TRIFOLIUM REPENS PERENNE. 



PBRENNIAIi WHITE CLOVER. 



Eootstock 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 . 80-59 — 



♦Soluble albuminoids -36 1-88 



**Insoluble albuminoids 1-44 7-56 



Digestible fibre 4-83 24-71 



Woody fibre 4-73 24-36 



f Soluble mineral matter 1-59 8-20 



ff Insoluble mineral matter .... -81 4-21 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 5-65 29-08 



100-00 10000 



• Contaiuing Nitrogen -058 -30 



•» Containing Nitrogen -23 1-21 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -288 1'51 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen ... -29 1-51 



Total Nitrogen -678 3-02 



t Containing Silica .13 .gg 



ft Containing Silica .30 i.gg 



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