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Stone Clover. Trifolium arvense. 



Rabbit-Foot Clover. 

 Pussy Plant. 



Found in August and September ; growing in poor, dry soil. 



The slender, branching stalk varies from 4 to 10 inches in height, 

 and is smooth, or slightly rough, and light green. 



The leaf has 3 long, narrow, and blunt-pointed leaflets, — their 

 midribs conspicuous to the very tips ; the margin is entire, the texture 

 fine and downy to the touch, and the color is a rather light green. The 

 leaves, on short stems, are arranged alternately and near together. 



The small, greenish-white corolla is shorter than the calyx, which 

 is long, and green, with 5 feathery tips that are rose colored and give 

 to the head its peculiar gray-pink hue. The flower-heads are oblong; 

 2 or more are found on a branch. 



A faint perfume belongs to the newly opened flowers. Doubtless 

 the children's name, " Pussy Plant," points to the I'esemblance the silky, 

 green-rose head bears to the pussy-willow catkins. 



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