. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus ii. PEA FAMILY. 353 Melilotus altissima Thuill, a European species with narrow, nearly entire leaflets, and pubes- cent pods, has been found on ballast at Atlantic ports. 2. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow Melilot. Yellow Millet. Fig. 2473. Trifolium Melilotus officinalis L. Sp. PI. 765. 1753. Melilotus vulgaris Hill. Brit. Herb. 308. 1756. Melilot
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus ii. PEA FAMILY. 353 Melilotus altissima Thuill, a European species with narrow, nearly entire leaflets, and pubes- cent pods, has been found on ballast at Atlantic ports. 2. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow Melilot. Yellow Millet. Fig. 2473. Trifolium Melilotus officinalis L. Sp. PI. 765. 1753. Melilotus vulgaris Hill. Brit. Herb. 308. 1756. Melilotus officinalis Lam. Fl. Fr. 2: 594. 1778. Resembling the preceding species, but the flow- ers are yellow. Standard about equalling the wings and keel; leaflets oblong, oblanceolate, or oval, serrate, the apex rounded, not truncate; pod about 2" long, with irregularly reticulated veins, often slightly pubescent with appressed hairs. In waste places, frequent throughout our area and in the southern States. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. Summer, bloom- ing later than M. alba, where the two grow together in southern New York. Old English names, balsam- flowers, hart's-clover, king's-clover, king's-crown, heartwort. Plaster-clover. Melilotus indica (L.) All., introduced on ballast about the seaports, and an abundant weed in the Far West, may be readily distinguished from this by its much smaller yellow flowers and smaller pods. Ononis repens L., an herb of the tribe Trifolieae, with axillary flowers, forming terminal leafy racemes, has been found as a waif in central New York. The genus is distinguished from others of the tribe by its monadelphous stamens. Yellow 12. TRIFOLIUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 764. 1753. Herbs, with (in our species) mostly 3-foliolate, denticulate leaves, and purple pink red white or yellow flowers in dense heads or spikes. Stipules adnate to the petiole. Calyx- teeth nearly equal. Petals commonly persistent, their
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