FLORA OF JFnSEY. \ir, 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. Normandy (rather rare). W. 

 Prance. W. Europe as far north as Fifeshire. 



6. Medicago L. 



1. M. sativa L. 



Denizen. Much sown in Jersey for more than a century, and 

 now thoroughly naturalised in sandy fields on the west and 

 south coasts. June to August. 



Indigenous in Asia Minor, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. (De 

 Candolle) . 



2. M. LUPULINA L. 



Native. Fields, roadsides, dry places. Common. May to 



September. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Prance. 



3. M. DENTICDLATA WiUd. 



Native. Dry, sandy fields and banks. Not common. June 

 to August. 



"West Momit. St. Aubin's Bay. 

 Guernsey (rare). Alderney. Normandy ? W. France, 

 ^'ar. APicuLATA (WUld.) (Fruit smaller, spmes shorter.) 



Grouville Common. St. Aubin's Bay. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Normandy. W. Prance. 



A variable plant. The spines on the fruit of the West 

 Mount plant were almost long enough for the S. European var. 

 LAPPACBA (Desr.). 



4. M. MACULATA WiUd. (M. AEABICA All.) 



Native. Fields and banljs. Common. April to July. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. France. 



5. M. MINIMA Desr. 



Native. Sandy fields. Very local. May to August. 



St. Ouen's Bay, near the Pond (abundant). The Quenvais. 

 Grouville Common. 

 Normandy (not common). W. France (frequent). 



6. M.falcalaL. 



Casual. " One patch near the second Martello Tower, St. 

 Aubin's Bay." J. Piquet, who sent a specimen to Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett in 1878. Not there now. 



7. Melilotus Adans. 

 1. M. altissima Thuill. (M. officinalis Lam.) 



An occasional casual. Millbrook (1896). Samares (1896). 

 Le Hocq (1900). 



