scubni (Mexican clover ; Spanish clover ; Ipecac 

 weed ; Florida clover ; water parsley ; bellfountain ; poor toe ; 

 pigeon weed. Fig. 28). An annual weed, native of Central America 

 and Mexico, which has been introduced into the Southern States 

 and has now spread along the gulf westward into Texas. It is a 

 succulent, creeping, prostrate plant, chiefly valued as a renovator of 

 sandy rields on the coast. It is not a true clover, but belongs to the 

 Kiibiac;e, the family in which coffee is included. Reports concern- 



FIG. 29. Greasewoocl (Sarcobatus vermicularis). 



ing it are conflicting. According to some it is a valuable pasture 

 plant, while others affirm that neither cattle nor horses will eat it. 

 On rich lands it can be cut, making a nutritious and palatable hay, 

 which is readily eaten by all kinds of stock. Chemical analysis 

 shows that the hay contains nearly as much nutriment as red clover. 

 It is never cultivated, but appears as a weed after corn and cotton 

 have been laid by. In Florida it is considered an excellent plant to 

 grow in orange groves as a mulch, and to turn under for green 

 manure. 



