Mcdicago lupulina I., itiack Mi-dic. 



A riiiiit immigrant, In^t aplieatiiig in lawns, miw al)iniilanll.v nalmali/id t In re 

 ami liv grassy roadsides in dani)i soil, l.os Angeles, Davidson in IHVl. Ivedlands, 

 Parish in 1906, San Bernardino in 1"'08, and aliumlanl at Santa Monica in 1918. .Na- 

 tive of liuropc. 

 Mcdicago orbicularis All. 



Jn .1 lield nc.ir ."■'.■inta Monica, Helen D. Geis in 1902. Kepoited otherwise from 

 the lUited States only as a l)allast plant at New Vork, 1888." 

 Mcdicago sativa I.. Alfalfa. 



I''.xlensi\ ely eilltiv.ited, and an occasional fugitive. l-"irst cultivated in ( ali- 

 fornia about 1S54, and reported to have been introduced from ( hile. .Native of 

 I'.urope. 

 Mclilotus alba L.im. Bokhara Clover. 



Recently introilucc<l, supposedly in alfalfa seed, and now abundantly natural- 

 ized in fence rows ,an(l in cultivated and waste grounds. Buckman's .Sjiring, San 

 Diego t'ounty, in a cultivated lield, Cleveland in lb90. San Bernardino, Parish, rare 

 in 1890. Los Angeles, Davidson, "two plants," in 1891. The earliest northern col- 

 lections are: San Francisco, K. Brandegee in 1S91, and Clear Lake, Jepson in 1892. 

 Native of Eurasia. 

 Melilotus indica .Ml. .Sour Clover. 



.Mnuid.intly naturalized in cold ,damp soils, where it sometimes forms a pure 

 stand. I'robaldy dates from the mission period. The earliest report is Los An- 

 geles, in 1856.''' Now sometimes grown as a soiling crop in orchards. Native of 

 Eurasia. 

 Triiolium procumbcns L. Hop Clover. 



By a stream, in Potato Canon, above Redlands, well established in 1894. Native 

 of Europe. 

 Trifolium repens L. White Clover. 



( )fti II sown in .lawns, and infrequently escaping. Native of Europe. 

 Cicer arietinum L. English Chickpea. 



"Among the native shrubbery at San Gabriel," Davidson in 1903; the only re- 

 ported occurrence in the state. Najive of Europe. 

 Vicia sativa L. Spring Vetch. 



Infrequent, and apparently transient. Los Angeles, Davidson in 1890. Pomona, 

 Davy in 1896. San Bernardino, Parish in 1906. Occasional in central California, 

 where the earliest collection is: Sonoma, in fields. Brewer in 1862. Native of 

 Europe. 

 Vicia villosa Roth. Winter Vetch. 



Grown in orange orchards as a soiling crop; thence ati occasional fugitive. 

 Fontana, near Rialto, Johnston in 1918. Native of Europe. 



GERANACEAE 

 Erodium Botrys Bartoloni. 



Infrequent, and mostly near the coast. .San Diego, W. M. Sheldon in 1904. 

 Ramona, K. Brandegee in 1906. Perris, Parish in 1914. Common in central Cali- 

 fornia. Native of the Mediterranean regioti. 

 Erodium cygnorum Nees. 



Locally established at a single station near San Diego, Mrs. Spencer in 1916. 

 The only reported collection. Native of Australia. 

 Erodium cicutarium L'Her. Filaree. 



Widely distributed and abundant in both cultivated and feral grovmds; ascend- 

 ing the mountains to S,0CO ft. alt. In the Colorado Desert, in irrigated fields at 

 Mecca, in 1913. In many parts of the Mojave Desert, and extending into adjacent 

 Nevada, it is abundant over large areas of high mesa, at 3,000-4,000 ft. alt. Else- 

 where in this desert it is infrequent in cultivated grounds. Native of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. 

 Erodium moschatum LTier. Filaree. 



Distribution of the preceding species, except for the mountains and deserts. 

 Native of the Mediterranean region. 



These two Erodiums are abundant throughout the state, and are valuable forage 

 plants, both while green, and when naturally cured on the ground. In the latter 

 state they were often raked up for hay in early days. E. moschatum is less rel- 

 ished by stock, at least when green, than the other species, and is said to give a 

 bad taste to milk. It prefers the richer and more clayey soils, and E. cicutarium 

 those which are light and sandy; but these preferences are not prohibitive, but 

 simply determine the abundance of either species in a particular soil. E. cicutarium 

 is the more tolerant of soil variations and aridity, and consequently the more 

 widely distributed of the two species. The carpels of filaree are admirably adapted 

 to transportation in the pellage of animals, and there can be no doubt of its 

 very early introduction into the state. Fremont'"' states that in 1844 E. cicutarium 

 "covered the ground like a sward" in the .Sacramento valley, where squaws were 



"Cat. Anth. & Pterid. within 100 miles of N. Y., 78. 

 ^■■Torrev, J. Pac. R. Rept. 7, pt. 3:9. 1856. 

 ^"Fremont, J. C. Second Report 243, 253. 1845. 



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