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the terminal leaflet, but to the fact that the main midrib 

 of the leaf is carried on past the basal leaflets, and to its end 

 the terminal leaflet is joined by a short leaf stalk. 



Lotus. — The stipules are like leaflets, so that the leaf 

 appears to have five leaflets, the basal pair being sUghtly 

 separated from the upper pair. 



REFERENCES. 



Stebler and Schroeter, mentioned at the end of Chapter I., deal as 

 fully with Clovers as with Grasses. Percival's " Agricultural Botany " 

 is again useful, and for botanical descriptions Hooker's " British 

 Flora," or Kirk's Students' " Flora of New Zealand " are convenient 

 for beginners 



