MEDICAGO LUPULINA MEDICAGO MACULATA. 857 



dition that are known to have been growing for over thirty-five 

 years, without any marks of decay. 



Prof. F. A. Gulley, of the same state, thinks it is too difficult 

 to get it well started. 



The late C. W. Howard, of Georgia, believed, as a forage plant 

 at the South, Lucerne is very far superior to all others. For 

 feeding it should be cut a day in advance and used in a wilted 

 state. It must never be pastured, as live stock in that climate 

 bite out the crowns of the plants and kill them. It is ready to 

 cut a month in advance of red clover. 



Medicago lupulina, L. Black Medick, Nonesuch. A pro- 

 cumbent, branching, pubescent annual or biennial. Leaflets 

 obovate, toothed at the apex. Peduncles longer than the leaves 

 bearing ovoid heads of small yellow flowers. Pods small, one- 

 seoded, black when ripe, kidney-shaped. Found in Europe, N. 

 Africa, West Asia to India ; introduced in Js". America. 



On rich land it often affords considerable pasture, reminding 

 one of white clover in its habit. It is not likely worth cultivat- 

 ing in this country because we have something better. 



Medicago maculata, Willd. Spotted Medick, Burr Cloyer, 

 California Clover. A procumbent or spreading, branching an- 

 nual. Leaflets obovate or obcordate, often with a black central 

 spot, minutely toothed. Peduncle* 3-5 flowered ; flowers yel- 

 low. Pod in. broad, making 3-5 coils, quite compact, with a 

 double row of long, curved spines. Found in Europe, N. Africa ; 

 introduced in X. America. The pod makes something like a 

 burr, so much so that it adheres to wool. It is too tender and 

 short lived to be of value at the North, but has some good words 

 from people of the South. 



Prof. D. L. Phares, of Mississippi, considers it a valuable 

 plant. He has grown it about thirty-five years, and says it fur- 

 nishes good grazing from February till April or May. Cattle do 

 not incline to eat it at first, but they learn, and finallv acquire a 



