nor TRi'.i'oii. 



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frequent associate of species tiiat delight in the more or less undis- 

 turbed security and protection of the railway hanks, which are now 

 so general a feature of most disiricis. 



Likewise it trequenis iialural hanks and slopes, beiny ticcuslonicd 

 to ilrv conditions, anil is ]ar''el\' a dr\ -soil lover. 



Hop Trefoii. {TrifiiUuin l^rocumhens, L. ) 



The specific name suggests the trailing hahii of most of the stems, 

 the princi|)al one being erect, slender, the leaflets blunt at the tip, the 

 leaves with lobes each side of a stalk, the leaflets in threes, and the 

 stems are also slightly downw 



The flowerheads are round, large, in oval spikes, with o\erlai)ping 

 tlorets, having a hop-like appearance (hence the name). When the 

 tlowers are withered the standard yelKjw, like the rest of the (lowers, 

 is arching but does not fold over the potls. It is bent down, does not 



