The wild plant exists in Galicia, in Biscaya, and Catalonia,[480] but not in the Balearic Isles;[481] it is found in Sardinia[482] and in the province of Algiers.[483] It appears in several localities in France, Italy, and Dalmatia, in the valley of the Danube and Macedonia, but in many cases it is not known whether it may not have strayed from neighbouring cultivation. A singular locality in which it appears to be indigenous, according to English authors, is on the coast of Cornwall, near the Lizard. In this place, according to Bentham, it is the pale yellow variety, which is truly wild on the Continent, while the crimson variety is only naturalized in England from cultivation.[484] I do not know to what degree this remark of Bentham’s as to the wild nature of the sole variety of a yellow colour (var. _Molinerii_, Seringe) is confirmed in all the countries where the species grows. It is the only one indicated by Moris in Sardinia, and in Dalmatia by Viviani,[485] in the localities which appear natural (_in pascuis collinis_, _in montanis_, _in herbidis_). The authors of the _Bon Jardinier_[486] affirm with Bentham that _Trifolium Molinerii_ is wild in the north of France, that with crimson flowers being introduced from the south; and while they admit the absence of a good specific distinction, they note that in cultivation the variety _Molinerii_ is of slower growth, often biennial instead of annual. +Alexandrine+ or +Egyptian Clover+—_Trifolium Alexandrinum_, Linnæus. This species is extensively cultivated in Egypt as fodder. Its Arab name is _bersym_ or _berzun_.[487] There is nothing to show that it has been long in use; the name does not occur in Hebrew and Armenian botanical works. The species is not wild in Egypt, but it is certainly wild in Syria and Asia Minor.[488] +Ervilia+—_Ervum Ervilia_, Linnæus; _Vicia Ervilia_, Willdenow. Bertoloni[489] gives no less than ten common Italian names—_ervo_, _lero_, _zirlo_, etc. This is an indication of an ancient and general culture. Heldreich[490] says that the modern Greeks cultivate the plant in abundance as fodder. They call it _robai_, from the ancient Greek _orobos_, as _ervos_ comes from the Latin _ervum_. The cultivation of the species is mentioned by ancient Greek and Latin authors.[491] The Greeks made use of the seed; for some has been discovered in the excavations on the site of Troy.[492] There are a number of common names in Spain, some of them Arabic,[493] but the species has not been so widely cultivated there for several centuries.[494] In France it is so little grown that many modern works on agriculture do not mention it. It is unknown in British India.[495]