Kerzfzlcky Forage Plmzls-— The Clavers and {heir A llz`es. 35
flattened and elongate, while the colors may be red, black,
mottled, white with a black eye, or, in a few varieties, such
as the "white table" and the "lady," are white and un-
marked. The foliage of the field pea again is much like that
of the common garden pea, while that of the stock or cowpea
is plainly that of a bean.
Phasealus pogzsiaehyus (WILD BEAN).—Kentucky (Short
and Peter).
Psaralea 02wl>ryehz's.—-Kentucky (Britton and Brown).
Psaraleez ]§€d2l7lCZ¢ldld.—]&CkSOH County, ]une 25, 1889 (G.
M. Sullivan); Corbin, ]une 19, 1892.
Psoralea slz;bulaz‘a.—Kentucky (Gray).
R0bz'2zz`a psezlzlacaela (BLACK LOCUST).—A well-known tree,
to be found throughout the State about dwellings, and some-
times encountered among natural growths. In flower about
May 18.
Jfhynchasia ereela.—Kentucky (Miss Price).
Rhyvzchasia tamemtzm (T\VINING R11vNcH0s1A). A
Slrophaszyles helwla (TR.-x1L1NG \/V1LD B12AN).—Lexington,
Ky., Sept. 24, 1901, (Miss Mary L. Didlake).
Strqbhasgles paz¢eg‘Z0m (SMALL-1¤L0xv12Ran W1L1> BEAN).-
Clinton, Ky., ]u1y 29, 1901. ‘
Slraphoszjxles zmzlze/lam (P1N1; XVILD BEAN).—Fult0n, Ky.,
Aug. 11, 1892; Lexington, Aug. 26, 1892.
Siylasanlhzls bylara (PENCIL FLOWER)-—Corbin, june 19,
1892; Lawrence Co., Aug. 16, 1894 (A. R. Crandall); jack-
son Co., june 15, 1889 (G. M. Sullivan).
Trzfalium alexzwdrimlm (E0Y1>’1`1AN C1.o\‘E1<).——'I`his has
been tried but once at the Station. A moderately good growth
l was secured, resembling alfalfa in some ways. ]une 29 the
height was about I2 inches. The iiower clusters are white
and small, like those of white clover, the corollas at length
disappearing, leaving the developed seeds in a compact head
about M inch long. Mr. D. G. Fairchild, of the U. S. De-
_ partment of Agriculture, says it is the important forage crop
of Egypt. One variety is employed for sowing on mud, im-
mediately after the subsidence of an overflow of the Nile
_ River. Might it not be so used by our farmers on bottom-