64 The Bulletix. 



PLATE V. 



aiioiriini .s-rr'f/.s" nahinil size and ciilarfird. 



a. Sensitive Pea (Caxsia nictilditx I..) P.lnck. sliinins. tlattciu'd. surface 

 pitted. Tu .T;ii):iii cldvcr. 

 *b. Alfalfa ( Mcdicdf/o .siilira L.) Greenish yellou- or lii-'lit lirown. kidney- 

 slinpcd or niiiruliir. (Occasionally in farm seeds. 



c. Black or Hop Medic (Medicaf/n iKpulina L.) Color as iu b. oval, a pro- 



icctinii oil (iiic side: mature iiods black. Tu farm seeds .generally. 



d. Toothed Medic (Mcdicai/o dnitiriilata Willd.) Similar to alfalfa, but 



mostly larger. An adulterant of European alfalfa. 



e. Spotted Medic (Mcdicdf/o Arabica All.) Similar to alfalfa, but some 



si't'ds lai'ger. ligbt. a pro.iecting point at one side. In red clover. 



f. White Melilot fMrlilotiis alhii Dc><r.) Light brown, elliptical, surface 



smooth, often uneven. Adulterant of domestic alfalfa, and in clovers 

 and cereals. 



g. Yellow Melilot (lleliloius. officinalis (L.) Lam.) Yellowish or light 



brown, surface smooth, even, often purplish mottled. In clovers. 

 grasses, and cereals, 

 h. Small-flowered Melilot (Mrlilohis iiidica (L.J All.) I'.rown. short oval. 



surface rough. In alfalfa and clovers, 

 i. Kidney Vetch lAiilhiiUisi Yuliicraria L.) Greenish at broad end. yellow- 

 ish or pinkish at tiie other. In European crimson clover, 

 j. Low or Smaller Hop-clover (Trifoliii))i iirocimilxriis L-) Light yellow. 

 shining. In clovers and grasses. 

 *k. Crimson Clover (Trifoliitiii iiicaniittiitii L.) Light iiiiik. shining: old 

 seed re(ldish and dull. 

 I. Rabbit-foot Clover (Trifoliiiin arroisr L.) Greenish yellow. In red. 

 crimson, and alsike clovers. 

 *m. Red Clover (Trifoliiim prafensr L.) Violet, yellow, or variegated, has 

 sliglit luster: reddish brown and dull when old. Occasionally in other 

 farm seeds. 

 *n. Alsike Clover (Trifoliinii Inihiidmii L.) T-ight green to very dark green, 

 often mottled: reddish when old. In other farm seeds, especially tnn- 

 othv. 

 *o. White Clover i Trifoli inn rcpcns L.) Light yellow and pinkish, slightly 

 smalk-r than alsike. In farm seeds generally. 

 p. Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus (■orniciilutus L.) I'.rown. usually mottled. In 

 European alfalfa and red clover. 

 *q. Ax Seed (CoroniUa scuritioidcx Kofh.) Purplish rt^I. dull. In European 



alfalfa and red clover. 

 *r. Japan Clover (Lespedcza striata (TJiinih.) H. d- A.) Pods brown: seeds 

 imriib-. motth'd. shining. Not an impm'ity of farm seeds. 

 s. Hairy Tare f\i<-ia Iiirsiila i L.) Koch-) Reddish or light brown, usually 



mottled, shining, lii crimson clover, vetches, and cereals. 

 *t. Common or Spring Vetch (Vieiii satira L.) P.rown or gray, usually 



motth'd. scar light. . . 



u. Common or Spring Vetch f]i<-i<i satir<t I..) Variety oi t. jet-hlacU. 

 spherical, scar black. In \eiclies and cereals. 

 *v. Hairy or Winter Vetch i \ i<-i'i rillnsa h'>,lh.i Grayish black, spherical. 



seal- broad and brown. • , i 



^■'w. Esparcette ronohrifch iis .^ativa Lam.) Pods brown, coarsely pitted: 



visds brown. Oceasionallv in coarse grasses. 

 *x. Serradella (OrnHlioinis .^atiriis Itrot.) Pod sections brown, flattened, 

 ridged lengthwise. In coarse grasses. 



■•Af/riciiltiiral seed. 



