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TRIFOLIUM REPENS PERENNE. 



PERENNIAL WHITE CLOVER. 



Rootstock perennial. Stems solid, prostrate, 

 creeping, rooting at the nodes. Stipules lanceolate- 

 cuspidate. Leaves on long stalks. Leaflets obtuse 

 or obcordate ; margins finely 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. 



Clover in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Pahr. 



Water 



*Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids . 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 f Soluble mineral matter . 

 ttlnsoluble mineral matter 



Cliloropliyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. 



*Contaiimig Nitrogen 

 **Containiiig Nitrogen . 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



tContaining Silica 

 tfContaining Silica 



80-59 

 ■36 

 1-44 

 4-83 

 4.-73 

 1-59 

 ■81 

 5-65 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 



Total Nitrogen 



•058 



•23 



•13 



•SO 



1-88 



7-56 



24-71 



24-36 



8-20 



4-21 



29-08 



100-00 100-00 



■so 



1^21 



1^51 

 l^Dl 



3^03 



•69 

 1-66' 



