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WEEDS IN THE MEADOW. 



Fig. 90. 



Fia. 97. 



Fig. 98. 



Fig. ^).~StcUnrin mcff/a, Smith. (Stnr cliickweed.) A seed lying on one of its two flat 

 sides. 1 x:>o.— (Sudwortli.) 



Fig. 07.— .V()?/i((/ii rcfticiUatn, !>. (Carpet-weed.) 'I'wo views, d, lnoliint; towards one 

 edge; /j, lying on iine side. Tliese are nmeh like chic kweeds. Ixlt. (Sudwortli.) 



Fi(i. itS.—Pdijanr lilKvax, L. A seed of iioppy. Two or thre< species are quite 

 troublesome in some places. 1 « 30.— (Sudwortli.) 



Fui. »). 



Fig. 100. 



Fig. 99.— PoW?((rtC(i iitiinccn, L. (Piirselane, '* Pusley"); a, seed lying on one side, /), 

 standing on edge sliowing seed sear. 1 x 1;.'. -(Sudwortli.) 



Fig, KiO.-— J/n/iY( intitnilifDliii, 1,. (( "oininon niailow.* 'I'liis low iierennial seeds freely 

 for some montlis in the year, sending down a long, stout root. 1 x 18.— (Sudwortli.) 



ErodUtni n'nf/ar!>nii. I/IIer. Alliluria, Pin-clover, Piu-grass. 

 This ])]aiit bolcjiigs to the geranium family, iiiul 

 has ])eeome quite abundant in California. The 

 plant makes good pasture, but the seeds get 

 into the avooI of sheep, and not unfrequently 

 pierce the skin of the aninud. The seed of this 

 })lant, by the aid of alternating drought and 

 moisture, can penetrate the soil after the man- 

 ner of Sh'pa spartca pi-eviously mentioned. 



FiQ. 101.— KroiJiidit cicutnrium, I/Her. (.\lfllaria.) 1 xlt.— (Scribner.) 



Medicayo htpidinn, L. (Black Medick.) This is a biennial or 

 perennial, and in habit much reseml)les white clover. The llow- 

 ers are yellow; the plant makes good feed, though there is less 



Fig. 103.— 0.rj/tr«pi« Lamhertii. (Loco Weed.)— (U. S. Agricultural Report.) 



