MEDICAGO LUPULINA, 



COMMON YELLOW CLOVER, OB, 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 lemon- 

 yellow. Pedicels shorter than calyx; calyx- teeth 

 longer than tube. Standard of corolla longer than 

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

 to August or September. Distributed throughout 

 Europe, North Africa, and India. 



ANALYSIS. 



CTover in Dried at 



Natural State. 212°Palir. 



Water 71-47 — 



'Soluble albuminoids -42 1-50 



♦•Insoluble albuminoids . . v . . 1'81 6-50 



Digestible fibre 6-10 21-22 



Woody fibre 7-85 27-51 



fSoluble mineral matter 2-05 7-19 



tflnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-25 4-39 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. . 9-05 31-69 



100-00 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen '069 '24 



•• Containing Nitrogen ....... -29 1'04 



Albuminoid Nitrogen '359 1-28 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -38 1'36 



Total Nitrogen -739 2-63 



t Containing Silica -20 -70 



ft Containing Silica .57 S'Ol 



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