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of a roundish or oval form. Stipules, long and narrow, joined to 

 the leaf-stalks for half their length. Summer. 



Light, sandy soil, by roadsides and in fields from New- 

 England to Virginia. A naturalized species. 



Low Hop Clover 



T. procumbens. — Much like the last, with downy, spreading 

 stems, 5 to 6 inches high. Leaflets, notched at the end, not equal 

 distances apart. Stipules, roundish, short. 



Common in all the Eastern States in sandy, dry fields, and 

 along roadsides. Naturalized from Europe. 



Yellow Melilot. Sweet Clover 



Melildtus officinalis, — Family, Pulse. Color, yellow. Flowers, 

 small, in spiked, drooping racemes. Leaves, of 3 toothed leaflets, 

 blunt at apex, minutely serrate. 



A plant which, when dried, is fragrant. It grows tall, from 

 2 to 4 feet. Common in waste fields or cultivated ground. 



Black Medick. Nonesuch 



Medicago lupuVina. — Family, Pulse. This is a yellow-flowered 

 clover, with flowers in short spikes; and kidney-form, 1 -seeded 

 pods. Leaves, with petioles, 3-divided, the leaflets nearly round, 

 often tipped with a small thorn. Pods, when ripe, curl and be- 

 come black. March to December. 



In dry fields and waste places, a weed, throughout the 

 country. Brought originally from Europe. 



Pencil Flower 



Stylos anthes biflbra (name means columned or penciled flower, 

 from the stalk-like calyx tube). — Family, Pulse. Color, yellow. 

 Calyx, with a slender tube, upon which the papilionaceous corolla 

 with included stamens stands. Standard, round, and keel in- 

 curved. Stamens, in 2 sets, distinguished by their anthers, of 

 which the 5 longer are joined to their filaments near their bases, 

 the 5 shorter alternating with the longer, fastened near the mid- 

 dle. Pods, 1 or 2-jointed, with the lower half of the hooked style 

 clinging to them. When 2-jointed the lower joint is empty, and 

 it acts like a stalk for the upper. Heads few, clustered with 

 small flowers. Leaves, divided into 3 sessile, lance-shaped leaf- 

 lets, with straight, prominent veins. Stems, low, branched from 

 the base, 6 to 20 inches long. 



New York and New Jersey to Florida in pine barrens and 

 sandy soil, generally, near the coast. 



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