250 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Local or frequent. Roadsides and waste places. June — 

 Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 



Sometimes grown for forage or as a honey plant. The 

 leaves and flowering tops are sometimes used medicinally. 



MEDICAGO L. Medick. 

 Medicago sativa L. (sown). 

 Lucerne. Alfalfa. 



Rare or occasional. Fields and roadsides as an escape 

 from cultivation. June — Aug. Introduced from Europe. 



In some parts of the United States of great value as a 

 forage plant and important as a source of honey, but not often 

 successfully grown in Connecticut. 



Medicago lupulina L. (hop-like). 

 Hop or Black Medick. Nonesuch. 



Frequent. Waste places and roadsides. June — ^July. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



The seed is a common adulteration in clover seed. 



Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. 

 Medicago maculata Sibth. 

 Spotted Medick. 



Rare. New London, in cultivated ground (Graves). June 



— Aug. Fugitive from Europe. 



Medicago hispida Gaertn. (rough-hairy). 

 Medicago denticulata Willd. 

 Toothed Medick. Bur Clover. 



Rare. Hartford, in waste ground (H. S. Clark). Sept. — 

 Oct. Fugitive from Europe. 



HOSACKIA Dougl. 

 Hosackia americana (Nutt.) Piper. 

 Hosackia Purshiana Benth. 

 Lotus americanus Bischoflf. 



Rare. Bridgeport, a waif in waste ground (Eames). June 



— Aug. Fugitive from the western United States. 



LOTUS L. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 Lotus corniculatus L. (horned). 



Bloom-fell. Bird's-foot Trefoil. Ground Honeysuckle. 



