TICK TREFOIL. 
When walking in the woods in the late summer we 
sometimes find queer jointed little pods, like unfinished 
pea pods, clinging to our clothes. 
These come from plaints that 
belong to the Pea family and are 
called Tick Trefoil. There are 
nearly two dozen kinds of them, 
and sometimes they seem to be 
everywhere in the woods and 
thickets. 
The pods are like pea pods, 
only that they are jointed, and 
the joints break apart, so 
that each may be carried 
away separately. Each 
joint contains a little pea- 
like seed. 
The outside of the pod 
seems fuzzy, and it clings very closely to whatever it 
touches. If we look at the fuzz with a magnifying glass, 
we shall find it made up of innumerable little hooks. 
The hairs that cover the pod are turned up at 
the end to form little hooks, very delicate, but able, 
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