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SEA-SIDE PLANTS. 



and assume a degree of redness. The rough rigid 

 Trefoil (Trifolium scabrum) is found also on the 

 Scottish coasts, as well as on sandy inland fields 

 in England ; and sometimes, but rarely, that little 



TREFOILS. 



inconspicuous flower, the Suffocated Trefoil (Tri- 

 folium suffocatum) , gratifies the botanist more than 

 the ordinary lover of wild flowers, by springing up 

 under his footstep, as he walks along the Norfolk 

 or Suffolk coast. 



The reticulated Medick (Medicago denticulata) 



