. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. Fig. 54. —Medi cago sativa. 7. MEDICAGO. Medick. Flowers as in Melilotus; pod l-several-seeded, curved or twisted; leaves 3-foliate, leaflets toothed, stipules often cut. 1. M. sativa, L. Lucerne, Alfalfa. Erect, smooth, perennial; leaflets obovate; flowers purple; pods twisted. Introduced into America from Europe and now being largely used as a fodder plant. 2. M. lupulina, L. Black Medick, Nonesdch. Creeping, pubescent, annual; leaflets toothed at seeded. Alta. the apex; flowers yellow, in short spikes; pods
. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. Fig. 54. —Medi cago sativa. 7. MEDICAGO. Medick. Flowers as in Melilotus; pod l-several-seeded, curved or twisted; leaves 3-foliate, leaflets toothed, stipules often cut. 1. M. sativa, L. Lucerne, Alfalfa. Erect, smooth, perennial; leaflets obovate; flowers purple; pods twisted. Introduced into America from Europe and now being largely used as a fodder plant. 2. M. lupulina, L. Black Medick, Nonesdch. Creeping, pubescent, annual; leaflets toothed at seeded. Alta. the apex; flowers yellow, in short spikes; pods 1- Waste places, not uncommon, 8. MELILOTUS. Sweet Clover. Flowers as in Trifolium, but with corolla free from the stamen tube, and arranged' in long terminal racemes; pod more leathery in tex- ture and with fewer seeds. Annual or biennial herbs with rigid stems, and 3- foliate leaves fragrant in drying. 1. M. officinalis, (L.) Lam. Yellow Sweet Clover. Erect, tall; leaflets some- what broadly ovate, closely serrate; petals yellow, all nearly equal in length. Waste ground, not uncom- mon, introduced, Alta. 2. M. aiba, Desv. White Sweet Clover. Fig. 55.—Melilotus Erect, tall; leaflets nar- 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 Company of Canada
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