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Spikes oval ; seed-vessel kidney-shaped, with one cell and 



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Stems trailing, unless supported by the plants with which it grows; ahoutafoot Ion 

 somewhat angular, slightly hairy, branched, f Leaves obovate, or wedge-shaped, tootlief] 

 towards the top, the mid-rib lengthened out into a short broad point, soft, pubescent Da 

 ticularly on the under side. Flowers small, yellow, from thirty to forty, and upwards i 

 a head, which is at first roundish, afterwards oval. Legume striated and wrintled ^ 

 somewhat hispid with rigid hairs, turning black when ripe. Seed ovate, smooth, yellow- 



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Arr.; E, Bot. 971; i:^- Dan. 992. This plant has such 

 general resemblance to the proper Trefoils or Clovers, that it is often mistaken for some of 

 the smaller species. The form and colour of the seed-pods afford a ready mark of dis- 



tinction. 



Native of Britain. Root annual : in some situations biennial. 

 Experiments. — At the time of flowering, the produce from a sandy loam, is. 



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81675 



5104 11 



Grass, 20 oz. The produce per acre 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



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The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying - . . , . , . 8507 13 



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64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



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sown of late years for sheep food in open fields, where it is a considerable improvement, first, 



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exposed to the sun ; multiplies very well from the seed, grows chiefly in the spring, flowering 

 at the beginning of May, and ripening the seed at the beginning of June ; it grows hut little 

 towards the end of summer and autumn. It is cut with Poa trivialis, fifteen inches high, but 

 is naturally procumbent. The seed of this plant falls so readily, that great loss ensues from 

 moving it, and, in thrashing, the least stroke clears it. It is a good way, therefore, to thrash 

 it in the field on a cloth, which is moved to the seed, and not the seed to the cloth. This account, 



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ox mis plant, only that it does not tlower here till the middle or end of May. For light soils J 

 only it appears to be adapted, and these must be deep, as the root penetrates to a considerable 

 depth, and is but little fibrous. It does not appear fit for separate cultivation, nor even to be 

 employed in a large proportion, in a mixture of other seeds. The root is annual, or at most a 

 two-year lived plant, and its use is therefore confined to the alternate husbandry. To sow the 

 seeds of this plant with others, on land intended to remain for permanent pasture, would be 

 subversive of the intention ; as every spot this plant occupied would be naked the second year, 

 and these spots afford every encouragement to the growth of weeds, as well as the decaying 

 roots afford nourishment to the life of grubs. 



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