July, 1952 
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
Page fifty-three 
The dry stems remain erect for a long 
time. When the autumn rains come the 
heads become soft and are relished by 
stock. 
150. T. lappaceum. October 24-Decem- 
ber 28. Beaumont Road, Nctherby, Glen 
Osmond (usually in wet places). 
151. Trigonella ornithopodioides. Dec- 
ember 14. Growing luxuriantly beside 
Tapley’s Hill Road west of the Airport; 
also in National Park where it is much 
smaller and prostrate. 
152. AA —Meli lotus indica (King Island 
Melilot). Very fragrant. September 5- 
slender erect yellow melitot. A good fodder 
but apt to taste the butter when cows feed 
on it. 
153. M. alba\. The peculiar fragrance 
may be carried some distance by the 
breeze. January 3 and 4. Growing beside 
the O.G. Bridge on the Torrens. A good 
fodder plant with a similar proviso. 
154. A — Medicago lupulina (Black 
Medic). September 9, October 3-May 4 (on 
watered lawns in hot months). The pods 
tend to turn black hence the name. 
155. A A — Medicago sativa (Lucern). 
Slight to moderate fragrance. October 30- 
April 29. The cultivated lucern often 
appears spontaneously. 
156. M. orbicularis. Glen Osmond. In 
this and the next species the curled pods 
are more or less flattened. 
157. M. scutellata (Snail Medic). Knox- 
ville. 
158. A —M. tribuloides. August 11 (in 
flower and fruits), October 3-November 20, 
January 4. Botanic Gardens, Colonel Light 
Gardens, Burnside. 
159. A —M. truncuatula. September 8- 
December 12, February 14, April 5-May 30. 
This and the former species are very like 
each other. The former has the spines less 
recurved than the latter. 
160. AA — M. denticulata (Toothed 
Medic). August 1-June 4. A very common 
species with two or three turns of the 
curved pods. 
161. A— M. apiculata. October 6-Decem- 
ber 2. Like the preceding species but the 
spines are represented only by little knobs. 
162. M. lappacea (Burr Medic). Septem- 
ber 21 -January 8. 'Beaumont. Good as a 
fodder. 
163. M. minima. October 11-November 
5. Beaumont. 
164. AA—Vicia sativa (Common Vetch). 
No smell. The most common form of 
vetch in the Adelaide district seems to be 
a hybrid between V. sativa and V. angusti - 
folia. This plant has the obovate leaflets 
of the former and the rounded pods turn- 
ing blackish of the latter. August 3-Novem- 
ber 15. Pods ripe October 22-November 8. 
Much relished by horses. 
165. V. angusti folium. November 7. 
166. A— V. calcarata. September 7-Octo- 
ber 30. Beaumont Common. The large 
flowers are stalked. 
167. Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice). Dec- 
ember 22. Licorice has been found in flower 
on Hackney Road in a vacant allotment 
and adjacent pavement where its roots have 
been eaten by Saint Peters School boys for 
several generations. It also covers a vacant 
field near Payneham tram terminus. 
GERANIUM FAMILY. 
168. Geranium molle. October 23-Nov- 
ember 26. This soft hairy little geranium, 
common in National Park has been found 
at Beaumont and Gill Terrace, Glen 
Osmond, but it probably prefers cooler 
climate than the plains. 
169. A —Er odium botrys (Heron’s Bill). 
June 27, August 1-November 20, February 
15, March 3-22. A good fodder plant as is 
the following. Usually called "geranium” 
in the country. 
170. AA— T. moschatum (Musky Heron’s 
Bill). May 9-December 14. This plant is 
very common. It has been found in fruit 
as early as June 4. Much relished by stock. 
OXALIS FAMILY 
171. AA — Oxalis cernua (Sour-Sob). 
Fragrant. April 11 (April 27 near a leak- 
ing pipe), May 9-December 15. In full 
bloom from June 27-October 16, depending 
on season. Fields have been noted as yellow 
as late as October 16. The sour-sob is a 
garden introduction which has escaped and 
spread widely. It is not eaten in the green 
state but when dry horses seem fond of it. 
It is propagated to a considerable extent 
by bulbils. It sometimes has a juicy tap- 
root which is semi-transulant and has a 
sweet taste. 
172. Oxalis variabilis (One O’clock). 
August 3. A garden plant sometimes 
appearing spontaneously. 
173. O flava. Glen Osmond in Black’s 
Flora. 
