TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE PEREfflE. 



PERENNIAL RED CLOVER. 



Perennial. Eoot long, and tapering. Eootstock 

 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. 



CloTer in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 70-24 — 



•Soluble albuminoids -oQ 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 



f Insoluble mineral matter .... -60 2-03 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, 4c. . 8-17 27-33 



100-00 100-00 



• Containing Nitrogen -09 -32 



•• Containing Nitrogen -37 1-25 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -46 1-67 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -16 -54 



Total Nitrogen -62 2-11 



t Containing Silica -06 -23 



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