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MEDICAGO LUPULINA. 



COMMON YELLOW CLOVER, OR TREFOIL. 



Annual or biennial. Stems much, branched from 

 base, hairy or sub-glabrous. Leaflets obovate, den- 

 ticulate, emarginate, mucronate. Stipules obliquely 

 ovate-toothed. Peduncle longer than the leaf. Head 

 many-flowered, depressed, ovoid. Flowers bright lemon- 

 yellow. Pedicels shorter than calyx ; calyx-teeth 

 longer than tube. Standard of coroUa longer than 

 wings. Pods naked, black, one-seeded. Flowers May 

 to August or September. Distributed throughout 

 Europe, North Africa, and India. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 

 *Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter 

 ft Insoluble mineral matter 



Chloropliyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. 



^Contaming Nitrogen 

 **Contaiiiiiig Nitrogen 



Clover in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Falir. 



71-47 — 



•42 

 1-81 

 6-10 

 7-85 

 2-05 

 1-25 

 9-05 



■069 

 •29 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -359 



Total Nitrogen -739 



fOontaining Silica 

 tfOontaining Silica 



•20 



•67 



1-50 



6-50 



21-22 



27-51 



7-19 



4-39 



31-69 



100-00 100-00 



•24 

 1^04 



1^28 

 1-35 



•70 

 2-01 



