SAINFOIN 



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The [)od Is \vinL;cd and crested, spiny, and may be dispersed b)- aid 

 of the wind or animals, or merely by dehiscence or falling when ripe. 

 Sainfoin is a ch.alk plant induloing in a lime soil, and found also on 



Pliolo. II. Irviiii; 



SainI'OJN {Oiwbrycliis vidtpfollci, Scop.) 



oolitic rock soils, or where fodder has been grown, where it may, 

 when on cold clay soil, &c., persist for a short period. 



The funq-i, Rhytisma onohrychidis, Kannilaria oiiobrychidis, Sainfoin 

 leaf-spot, infest it, and it is galled b\- Cccidoniyia oiiobrychidis; whilst a 

 beetle, Bruchus canus, also lives on it. 



