5(>() l'I,AN|- I, IKK (>K AKAHAMA. 



MEDICAGO I.. S).. I'l. 2: TTS. IT."..:. 



AIhiiiI |(I Hpccifs, Mcdilci raiicaii Kiiro|ic, niostlv wi'stcni Asia. 

 Medicago lupulina I-. Sp. I'l. 2 : 77!t. ll't'.i. Hi.ack Mkku k. 



KU. SK.2;lM7. (Jray. Man. cil. (5, 130. Chap. Kl.!i(t. Wats. Hot. Calif. 1 : 1.S3. 



.\llciiliiiiian to l,oiiisiaiiiaii ana. Iiitrodiue"! IVmii I'.iiiope. TiioroUf^hly iiatiiral- 

 iztMl IVoiii Canada to tin- (iiilC, Hritish Columbia, and California. 



AiamaMa: Thronfjliont tlio State. I>iy oiicn lianks, roadsideH, waHte i>Ia(os. 

 Flowci-M vfllow : April to .JMnc. .\ coMiinon \vc(m1. .\Mniial. 



ry]t<' locality : " I lal). in Kuropa(^ jnatis." 



Ilcil). (;eol. Snr\ . ll<-rl). Mobr. 



Medicago denticulata Willd. Sp. i'1.3: lill. ixdl. 



Sor iiiKitN I'.tKtipi:. 



Iiiti"odnc(!d .and sparingly natniali/cd I'roni <)ntario to tin' (Jiilf and mi the I'acilic 

 roast . 



Alabama: A ])er8i8teut ltallast])];int. Moltile. Flowers yellow. April; frocj^n en t. 

 Annual. 



Typo locality: " Hal), in Knropa .instrali." 



Ilerli. rjfol. Surv. Hert>. .Molir. 



Medicago apiciilata Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1411. 1X05. 



Adveutive on ballast from soul hern Europe. Mobile. Juno, 1881. Annual. 

 Tv]it> locality: " Hab. in Europaaustrali."' 

 Herb. (ieol. Surv. 



Medicago minima Eani. Eneyel. 3 : fi36. 1789. 



Soi'THEliN EruoPK. 



Loiiisianian area. Advonti\e on the Soutli Atlantic and (iulf coasts. 



Al\ba.ma: Mobile, ballast {^rounds; well ostablishod, 8parin<;ly spreading to waste 

 [daces. Flowers yellow, March, April; fruit ripe May, June, after which the ]>lant 

 dies. 



Type locality : " Cette espfece croit naturellement en Europe dans les champs, le 

 long des chemins. Kile est commune aux environs de Paris." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago arabica ( L.) All. Fl. Fed. 1 : 31.5. 1785. Spottkd Bik Clovku. 



Midicuqo pnh/morplia tirabicd L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1098. 1763. 

 M. 7«ac»/«/a'sibth. Fl. Oxon. 232. 1794. 



EUROPK. 



Introduced and s]).aringly naturalized from Now England to the Gulf. 

 Alaba:\ia: IJordors of lields, grassy banks, ^fobile. March, April. Annual. 

 Econoniic uses: Valual>le fodder plant. 

 Type locality: " Hab. in l^nrojia anstrali." 

 Heib. (tcoI. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago orbicularis ( L.) All. Fl. Ped. 1 : 311. 1785. 



Mcilhat/o polymorpha v.ir. orhiciiJaris L. Sp. PI. 2 : 779. 1753. 



Alabama: A fugitive from southern pjuropo on ballast. July, 1893. Annual. 



Typo locality ( L. Sp. PI. od. 2) : " Hab. in Euroi)a australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Horli. Mohr. 



Medicago sativa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 778. 1753. Luckkn. Alfalka. 



.Vlaba.ma: (.'ultivated in tlio northern and ceiiiral districts; scarcely of spontane- 

 ous growth. Perennial. 



I'.conoMiic uses: X'aluable forage ]>lant. 



Tyjio locality : "Hab. iu Hispaniao, (Jalliae apricis."' 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. 



MELILOTUS Juss. Gen. IM. 356. 1789. 



About 20 species, warmer temperate Euroijo, subtropical western Asia. Adventive 

 in North America. 



Melilotus alba 1 )esr. iu J^am. Encycl. 4 : 63. 1797. 



White Melilot. Bokhaka Clover. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 129. Chap. Fl. 90. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 74. Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 1 : 132. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiaii area. Introduced from Europe and naturalized in 

 waste places from New England and Canada to the Gulf. 



