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in sonic cases to llic ^rowiiii^' ol chivcr witli wheal lo serve as a second 

 crop after the wheat is cm. In a general way it occurs in santl) places, 

 and on waste j^round, where it is quite estahh'shed. 



This is a handsome, tall, erect, or sometimes ir.nlin^. .and clustered 

 or branched species, with fresh bright L;rt:en tolia^e. The leaflets are 

 ohloni^', with small sawlike teetli, and notched at the tij), the slc'm 

 hollow, the stipules or lea\es membranous with leu ner\es, the stalks 



Ioul;. 



1 he llowerlieads ai'e 

 in umbels, rt)unded, in 

 threes, the stalks Ioul;, 

 placed in the a.xiis, the 

 petals being white or rose- 

 colour, and the teeth of 

 the caly.\ are suljeciual, 

 awl-sliajjed, and half as 

 lon^" as the corolla. The 

 pods contain 4 seeds. 



Usually Alsike Clover 

 is about 9 in. to i ft. hioh. 

 The flowers may be found 

 in June. luly. August, and 

 September. It is peren- 

 nial. 



The flowers are larger 

 than, but resemble those 

 of T. icpens, and are thus 

 more liable to be cross- 

 pollinated than smaller- 

 flowered species which are 

 inconspicuous. The flower is partly drooping after flowering and the 

 calyx bell-shaped. The pods are enclosed in the calyx, which does 

 not fall, and droj) in tlie immediate neighbourhood of the parent plant. 



Alsike is a sand plant and thrives well on a sand soil, derived 

 from arenaceous rocks, such as Coal-measures and other sandstone 

 formations. 



Insect or fungal pests are unknown. 



The name hybridiini refers to a supposed hybrid origin, the plant 

 being derived from T. pratciii^c and T. repeiis, between which it is 

 intermediate. 



The plant is called Alsike or Alsike Clover. Linnanis found it 



Alsike Ci-OVKr (Trifohuiu liybriduiu, 1.. | 



