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 tlie end of the summer, are 

 small, yellow, and arranged in dense ol:)long spikes. The calyx has 

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



