WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPRING 



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{Medicago lupulina) which is common in wastes, by the waysides 

 and in pastures. This is a procumbent, spreading plant, with stems 

 from six inches to two feet in length, and leaflets inversely 



The Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill. 



egg-shaped, with, finely-toothed edges. The flowers, which appear in 

 April, and continue to bloom till near the end of the summer, are 

 small, yellow, and arranged in dense oblong spikes. The calyx has 

 five teeth, and the pods are kidney-shaped, each with only one seed. 



