858 MEDICAGO DENTK^ULATA-MELII.OTUS, TOUUNEFOliT. 



greiit fondness for it. It hihmIm freely every yeiir. ('rub ^n'ass 

 ooonpies tlie j.n'<>iin(l from .Iimo to October after tlu^ ^fediek luis 

 seeded, 



M(Mlicai;o dHiitieiilata, Wilhl. Itiii'i'-Clovor. — Tliis iinnual 

 niticli resembles the last and is often eonfonnded with it. 'I'lio 

 })(»ils are loosely spiral and deeply retinnlated. 



A writer in the Anirrinnt. Ai/riruJ/ttrfsf for LsTS speaks liiixlily 

 of the plant. 



Hnrr-Clover grows wild all over the j)lains and foot-hills, and 

 atfords innch pasture. Even the burrs grow in su(di profnsion 

 that tiiey aiford a good supply of dry ('oneenti-ateil food. They 

 eolle(^t, by force of tlie wind, in the hollows of the ground. It 

 is tenacious of life and will l)ear close feeding. 



MKLI LOTUS, TO V UX K KO It T. .\I IC I, I LOT. 



Annual or l)iennial, fragrant when bruised oi- in drying. 

 Leaves ])innately |}-foliolate. nerves ending in leeth ; .-i/ip/ilrs 

 slightly adhering to the petiole, often cut. Floirers small, yel- 

 low or wliite, in long, loose axillary racemes. (!ahj.r-leelh o, 

 nearly equal. Petals deciduous; keel shorter than the wings, 

 obtuse. Antliet's uniform. Pod with one or few seeds, small, 

 straight, thick, indehiscent. Plants abound in an etherial oil 

 (cumarin) rendering them objectionable to stock. Warm 'ind 

 temperate regions of the old world. 



Melilotus officinalis, Willd. Yellow Melilot, Sweet Clover. 

 — This ;' ! aai annual or biennial with yellow llowers, apparently 

 of little importance except for bees. 



Melilotus alba, Lam. Wliite Melilot, Bokara Clover, 

 Sweet Clover. — An erect, branching, woody, annual or biennial 

 2-0 or 8 ft. high. Leaflets truncate. Flowers small, white, in 

 long racemes. Pods black when ripe. 



FlO. VXy.—MiiU<'n{iii}uiiuHu<l, L, (Black Mcdiek.) Portion of ii plant in flower and 

 in fruit, natural size,— (U. S. Agrl. Hept.) 



