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the stem have the stalk about as long as the leaflets, which 

 are about one inch long. The stipules are ovate or lanceo- 

 late, pointed, and entire on the margins, the lower ones nearly 

 an inch long, the upper ones about half as long. There are 

 but one or two heads on each stem at the summit, each on a 

 peduncle longer than the leaves. The heads are about an 

 inch in diameter, rather loosely flowered, each flower being 

 on a short, slender pedicel, or stem, which bends backward at 

 maturity. Each flower has a long- toothed calyx about half as 

 long as the corolla, which is white tinged with purple. This 

 species is found in rich, open wood-lands and in prairies in 

 Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and westward. It is smaller in 

 size and less vigorous in growth than the common red clover. 



TRIFOLIUM CAROLINANUM (Southern clover). 

 A small perennial clover, having much resemblance to the 

 common white clover. It usually grows from six to ten inches 

 high, somewhat pubescent, the stems slender, procumbent, 

 and branching. The leaves are trifoliate, on petioles of 

 variable length. The leaflets are about half an inch long, 

 obovate, wedge-shaped at base, and somewhat notched at the 

 summit. The stipules are nearly as long as the leaflets, ovate 

 or lanceolate, and slightly toothed above. Bach stalk has 

 usually two long-stalked heads, proceeding from the upper 

 joints. The roundish heads are from one-half to three-fourths 

 of an inch in diameter, without an involucre, and with numer- 

 ous crowded, small flowers on slender pedicels, which become 

 reflexed in age. The long lanceolate teeth of the calyx are 

 slightly shorter than the small, purplish, pointed corolla. 

 The pods are ususlly four-seeded. This species occurs in all 

 the Southern States and in Texas. It is too small to be valu- 

 able for fodder, but is worthy of trial as a constituent of pas- 

 tures in the South. 



