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TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE PERENNE. 



PERENNIAL RED CLOVER, OR COW GRASS. 



Perennial. Eoot long and tapering. Rootstock 

 branching freely. Stems solid, erect or ascending, 

 glabrous or sub-glabrous, tinged with purple. Stipules 

 membranous, veined, gibbous at the base, free portion 

 longer than in T. pratense, and more or less purple. 

 Leaflets elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, broadly marked. 

 Heads terminal and axillary, sessile or slightly stalked, 

 ovoid. Flowers deep purple. Calyx-tube sub-glabrous, 

 teeth setaceous, unequal, pods one-seeded. Flowers 

 July. 



ANALYSIS. 



OloTer in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 70-24, — 



♦Soluble albuminoids -56 2-00 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2'31 7'81 



Digestible fibre 7-66 25-68 



Woody fibre 8-52 28-63 



Soluble mineral matter 1-94 6-52 



flnsoluble mineral matter .... -60 2-03 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. . 8-17 27-33 



100-00 100-00 



*Oontaining Nitrogen '09 '82 



**Containiiig Nitrogen .... -37 1-25 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -46 1-57 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen . *16 -oi 



Total Nitrogen -62 2-11 



■fOontaining Silica . .... -06 -23 



