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THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE 



T. incarnatum. With the exception of Trifolium repens, these are 

 introduced from the Old World. The Japan clover, now much 

 prized in the South, is really not a clover, but belongs to a 

 closely related genus. It is known to botanists as Lespedeza 



Fig. 74. A carex, or sedge. 



Fig. 75. A common sedge, or earex, in 

 flower and when ripe. 



striata. It was introduced accidentally into South Carolina 

 about 1849. 



304e. There are many kinds of grass-like plants. The 

 greater part of these, at least in the North, belong to the 

 closely related Sedge family. Sedges are easily distiuguisned 

 by 3-ranked leaves and usually by 3 -angled stems, with a 

 pith ; and the flowers are very unlike grasses. The sedges 



