TRIFOLIUM REPENS PERENNE. 



PERENNIAL WHITE CLOVER. 



Rootstock perennial. Stems solid, prostrate, 

 creeping, rooting at the nodes. Stipules lanceolate- 

 cuspidate. Leaves on long stalks. Leaflets obtuse 

 or obcordate ; margins finely toothed, generally with 

 a white curved band. Peduncles axillary, long, erect, 

 bearing a globose head of flowers. Pedicels deflexed 

 after flowering. Calyx-teeth unequal, subulate, slightly 

 shorter than tube. Corolla persistent, white or pink, 

 turning brown. Pods three- to four-seeded. Flowers 

 from May to October. Native of Europe, North 

 Africa, Asia, India, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water . 

 * Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter 

 fflnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, cfcc 



* Containinpr Nitrogen 

 ** Coutainiug Nitrogen 



Xon-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Containing Si'ica 

 tt Containing Silica 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 



Total Nitrogen 



•578 



•13 

 •30 



Dried at 

 212° F.ihr. 



302 



•fi9 

 1-56 



1C4 



