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allied species with yellow flowers. In these two the 

 leaflets are oblong and toothed, and the legumes are 

 slightly twisted. 



6. MELILOTUS (Melilot). 



M. offidndlis (Common Yellow Melilot). Stem 

 ; leaflets narrow, egg-shaped, serrated ; flowers in 



OFFICINALIS (Common Yellow Melilot). 



1 -sided clusters ; petals equal in length ; legumes 2- 

 seeded, wrinkled. A branched herbaceous plant, 2 to 3 

 feet high, with light green foliage, and small yellow 

 flowers, not uncommon in waste places. This plant, 

 while drying, smells like Woodruff, or new hay. Fl. 

 June August. Annual. 



