234 LEGUMINOSAE (PULSE FAMILY) 



when it has flowered the plant dies. Small areas may be more 

 quickly hand-pulled. 



YELLOW SWEET-CLOVER 



Melilbtus officindlis, L. 



Other English names: Yellow Melilot, Hart's Clover, King's Clover, 



Balsam-flowers. 



Introduced. Biennial. Propagates by seeds. 

 Time of bloom: June to October. 

 Seed-time: August to November. 

 Range : Throughout North America except the 



far North. 

 Habitat : Roadsides and waste places ; common 



about towns. 



A smaller plant than the preceding species 

 with stems two to five feet tall, slender, erect, 

 with many spreading branches, the growing 

 twigs finely hairy. Leaflets oblong-obovate, 

 with rounded tips, edges finely toothed ; peti- 

 oles nearly as long as the blades. Flowers 

 bright yellow, in long, one-sided, axillary ra- 

 cemes, the blossoms slightly larger than those 

 of White Melilot but less fragrant, the stand- 

 ard and wings of nearly equal length ; the plant 

 often flowers a week in advance of its white 

 sister and holds in bloom somewhat later, 

 which wins for it the liking of bee-keepers. 

 Pods ovoid, transversely wrinkled, net-veined, 

 often slightly hairy, one- or two-seeded. (Fig. 



FIG. 166. Yellow *?'; 

 Sweet-clover (Meli- Means of control the same as for vvhite 

 lotus offidnalis) . x |. Sweet-clover. 



BLACK MEDICK 



Medicdgo lupullna, L. 



Other English names: Yellow Trefoil, Hop Medick, None-such, 



Black-seed Hop Clover. 

 Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 



