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'lliis plant has become completely naturalized, and is very 
common in certain situations. It has been cultivated in Europe, 
planted on a raised bank, for the purpose of forming fences, 
It is also sown in fields, and the branches, having been cut 
down about the second year, and passed between rollers to bruise 
the woody fibres and spines, are given as green food to cattle. 
It may be well to bear this in mind, as it has been found to be 
very nutritive, and grows freely in elevated situations where 
the Guinea-grass either does not succeed, or is found to yield 
very little nourishment. 
The Broom, Cytisus scoparius, although it may be met 
with growing wild, has not succeeded so well as the Furze, and 
I have never observed it in blossom or fruit. 
V. Trifolium. 
Calyx tubulose, 5-fid, persistent. Stamens diadel- 
plious. Legume (in general) shorter than the calyx, 
ovate and 1-2-seeded, or oblong and 3-4-seeded. 
Name, from reipuXXov three-leaved. 
1. Trifoliuni repens. White or Dutch Clover. 
Stem creeping, leaflets obovato-snbrotund subretuse 
denticulated, stipules lanceolate scariose, peduncles 
long axillary, flowers pedicelled deflected after the 
anthesis, legumes 4-seeded. 
Engl. Bot. 1769 De Cand. Prod. II. 198. 
HAB. Common in mountain pastures. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
< 2. Trifolium filiforme. Slender Yellow -flowered 
'Trefoil. 
Stem diffuse, leaflets obovate or obcordate subden- 
ticulated, stipules broad ovate, peduncles long, flow- 
ers subnmbellated sessile, legumes 1-2-seeded sub- 
stipitate. 
Engl. Bot. 1257. 
HAB. Road sides and stony places in the mountains, com- 
mon. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
VI. Indigofera. 
Calyx 5-fid, with the lobes acute. Standard 
rounded, emarginate. Keel furnished on both sides 
