Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia to Turkestan and Afglianistan, the East 

 Indies, southern Siberia, Mongoha, northern China, North America (introduced). 



Melilotus dentatus (Wallst. et Kit.) Persoon, Synops. Plant. II (1807) p. 384; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ah. Ill, p. 253; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 535; Schulz, Monogr. Me/z7o/u.sin Engler's Jahrb. 

 B. 29, H. 5 (1901) p. 687; Kptu. cjji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 219. 



On the steppes on the Ulu-Icem, between Bjelosarsk and Cha-kul. With ripe pods at 

 the beginning of August. The leaves of this species resemble striking those of Trifolium 

 lupinasier. 



Distribution: South-eastern and middle Europe, northwards to southern Sweden, 

 southern Siberia, eastwards to Trans Baikal, Turkestan. 



Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorpat. (1824) p. 5; Turczan. Cat. Bai- 

 cal. no. 299; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 536; Schulz, Monogr. Melilotus no. 5; Turczan. Fl. Baical.- 

 Dahur. (1842) p. 722, no. 288; KptiJi. cDj. Ain. II (1903) p. 220. 



On the banks of the river Abakan, between Ust Kamuishto and Ust Abakansk. 

 Flowering and with young pods at the end of .lune. 



Distribution: Turkestan, Siberia, northwards to about 68° north lat, northern Mon- 

 golia, eastern Asia, the East Indies, Sakhalin, Japan. 



Melilotus albus Medicus, Vori. Churpf. Phys. 0k. Ges. II (1787) p. 382; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. L p. 536; Schulz, Monogr. Melilotus no. 4; Kpwj. iM. Ajit. II (1903) p. 221. M. vul- 

 garis Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. II (1809) p. 790; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 255; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 298; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-D ahur. (1842) p. 722, no. 287. 



Scattered on sandy river-banks, on islets in the rivers Yenisei and Abakan, and 

 near Ust Kamuishto. The specimens collected are large and vigorous, about 1 m. high, with 

 hollow stems, and large leaflets, to 30 mm. long and 14 mm. broad, the margins of which 

 are sharply and irregularly serrate. The peduncle is, during the flowering, to 14 cm. long, 

 of about the same length as the raceme itself, and the flowers 5 — 6 mm. long. Thus, 

 these specimens seemed most properly to have to be referred to /. argutus (Reichenb.) 

 Schulz, 1. c. p. 696; Melilotus argutus Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Exc. II (1830—1832). The 

 species flowers in the second half of June. In the Urjankai country I have collected the 

 species past flowering and with pods at the beginning of September, near Cha-kul, on the 

 banks of the river Ulu-kem. 



Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia to India, Siberia, northwards to 68° north 

 lat, and eastwards to about the government of Irkutsk; further to the east the plant is 

 very rare, and probably introduced, Tibet, Mongolia, China (only near Peking), intro- 

 duced into North America and Australia. 



Trifolium pratense L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1082; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 256; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 301; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 547; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 

 724, no. 290; KpMJ. H)ji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 224. 



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