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Hairs of the stem slightly spreading. Head of fruit elongated, 
oblong-cylindrical. Calyx-teeth subulate-aristate, hairy to the 
point of the awns. Corolla crimson-red. 
On the borders of fields and by roadsides where it has escaped 
from cultivation. Perfectly naturalized in Jersey, but scarcely 
so in Britain, although it frequently occurs both in England and 
Scotland. 
(England, Scotland.| Annual. Early Summer. 
Stems 6 to 18 inches high. Leaflets 3? to 1} inch long, nearly 
as broad as long. Stipules 3 to ? inch long, generally with the 
terminal portion herbaceous; below this there is a purplish band, 
which, however, is terminal in the upper stipules, as these have no 
herbaceous point. Flower-heads spicate, 1 to 2 inches long, very 
dense. Flowers 3 inch long. Calyx-teeth rigid, and spreading 
like a star in fruit. Whole plant densely pubescent. 
The spicate heads of this clover distinguish it from all the other 
species included in the British Flora. 
Crimson Clover. 
French, Z'réfle Incarnat. German, Inkarnat Klee. 
Of late years this species of Clover has been much grown in England, and has 
long been cultivated in southern Europe as a fodder plant. It cau be sown in the 
early autumn as soon as the corn is off the land; the latter being simply harrowed so 
as to loosen the surface. It grows with great rapidity, and yields a good crop early in 
the spring, when other green fodder is scarce, and it may be removed in time to sow 
corn. Sometimes it is sown in February and March, and can then be fed off and 
ploughed in time for sowing the turnip-seed. This rapid growth renders it very 
valuable to the farmer under certain circumstances, when he requires to raise a good 
supply of fodder between the regular rotation crops. 
All cattle are fond of it when young and green ; but when in flower its stems 
become hard, and it is not well adapted for hay. Like other similar plants, it is often 
sown with Italian rye-grass. It ripens seed readily, but, when left for this purpose, 
exhausts the ground considerably. 
Sun-Srecies? I.—Trifolium Molinerii. Baib. 
Pirate CCCLIII. 
Boreau, Fl. du Centre de la Fr. ed. iii. p. 182. 
T. incarnatum, var. 3, Molinerii, Auct. Plur. 
Hairs of the stem adpressed. Head of fruit rather short, oblong. 
Calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, aristate, the points of the awns 
generally glabrous. Corolla whitish, turning to pale rose. 
“ Among short grass near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. First 
observed near Landewednack in 1838 by the Rev. W. 8. Hore and 
the Rey. C. A. Johns, and afterwards by the latter gentleman along 
