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MEUL0TU8 ALBA Dear* White sweet olover* 
Extracts from this plant were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle.— Metsger and Grant (277) . 
MELILOTUS ALTISSIMA Thuill. Clover. 
Mosquitoes in Egypt fed on the juioe of the highly soented blossoms, 
which o on tain coumarin. It was suggested that ooumarin might hnve a 
similar aotion in the mosquito to that which quinine had in man and that 
the wealth of leguminous crops, especially of clovers, occurring; in the 
cultivated areas of Egypt, might be responsible for the immunity from 
malaria in these area*.— Willoooka 
respoi 
(426) • 
Inasmuoh as synthetio ooumarin had no deleterious influence on 
adult mosquitoes (Anopheles spp* and Culex fatigana Wied,), it was be- 
lieved that ooumarin taken with" the liquid extracted from clover blossoms 
would have no deterrent aotion on malarial parasites in the mosquito*- 
Mayne (273) . 
MELILOTUS OFFICIIAUS (L.) Lam* Yellow sweetolover. 
The natives of Bessarabia kept their houses free of moths by keep- 
ing bunches of this plant in all the rooms* This effect was confirmed 
by experiment.— Ossipov (295) . 
A saturated solution of ooumarin* in sugar solution was ineffective 
against the housefly*— Jackson and Lefroy (217 ) • 
MILLBTTIA AURICULATA Baker* 
In India the roots were applied to sores on cattle to kill vermin*— 
Watt (422 , v* 3, p* 89). 
The roots were used as an insecticide*— Greshoff (171 , p. 69). 
MILLBTTIA PACHYCARPA Benth. Fish-poison climber. 
Extracts of the bark from Burma were nontoxic to the bean aphid.— 
Tattersfield and Gindngham (391 )* 
This plant has been found of inseotioidal value against certain 
insects in south China*— Chiu (94 ). 
This plant is widely distributed in the mountains of Kwangsi Prov- 
ince in China* It oontains a large amount of saponin and possibly 
considerable rot en one. Mixed with soap it aoted both as a oontast and 
a stomach poison, being as efficient as derris and far cheaper.— 
Chen (83)* 
