96 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
1. GENIS’TA, L. Woap-waxen. 
{Name from the Celtic gen, a bush.] 
Calyx 2-lipped. Standard oblong-oval, spreading. Keel shoes straight, 
scarcely enclosing the stamens and style. Stamens monade at s, the 
th entire; 5 alternate anthers shorter. Pod flat, se eral-seeded. 
nts. Leaves simple Flowers yellow a 
1. G. trxcro‘ri, L. , thornless, wn: striate angled erect branches ; 4 
leaves lanceolate ; Sica | in spiked ra 
Dyer’s Genista. Woad-waxen. Whin. Dy er’s Green Weed. 
Stem a a foot high, erect or ascending. Leaves sessile, rather distant. Flowers 
bright yellow with a sual bract at the base of cach. : 
A na of Europe, Massachusetts and E. New York. gory) 
ally in n Eastern Massachusetts, where it is so abundant in some olicrec 
to SS to the hill-sides a yellow appearance when in flower. It abounds in 
r, and is to dye wool yellow. It is said that sti 
cows 3 feed upon it their milk becomes bitter. It has some medicinal re 
phobi and is a popular remedy among the Russian peasantry for hydro- 
ia. 
2. TRIFO’LIUM, L. att 
> tres, sate and folium, leaf ; Seracteriatic of the gen 
keel s mem: 
b aceous, sci cely dehiscent, 1 — 2- -— ly 3-4-) seeded, mostly 
inlade in the —o tube. Plowet ers mostly in heads or spikes. Stipules 
base of the petiol 
* * Barts sessile in compact ‘aists corolla renee or ll pink and spotted. 
T. arvénse, L. Stem erect, pilose ; leaflets linear-obovate or spatu- 
setae minutely 3-toothed at apex ; ‘stipules ee subulate-acuminate ; 
— oblongeylindi, ey villous ; calyx-segments longer than the 
corolla ; petals sca 
TELD TRIFOLIUM. ged Pais Welsh Clover. Rabbit-foot. 
Fr. Pied de Lievre. Germ. Der Hasen Klee. Span. Pié de seas 
Whole plant softly pilose. Root annual. Stem 6-12 pres: high, slender, ge’ 
much branched. eases half an inch to an inch long ; common re eos of an 
steed an inch long. : —- inconspicuous, whitish or pale pink, with a purple spot on 
Sterile old naa Canada to Florida: introduced. Native of Europe. Fi. June— 
August. Fr. August - Octobe 
Obs. This species—a natur alized Seth bation only entitled to the 
notice of the farmer on account of its prevalence and its worthlessness.— 
i presence is a pesss a indication of a Ty sha ,and ae it i f 
culture > is to improve both. is 
— superseded gems more valuable 
