europe. 



T" <tn\^. lupulina L. Black Medick. j v,^ v f 



Frequent in grassy places in northern New Castle County; 

 collected also in Cecil County, and in Talbot County (Earle). 

 Adv. from Europe. S'^ , 



Lotus L. 

 L. comiculatus L. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



One collection: Cherry Island Marsh, Wilmington, E. Tatnall 

 in 1886 (D). Adv. from Europe. 



Psoralea L. 

 P. corylifolia L. 



Waif, "East 7th Street extended," Wilmington, Commons, 30 

 Oct. 1897 (D). Native of India, probably introduced on ship's 

 ballast. 



Amorpha L. 

 A. fniticosa L. False Indigo. 



Planted for hedges, and occasionally escaping. May, June. 

 Introd. from Mexico. 



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