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CALYCIFLOR/ 93 
of the carina. The two alz are wide at the base and 
cover the stamens. The staminal tube _ splits 
posteriorly to include the tenth stamen. The style 
curves upwards so that the stigma exceeds the 
anthers and _ cross-pollination may take place. 
Butterflies and moths, flies and bees visit this 
clover. 
As the pod is not a schizocarp the seeds are dis- 
persed close to the plant itself. 
Bee Bread, Broad Clover, Meadow, Red or Soukie 
Clover, Clatter Mallock, Clover Grass, Cock’s Head, 
Cow Cloos, Cow Grass, Honey-suck, Honeysuckle, 
Trefoil, Marl Grass, Shamrock, Sleeping Maggie, 
Suckies, Sugar Plum are a few of the names by 
which it is known. 
It was a talisman to detect fairies. 
“ Pll seek a four-leaved Clover 
In all the fairy dells ; 
And if I find the charmed leaf, 
Oh, how I’ll weave my spells.” 
THE TUFTED VETCH (Vicza Cracca). 
Like the Red Clover this pretty trailing or climb- 
ing vetch is found in every part of the British Isles 
up to the Shetland Isles, and in the Highlands grows 
at an altitude of 2400 ft. 
There are few hedgerows where in spring and 
early summer this beautiful wild flower may not be 
found. Not only does it grace the hedge by the 
