560 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



MEDIC AGO L. Sp. PL 2:778. 1753. 



About 40 species, Mediterranean Europe, mostly western Asia. 

 Medicago lupulina L. Sp. PL 2 : 779. 1753. BLACK MKDKK. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 247. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 130. Chap. FL 90. Wats. But. Calif. 1:133. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Introduced from Europe. Thoroughly natural- 

 ized from Canada to the Gulf, British Columbia, and California. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Dry open banks, roadsides, -waste places. 

 Flowers yellow; April to June. A common weed. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae pratis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago denticulata Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1414. 1801. 



SOUTHERN EUROPE. 



Introduced and sparingly naturalized from Ontario to the Gulf and on the Pacific 

 coast. 



ALABAMA: A persistent ballast plant. Mobile. Flowers yellow. April; frequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europa australi." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago apiculata Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1414, 1805. 



Adventive on ballast from southern Europe. Mobile. June, 1884. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Europa australi." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Medicago minima Lam. Encycl. 3 : 636. 1789. 



SOUTHERN EUROPE. 



Louisianian area. Adventive on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



ALABAMA : Mobile, ballast grounds ; well established, sparingly spreading to waste 

 places. Flowers yellow, March, April; fruit ripe May, June, after which the plant 

 dies. 



Type locality : "Cette espece croit naturellement en Europe dans les champs, le 

 long des chemins. Elle est commune aux environs de Paris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago arabica (L.) All. Fl. Ped. 1 : 315. 1785. SPOTTED BUR CLOVER. 



Medicago polymorplta arabica L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 2 : 1098. 1763. 

 M. maculala Sibth. FL Oxon. 232. 1794. 

 EUROPE. 



Introduced and sparingly naturali/ed from New England to the Gulf. 

 ALABAMA : Borders of fields, grassy banks. Mobile. March, April. Annual. 

 Economic uses : Valuable fodder plant. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Europa australi." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago orbicularis (L.) All. FL Ped. 1 : 314. 1785. 



Medicago polymorpha var. orbicular is L. Sp. PL 2 : 779. 1753. 



ALABAMA: A fugitive from southern Europe on ballast. July, 1893. Annual. 



Type locality (L. Sp. PL ed. 2) : " Hab. in Europa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Medicago sativa L. Sp. PL 2 : 778. 1753. LUCERN. ALFALFA. 



ALABAMA: Cultivated in the northern and central districts; scarcely of spontane- 

 ous growth. Perennial. 



Economic uses : Valuable forage plant. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Hispaniae, Galliae apricis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



MELILOTUS Juss. Gen. PL 356. 1789. 



About 20 species, warmer temperate Europe, subtropical western Asia. Adventive 

 in North America. 



Melilotus alba Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 4 : 63. 1797. 



WHITE MELILOT. BOKHARA CLOVKR. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 129. Chap. Fl. 90. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 74. Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 1 : 132. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Introduced from Europe and naturalized in 

 waste places from New England and Canada to the Gulf. 



