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Taraxcum dens /corn's (Dandelion). A weed, widely distributed 

 over the United States, introduced from Europe in grain and grass 

 seed. Its leaves furnish a scant but palatable and nutritious early 

 forage in pastures for sheep, and the seed is therefore sometimes 

 used as an ingredient of pasture- mixtures. 



Tetragonia cxpansa (New /calami spinach). An annual herb 

 of the order Ficoide;e, native of the seacoasts of Chili, Japan, Aus- 

 tralia, and New Zealand.. Used as a vegetable, and also recom- 

 mended as valuable in sheep pastures and arid regions, and on 

 alkaline or saline soils. 



Fig. 33. Trifoliinn amphianthum. 



Trifolium agrarinni (Golden clover ; yellow meadow trefoil ; 

 yellow hop clover ; field clover ; hop clover ; yellow clover ; gold 

 colored clover ; large golden clover). A perennial wild European 

 clover, widely naturalized on sandy fields and by roadsides in the 

 eastern States as far south as Virginia. It is of considerable value 

 for sandy pastures. 



