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2. T. Stoloniferum, Muhl. (Running Buffalo-C.) Smooth, pevei^ 



nial ; stems irilli Ioikj runners from tlie base ; leajltts hroaclli/ ohovate nrobcordate, 

 minutely toothed ; heads loose ; flowers wliite, tinged with purple ; pods 2- 

 seeded. — Open woodlands and prairies, Ohio and Ky., west to Iowa and Kan. 



3. T. ripens, L. (White C.) Smooth, perennial; the slender stems 

 spreading and creepinfj ; leaflets inverselij heart-shaped or merely notelied, ol>- 

 scurely toothed ; stipules scale-like, narrow ; petioles and especially the i>edun- 

 cles very long ; heads small and loose ; calyx much shorter than the nhite rontlla ; 

 pods about 4-sceded. — Fields and copses, everywhere. Indigenous only in 

 the northern ])art of our range, if at all. 



4. T. Carolini^num, Michx. Somewhat pubescent small perennial, 

 procumbent, in tufts; leaflets wedge-obovate and slightly notched ; stipules 

 ovate, foliaceous; heads small on slender peduncles; calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 nearly equalUnej the purplish corolla ; standard pointed ; pods 4-seeded. — Waste 

 ground near Philadelphia, south to Va., Fla., and Tex. 



T. HV'BniDi M, L. (Alsike C.) Resembling T. repens, but the stems 

 erect or ascending, not rooting at the nodes; flowers rose-tinted. — Becoming 

 common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * Flowers short-ped icelled in close heads, rejiexed when old ; corolla yellow, 

 persistent, turninc/ dry and chestnut-brown with age, the standard becoming 

 hood-shaped ; annuals, Ji. in summer. 



T. agrXrium, L. (Yellow or Hop-C.) Smoothish, somewhat upright 

 (6-12' high) ; leaflets obovate-oblong, cdl three from the same point (palmate) ami 

 nearly sessile; stipules narrow, cohering with the petiole for more than half' its 

 length. — Sandy fields and roadsides; N. Scotia to Va. ; also iu western N. Y. 

 (Nat. from Eu.) 



T. PROcuMBExs, L. (Low Hop-C.) Stems spreading or ascending, pu- 

 bescent (3 - 6' high) ; leaflets n-edge-obovate, notched at the end, the lateral at 

 a small distance from the other (pinnately 3-foliolate) ; stipules ovate, short. — 

 Sandy fields and roadsides, common. — Var. Mi.virs, Gray, has smaller heads, 

 the standard not much striate with age. (Nat. from Eu.) 



10. MELILOTUS, Tourn. :Melilot. Sweet Clover. 



Flowers much as in Trifolium, but in spike-like racemes, small ; corolla de- 

 ciduous, free from the stamen-tube. Tod ovoid, coriaceous, wrinkled, longer 

 tlian the calyx, scarcely dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. — Annual or biennial herl)s, 

 fragrant in drying, with pinnately 3-foliolate leaves, leaflets toothed. (Name 

 from f/.4\i, honey, and Awtos, some leguminous plant.) 



M. officixXlis, Willd. (Yellow Melilot.) Upright (2-4° high); 

 leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse; corolla yellow; the petals nearly of ejjual 

 lengtli. — Waste or cultivated grounds. (Adv. from Eu.) 



M. Alka, Lam. (White M.) J^eaflets truncate; corolla trhite ; the 

 standard longer than the other petals. — In similar ph\ces. (Adv. from Eu.) 



11. MEDIC A GO, Tourn. Medick. 



Flowers nearly as in Melilotus. Pod 1 -several-seeded, scythe-shaped, in- 

 curved, or variously coiled. — Leaves pinnately 3-foliohite; leaflets toothed; 

 stipules often cut. (MtjSjkt^, the name of Lucerne, because it came to the 

 Greeks from Media.) 



M. SATivA, L. (Li'CERNE. Alfalfa.) Upright, smooth, perennial ; leaf- 

 lets obovate-ol)long, toothed; flowers {purple) racemcd ; pods spirally twisted. 

 — Cultivated for green fodder; spontaneous from Mass. to Minn, and Kan. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



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