66 LEGUMINOSZ. [ Medicago. 
[M. macunata Sibth. IM. arabica Huds.—VI. Sparingly 
as a weed in the garden at Lahard House, Beaufort, 1911-12 : 
Mrs. Jenner. One of the numerous alien plants accidentally 
introduced into these gardens with imported dove’s food.] 
[M. sativa Linn. Lucerne.—VII. Frequent in a sandy 
pasture on the north side of Barrow Harbour, 1890-94 : 
R.W.S. A survival of cultivation, but not seen there re- 
cently. This is one of the plants mentioned in Arthur 
Young’s Tour in Ireland, 1780, as introduced by Mr. Herbert 
in his ‘“ reclamations ”’ at Muckross, Killarney, but soon 
choked off by the natural grasses : vide note under Potertum 
polygamum, p. 88.] 
[MELILoTUS ALTissima Thuill.—VI. Sparingly as a garden 
weed at Lahard House, Beaufort, 1910-11: Mrs. Jenner. 
M. arvensis Wallr.—I. Sparingly on the shore of Kenmare 
estuary between the Suspension bridge and the Hotel, 1899, 
noticed there for two or three years, but not seen recently.— 
Til. Sparingly with VM. alba below Glanleam, Valencia, 1892, 
but not seen there since : k.W.S.—VI. Sparingly as a garden 
weed at Lahard House, Beaufort, 1907-11: Mrs. Jenner. 
Casuals accidentally introduced.] 
TRIFOLIUM Linn. 
T. pratense Linn. Red Clover. 
Districts I. IT. UI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Pastures, meadows, banks and waste places. Very 
common. Peren. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,050 feet on the Roughty-Lackabaun 
road, to 1,150 feet on the Slaheny valley road and to 1350, 
feet on the Connor Hill road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Common both as a cultivated and as a native plant. 
T. medium Linn. Zig-zag Clover 
Districts — — — — V. ~ VIL ~— — 
Native. Rocky places. Very rare and local. Peren. 
June—August. 
V. Abundant on the west side of the entrance to Dingle 
Harbour : Hart 1884.—VII. Sparingly near the Tralee-Castle- 
island road about a mile east of Ballycarty : R.W.S. 1889. 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
One of the rarest plants in Kerry, and not yet seen in the 
adjoining portion of West Cork 
