683 



Abrams, Fl LA 210. Everywhere 

 common. 



DC 2:176. Greene, Cal ac b 2:394, Cruz. 

 Da 5. B 1:133. Par 138. P 1:87 Mig. A 

 1:310 d. 



MBDICAGO LUPULINA Linn. 

 L, sppl 779. B 1:133. A 1:310 d. 



Abrams, Fl LA 211. Lytle creek. 

 M. MACULATA Willd, sp pi 3:1412, Eu. 

 Z 2:75. Par 138. 



M. MABGINATA Willd, Enum Hort 

 Berol 802. Z 2:75, 347. - orbicularis 

 fide IK. 

 MEDICAGO OBEICTTX.ABIS AH. 



Abrams, Fl LA 211. Santa Ana 

 (Helen D. Geis). 

 All, Fl Pedem 1:314. A 1:310 d. 

 M. SATIVA L, sppl 778. P 1:87 Migf. 

 I.a 5. Ab 210. B 1:132. A 1:310 d, 377 d. 

 3KCEESEA Gaertn Fruct 1.344(1788. 

 Gomphia fide IK. 

 MEESEA Hedw. Moss. 

 M. I.OKGISETA Hedw. B 2:399. 

 M. TBISTICHA Bruch & Schimp. B 2: 

 399, Wash. 



M. TJI.IGINOSA Hedw. B 2:399. Nev, 

 Wash, Colo. Eu. 

 MECAI.QDONTA P 4:271. 

 M. BECKXI P 4:271. 

 35. NUDA P 4:271. 

 M. BEMOTA P 4:271. 



KEGARBHIZA T & G Pac Ry R 6:74 

 Nomen (1857); 12 (2):61 (1860). = 

 Behlnocystla fide IK. 



M. CALIPCBNICA T, Pac Ry R 6:74. = 

 E: fabacea fide IK. (Wat B 1:241 = E: 

 macrocarpa in part fide IK). 

 M. GUADALUPENSIS Wat 11:138. B 1: 

 242. = E: g, fide IK. 



M. MABAH Wat 11.138. B 1241. P. 1:3 

 as E: m. Lyon, bot gaz 11:333. Parish, 

 Z 5:119 ("probably plant of Catalina 

 Isl. =E: macrocarpa"). =E: marah fide 

 IK. 



M. MTJ3ICATA Wat 11:138. B 1:241. = 

 E: Watsoni fide IK. 



M. OBSGANA T, Pac Ry R 6:74. B 1: 

 241. P 1:3 as E: 0. 



MELAMPODIUM PEBPOLIATUM HBK, 

 N;w Gen et sp 4:274. Mex. LA, a road- 

 side weed (Parish). Da 9, Er 1:60 LA. 

 Parish, Z 1:59. "Plentiful in LA." 



Mexico; LA, a roadside weed (Parish). 

 Da 9. 



MEI.ANDBIUM Raehl, Deutschl PI, ed 

 2, 274 (1812). =Lychnis fide IK. 

 M. BOLANDERI Rohrb in Linnaea 36: 

 254. B 1 :64 as Silena Hookeri. 

 M. CALIFORNICUM Rohrb, Ic, 252. B 

 1:64 as Silena C. 



M. HOOKERI Rohrb, Ic, 254. B 1:64 as 

 Silena H. 



M. X.ACINIATTJM Rohrb, Ic, 252. B 1:64 

 as Silena 1. 



MELABBKIZA K 1:38. =Wyethia fide 

 IK. 



M. INULOIDES K 1:38. Cur 1:139 as W: 

 helenioides. 

 MELIA AZEDARACH Linn. 



Genoa MEMLOTUS Tonrnefort* 

 Tourn ex Hall Enum Stirp Helv 2:587 

 n?42), A 1:310. 

 MELILOTUS ALBA Lam. 

 B 1:132. Z 2:383. Da 5. Par 165. A 1: 

 310 d. 



Davidson, Erythea 1:58. LA Co. 



Parsons, W Fls Cal 165. 



684 



Abrams, Fl LA 211. 

 MELILOTUS INDICA All. 

 Par 165. Da 5. Ab 211. A 1:310 d. 



All, Fl Ped 1:308 (1785). 



Type locality: Indian. 



Davidson, Erythea 1:58, LA Co. 



Parish, Zoe 1:125. 



Abrams, Fl LA 211. Common. 



Parsons, W Fls Cal 165. 



Melilotus parviflora, Less, of Bot Cal 

 Melilotus lndica L - S PI 



M. OCCIDENTALS Nutt, T & G Fl 

 1:321. B 1:132 as parviflora. 

 M. OPPICIN-ALIS Willd. B 1:132. 

 MELILOTUS PARVIFLORA Desf. 



See Melilotus indica All. 

 Fl Atl 2:192. P 1:87 Mig. Par 165. B 

 1:132. Z 2:347. Br 1:209 Rosa. Greene, 

 Cal ac b i>:394 Cruz. A 1:310 d. 

 MEIiOTHBIA L, Coroll Gen 1 (1727). 

 M. PENDUIiA L, sp pi 35. T & G Fl 

 1:541. B 1:240, 2:449. Atlantic states to 

 So Cal. 



MENOrEA Schau in Nov act Nat cur 19- 

 suppl 1:405 (1843). = Amaranthus fide 



M. CAZ.IFOBNXCA Moq in DC 13 (2)' 



270. B 2:42. = A: c fide IK. 



Genus MENOlJORA Hnmb. & Bonpl. 



Low woody plants: Ivs sessile, not 

 rarely alt; fls showy, terminal, com 

 somewhat cymose: ex with a sh turbin- 

 ate tube, 5-15 nar lobes from its trun- 

 catq, border: cor campanulate, funnel- 

 form or almost rotate, com 5-lobed, 

 lobes imbricated in bud: sta 2 (or 3), 

 on cor- tube: anth oblg or linear: sty 

 slender: stig obtuse or 2-lobed' cap 

 didymous, com 2-parted, membranceous 

 at maturity, circumscissile, upper part 

 of each lobe falling as a lid, leaving the 

 scarious membranaceous base: sds 2 in 

 each com, ascending, large, with a fleshy 

 or when dry spongy outer coat, destitute 

 or albumen. 

 MENODORA SCABRA A. Gray. 



Baja (Or 926); Colo; N. M. 

 Ar. B 1:472. 



Variety GLABRESCENS G, Wat Cat pi 

 Wheel 15. B 1:472 as scoparia. 

 M. SCOPARIA E. B 1:471. Mex. 



Cantilles! Arizona; SD Co. 



Shrubby at base, 2-3 hi, paniculately 

 branched, glab and smooth or nearly so: 

 Ivs ofhearbaceous flg shoots com alt, 

 linear or lanceolate, entire; uppermost 

 reduced to sm subulate bracts; lower 

 oblg or obovatte and sh-petioled: ex-lobes 

 5-6 (rarely with intermediate ones mak- 

 ing 8-10), about as Ig as cor-tube; cor y, 

 almost rotate; cap divisions globose. 

 MENODORA SPINESCENS A. Gray. 

 G 7:388. B 1:471. 



Type locality: "canyons and hillsides, 

 southeastern part of the state of Nev." 



Shrubby, 2-4 hi; branches rigid, di- 

 varicate, spinescent, obscurely puberu- 

 lent: Ivs reduced to minute com alt 

 scales or sm spatulate-linear, and fas- 

 cicled on sh flg branchlets: fls sh-ped or 

 nearly sessile in efascicles: lobes of 

 deep-parted ex 5 or rarely 6, a little 

 sh'er than the funelform light y cor: fil 

 sh'er than anth: divisions of cap almost 

 distinct, divaricate, obovoid. 

 Providence mts, CaU; Nevada. 



