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No. 1. Bed Clover. — A satisfactory sample, with a purity of about 98 

 per cent. The impurities betray a southern or eastern origin. 



* Chenopodiuin album. 

 Digitaria ?filiformis 



D. ciliaris or sanguinale. 

 N Plantago lanceolata. 



* P. major. 



P. media or Eugelii. 

 N Polygonum aviculare. 



* Polygonum Persicaria. 



N Rurnex Acetosella. 

 N E. ?obtusifolius. 



Setaria glauca. 



S. viridis. 



Silene noctiflora. 



No. 2. White Clover.— Cannot be considered a good sample, its purity 

 being only about 95 per cent., instead of 98 per cent. Contains too much 

 Plantago and Rumex Acetosella. Cuscuta and Calamintha are not usual in 

 White Clover seed. The impurities indicate a slightly southern or eastern 

 origin. 



Alyssum calycinum. 



Anthemis arvensis. 



Barbarea vulgaris. 



Calamintha ?Acinos. 

 N Cerastium triviale. 

 * Chenopodium album. 



Cuscuta Trifolii. 



Erysimum ?cheiranthoides. 



Galium sp. 

 N Geranium molle. 

 Lychnis vespertina. 



N Matricaria inodora. 

 Myosotis sp. 



* Papaver somniferum. 

 Phleum pratense. 



N Plantago lanceolata. 

 N Prunella vulgaris. 

 N Eumex Acetosella. 



* Spergula arvensis. 

 N Stellaria graminea. 



* S. media. 

 Viola sp. 



No. 3. Perennial Eye-grass. — An inferior sample, with a purity of 

 only about 86 per cent., instead of 99 per cent, or more. Contains far too 

 much Bromus mollis and Holcus lanatus. Most of the impurities belong to 

 species which occur locally ; the others would be accounted for by an English 

 origin. 



N Anthoxanthum odoratum. 

 N Arrhenatherum avenaceum. 



* Bromus mollis. 



N Festuca sciuroides. 



* Holcus lanatus. 



N Hypochaeris radicata. 



Myosotis sp. 

 N Poa ?trivialis. 

 N Ranunculus acris. 



Trifolium agrarium. 



T. ?procumbens. 



No. 4. Italian Eye-grass. — Not a good sample; purity about 95 

 per cent., instead of 99 per cent, or more. Over four-fifths of the impurities 



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