234 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The Alfalfa is extensively cultivated in Montana, and is occasion- 

 ally found escaped. 



*Melilotus alba Desv. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. 4: 6^ [Bot. Cal. i: 

 132 ; 111. Fl. 2 : 273]. 

 Escaped from cultivation or introduced. 

 Montana: Helena, 1892, jF. D. Kelsey. 



* Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Fl. Fr. 2 : 594 [Bot. Cal. i : 132 ; 



111. Fl. 2: 274] ; Trifoliiim Melilotus officinalis L. Sp. PI. 765. 

 Escaped from cultivation or introduced. 

 Montana: Helena, 1891, F. D. Kelsey. 



Trifolium macrocephalum (Pursh) Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth- 

 Suppl. 5: 336; Liipinaster inacrocephalttsVursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 

 479 ; Trifolium mcgacephalum Nutt. Gen. 2 : 105 [Man. R. 

 M. 54; Bot. Cal. I : 127]. 

 Montana: Headwaters of Missouri (according to Coulter). 



Trifolium pratense L. Sp. PI. 768 [Man. R. M. 54; Bot. Cal. i: 



128; 111. Fl. 2: 276]. 



The Red Clover is extensively cultivated in Montana, and occa- 

 sionally found escaped. 



Montana: Gallatin Co., Mrs. Hodgman. 



* Trifolium Beckwithii Brewer: Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 128 



[Bot. Cal. i: 128; 111. Fl. 2: 277]. 



The Wild Red Clover is one of the best native forage plants of 

 the state, and where found in quantity produces fine hay. It is 

 a near relative of T. Kingii, but is a larger plant, with shorter 

 heads and less reflexed flowers. In meadows, at an altitude of 1500- 

 2500 m. 



Montana: Beaver Head Co., Mrs. Alice Barrett; Big Hole 

 River, 1888, Tweedy, j; Dillon, 1895, C. L. Shear, 338; Ana- 

 conda, 1892, Kelsey; Twin Bridges, /(?//;/ Wilhart ; Bannock City, 

 1880, n7?/5<?;/,- Grasshopper Valley, Wa'sou. 



* Trifolium hybridum L. Sp. PI. 766 [111. Fl. 2: 278]. 



The Alsike Clover occasionally escapes from cultivation. 

 Montana: Bozeman, 1895, Rydberg, 26gy. 



Trifolium repens L. Sp. PI. 767 [Man. R. M. 54 : Bot. Cal. i : 129 ; 

 111. Fl. 2: 279]. 



The White Clover is cultivated in lawns and pastures and occa- 

 sionally escapes. 



