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ture made no alteration in the appearance of this grass, and 

 that there did not appear sufficient merit in it to recommend 

 it for agricultural purposes. 



The results of the above experiments confirm the opinion 

 expressed by Mr. Curtis, and rank the reflexed meadow- 

 grass with the most inferior of the British grasses. It is 

 chiefly, though not exclusively, confined to maritime situa- 

 tions. 



It flowers about the end of May when cultivated in warm 

 situations, and continues to send up flowering culms till the 

 middle of September. The seed is generally ripe in about six 

 weeks after the time of flowering. 



MEDIC AGO lupulina. Black Nonsuch, Trefoil Medick. 



Specific character: Spikes oval; seed-vessel kidney- 

 shaped, with one cell and one seed ; stems trailing. 



Obs Stems trailing, unless supported by the plants with 



which it grows; about a foot long, somewhat angular, 

 slightly hairy, branched. Leaves obovate, or wedge- 

 shaped, tooth towards the top, the mid-rib lengthened 

 out to a short broad point, soft, pubescent, particularly 

 on the under side. Flowers small, yellow, from thirty 

 to forty, and upwards, in a head which is at first round- 

 ish, afterwards oval. Legume striated and wrinkled, 

 somewhat hisped with rigid hairs, turning black when 

 ripe. Seed ovate, smooth, yellowish. This plant has 

 such general resemblance to the proper trefoils or 

 clovers, that it is often mistaken for some of the smaller 

 species. The form and colour of the seed-pods afford a 

 ready mark of distinction. 



Native of Britain. Root annual; in some situations 

 biennial. 



Erperimefits. — At the time of flowering, the produce from 

 a sandy loam is 13,612 lbs. per acre. 



We are informed in Mr. Young's Annals of Agriculture, 

 that this plant has been much sown of late years for sheep 

 food in open fields, where it is a considerable improvement, 

 first, for the sweet food, and then, to help the land by 



