. Selected western flora [microform] : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. Botany; Botanique; Botany; Botanique; Botany; Botanique. 72 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA Fig. 54. — Medi caKo tiativa. of red or rcddiah-whito flowers. Commonly introiluced as a fodder plant, Imt Tiot hardy cnouKh to hecmiic very widoaprcad. Frequently found around fields in the Red Kivor Valley. 7. MEDICAGO. Mkuick. FlowiTS aa in Mi'lilotus; pod l-scviTal-sct-dcd, curved or twisted; leaves 3-foliate, leaflets toothed, stipules often cut. 1. M. MtlT«. L. Lucerne, Alfalfa. Ercrt, smooth, perennial; leaflets oliovatc: flowers purp
. Selected western flora [microform] : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. Botany; Botanique; Botany; Botanique; Botany; Botanique. 72 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA Fig. 54. — Medi caKo tiativa. of red or rcddiah-whito flowers. Commonly introiluced as a fodder plant, Imt Tiot hardy cnouKh to hecmiic very widoaprcad. Frequently found around fields in the Red Kivor Valley. 7. MEDICAGO. Mkuick. FlowiTS aa in Mi'lilotus; pod l-scviTal-sct-dcd, curved or twisted; leaves 3-foliate, leaflets toothed, stipules often cut. 1. M. MtlT«. L. Lucerne, Alfalfa. Ercrt, smooth, perennial; leaflets oliovatc: flowers purple; pods twisted. IntrodueiHl into America from Europe and now lieing larnely used aa a (odder plant. 2. , L. Ulack Medick, Nonesuch. CrcepinK, pubesient, annual; leaflets toothed at the apex: flowers yellow, in short spikes; pods 1- seeded. Waste places, not unconunon, Alta. ' 8. MELIL6TUS. Sweet Clover. Flowers as in Trifolium, but with eorolla free from the stanun tube, and arranged in long terminal racemes; pod more leathery in tex- ture and with fewer seeds. Annual or Inennial herbs with rigid stems, and 3- foliate leaves fragrant in drying. 1. H. offlcinilis, (L.) Lam. Yellow Sweet Cloveb. Erect, tall; leaflets some- what broadly ovate, closely serrate; petals yellow, all nearly equal in length. Waste pround, not uncom- mon, introduced, Alta. 2. M. llb«, Desv. White Sweet Clover. FlQ. 55.—Melilotus Erect, tall; leaflets nar- Fio. officinalis. rower than in the preceding; *"^'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hales, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945. Toronto : Macmillan
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