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TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM. 



ALSIKE CLOVER. 



Rootstock perennial. Stems hollow, branched, 

 flexuous, glabrous. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, veins 

 few. Leaflets obovate or elliptical denticulate. 

 Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. Heads 

 globose, depressed. Calyx glabrous, teeth equalling 

 tube. Corolla persistent, white or pink, turning 

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

 and August. Native of Europe, North Africa, and 

 Western Asia. 



