TRIFOLIUM REPENS PERENNE. 



PERENNIAL WHITE CLOVER. 



Eootstock perennial. Stems solid, prostrate, 

 creeping, rooting at the nodes. Stipules lanceolate- 

 cuspidate. Leaves on long stalks. Leaflets obtuse 

 or obcordate ; margins iinely toothed, generally with 

 a white curved band. Peduncles axillary, long, erect, 

 bearing a globose head of flowers. Pedicels deflexed 

 after flowering. Calyx-teeth unequal, subulate, slightly 

 shorter than tube. Corolla persistent, white or pink, 

 turning brown. Pods three- to four-seeded. Flowers 

 from May to October. Native of Europe, North 

 Africa, Asia, India, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water .... 

 *Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids . 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 f Soluble mineral matter . 

 ff Insoluble mineral matter 



Chloropbyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, c&c. 



Clover in 



^Natural State. 



80-59 

 •36 

 1-44 

 4-83 

 4-73 

 1-59 

 ■81 

 5-65 



Dried at 

 212° JJahr . 



1-88 



7-56 



24-71 



24-36 



8-20 



4-21 



29-08 



100-00 



100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen 

 ** Containing Nitrogen 



l^on-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Coritainti]g Silica 

 tt Containing Silica 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



■058 

 ■23 



-29 

 •578 



•13 

 -30 



■30 

 1-21 



1-51 

 1-51 



-69 

 1-58 



161 



