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ALABAMA: Extensively cultivated in the Prairie region and frequently escaped on 

 roadsides. Mobile, on ballast, flowers white; May, June. Biennial. 



Economic uses: Valuable forage plant. 



Type locality : " Cette espece croit naturellemeiit dans la Sibcrie. On la tronve 

 aussi en Europe." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Melilotus indica All. Fl. Fed. 1 : 308. 1785. SMALL-FLOWERED MELILOT. 



Melilotus parviflora Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2 : 192. 1800. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 73. 



WARMER PARTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA. 



Louisianian area. Naturalized in South Carolina, Florida, and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region and Coast plain. Dallas County, Uniontown. 

 Mobile, waste places. Flowers yellow ; May to June. Abundant in the Prairie 

 region, more scarce about Mobile. Annual. 



Economic uses : Forage plant of some value. 



Type locality: "In pascuis, & ad vias collium calidiorum." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Fl. Fr. 2 : 594. 1778. 



COMMON YELLOW MELILOT. 



Trifolium melilotus officinale L. Sp. PL 2 : 765. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 129. Chap. Fl. 90. 



EUROPE. 



Introduced, northern and southern Atlantic States. 



ALABAMA: Sparingly naturalized about Tuscaloosa, waste places (E. A. Smith). 



Economic uses. Of some value for forage. The herb with the flowers is used medic- 

 inally. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae campestribus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



TRIFOLIUM L. Sp. PL 2 : 764. 1753. CLOVER. 



About 250 species, of temperate and subtropical regions, Northern Hemisphere. 

 North America 40, mostly northwestern. Atlantic America, 5. 



Trifolium reflexum L. Sp. PL 2 : 766. 1753. BUFFALO CLOVER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 202. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 128. Chap. FL 91. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:74. 



MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Ontario; New York, central 

 Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, through the Gulf States to North Caro- 

 lina and Virginia. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Open woods, pas- 

 tures, close soil. Franklin County, Russellville. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tusca- 

 loosa and Autauga counties. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. Vexillum of flowers 

 rose-red, keel and wings white. April, May; most frequent in the Prairie region. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Trifolium carolinianum Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2 : 58. 1803. WILD WHITE CLOVER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :200. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 129. Chap. FL 91. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:74. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to southern Arkansas and 

 eastern Texas. v 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Open grassy banks, borders fields 

 and woods. Flowers white. March, April. Produces new shoots and abundance of 

 leaves during winter. Common; most abundant in the Coast plain. Perennial. 

 . Type locality; "Hab. in Carolina, circa Charlestowu." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Trifolium pratense L. Sp. PL 2 : 768. 1753. RED CLOVER. 



Cultivated in northern and central districts; a frequent escape all over the State. 

 April, May. Perennial. 



Economic uses: Most valuable forage plant and ameliorating crop. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae graminosis." 



Trifolium repens L. Sp. PL 2 : 767. 1753. WHITE CLOVER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 201. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 129. Chap. Fl. 91. 

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