. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 5 (S From Honey. XEOTAR-PRODUCING PLANTS AND THEIR POLLEN. Bij Geo. Hayes, Beesfon, Notts. (Continued from page 292.) No. 20. MELiLOT (MelUotus vulgaris; Melijotus officinalis), etc. Nat. Order. Leguminosce. The generic title of this plant at once suggests ,honey—mel; flower—lotus, or honey-flower; whilst vu?(jfar is indicates that it is quite common. This is another of the leguminous plants so valuable to the bee-keeper, and although the in- florescence and growth are very different in ap- pearance from the ordinary clovers, it w as by ea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 5 (S From Honey. XEOTAR-PRODUCING PLANTS AND THEIR POLLEN. Bij Geo. Hayes, Beesfon, Notts. (Continued from page 292.) No. 20. MELiLOT (MelUotus vulgaris; Melijotus officinalis), etc. Nat. Order. Leguminosce. The generic title of this plant at once suggests ,honey—mel; flower—lotus, or honey-flower; whilst vu?(jfar is indicates that it is quite common. This is another of the leguminous plants so valuable to the bee-keeper, and although the in- florescence and growth are very different in ap- pearance from the ordinary clovers, it w as by early writers, and is still now, called sweet clover be- cause of the spicy odour of its flowers. It is by some called plaister clover be- cause of the medi- cinal virtues of the plant for that par- ticular 1 urpose. It is also sometimes called Bokhara clo- ver (Melilotus leu- cafitha). There are numer- ous species and varieties of this plant; the most common and the particular one under consider- ation grows to a height of from 3ft. to oft., with white or yellow flowers, which are small and arranged in long racemes on one side of the stalk only. It has a very graceful up- right growth. The leaves are trifoli- ate, the lower ones being compounded of leaflets that are much more rounded in form than the upper ones, which are usually more attenuated and linear. These racemes spring from the axils of the leaves. The corolla is of the Paplionaceous, or butterfly type, the colour of the flower varying in the different species from white to red and blue to purple, in addition to the yellow. It has ten stamens, one stigma, and the legume,. POLLEN OF MELILOTUS. 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 London
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