158 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI STUDIES [30° 



203. GYMNOOLADUS Lam. Coffee-tree. 



517. G. dioica (L.) Koch [G. Canadensis Lam.]. Ken- 

 tucky COFFEE-TREE. 



Rich woods and fields; scarce but well distributed. 



Pennsylvania and Ontario to Minnesota and South 

 Dakota; West Virginia and Tennessee to the Indian Ter- 

 ritory. 



204. BAPTISIA Vent. Wild indigo. 



518. B. leucanthaT. & G. White wild indigo. 

 Rich open places; scarce. 



Ontario to Minnesota; Florida to Texas. 



519. B. leucophaea Nutt. \B. bracteataV,ny\.or\ %l Brown, 

 not Muhl.]. Hairy white wild indigo. 



Summits of cliffs along Grindstone creek; rare. 

 Michigan to Minnesota; Louisiana to Texas. 



205. MEDIOAGO L. Lucerne. Medic. 



520. M, lupulina L. Hop medic. 

 Waste places and streets; scarce. 

 Europe and Asia, becoming cosmopolitan. 



521. M. sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Fields and waste places. 



Europe, thence to all temperate lands. 



206. MELILOTUS Juss. Sweet clover. 



522. M. officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow melilot. 

 Streets and waste places; scarce. 



Europe and Asia, thence to North America. 



523. M. alba Desv. White sweet clover. 

 Waste places and roadsides; common. 

 Europe and Asia, thence to North America. 



