112 COLONSAY 



Cytisus, L. 



C. scoparius, Link. Broom. Bealaidh. Eecorded by Mr 

 Miller. Within living memory two plants existed : one on 

 an uncultivated hillock in Caolachadh, and one in Glaic-a- 

 Chuill. Like the whin, it yields a green dye. 



Ononis, L. 



0. repens, L. Best or Wrest Harrow. Sreang Bogha, C. 

 Sandy ground, Kiloran Bay. Per., August. The rootstock 

 creeps underground, and is sufficiently tough to obstruct 

 agricultural implements during tilling operations ; hence the 

 common English name. 



Medicago, L. 



A genus of useful forage plants. Purple Medick or 

 Lucerne is suitable for sowing in light, sandy soils, its roots 

 penetrating the subsoil sometimes to the depth of 10 to 12 

 feet. It is not so much cultivated in Scotland. 



M. sp. Specimens found at the edge of a field in 

 Machrins did not arrive at sufficient maturity to be certain 

 whether they were M. sylvestris, Fr., or M. falcata, L. 

 August. 



M. lupulina, L. Black Medick ; Nonsuch. Common in 

 the vicinity of cultivated fields. Ann. or Bi., June. 

 Although the produce is bulky, cattle are not very fond of 

 it, and only eat it with seeming relish when mixed up with 

 more nutritious and esteemed food. 



Trifolium, L. 



T. pratense, L. Red or Purple Clover. Seamrag Dhearg. 

 Sugag, C. In Kilchattan, where it used to thrive most 

 luxuriantly as a forage crop and give several cuttings in 

 the season, it will now hardly grow, the ground probably 

 having become what is termed "clover sick." Bi. or Per., 



