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plant has a dense habit of growth, with very slender stems, small 

 leaves and whitish flowers which are somewhat concealed by the 

 foliage. 



WHITE WILD CLOVER. 

 ( Trifolium longipes y Nutt.) 



A large patch of this clover was seen in Miners' Canyon, 

 near Lincoln Valley. It had been eaten off so clean by the sheep 

 that it was scarcely possible to find a good specimen. The herder 

 with the band of sheep considered it very good feed. Shear and 

 Rydberg* speak of it as follows: " An excellent forage plant, 

 worth cultivating, as it forms a dense sod and is quite luxuriant 

 in its growth." Coville** states that it is a favorite forage plant 

 for sheep in and about the meadows. The plant grows from 

 three inches to a span high, resembling King's clover very closely, 

 except that the flowers point upwards. 



ANDERSON'S CLOVER. 



(Trifolium Andersonii, Gray.) 



This is a dwarf clover, densely clothed with soft white hairs. 

 It forms dense tufts, often covering the ground to a distance of 

 fifty yards. The roots are exceedingly strong, penetrating the 

 ground to a considerable depth, thus helping to bind the usually 

 loose sandy places in which it grows. This clover was seen 

 abundantly at Constantia, California, on the eastern side of the 

 Sierras, and in the neighborhood of Chat, California. This plant 

 makes good forage, but it was not widely distributed enough to 

 be considered as a valuable forage plant for sheep. It deserves a 

 trial under cultivation. 



TORREY'S WILD VETCH. 

 (Lotus Torreyi, (A. Gray) Greene.) 



PL. XXIV. 



Large patches of this plant were found in partly shaded 



*Bulletin 5, ^Division of Agrostology, p. 45. 

 **Bulletin 15, Division of Forestry, p. 24. 



