. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. LEGUMINOSEAE (PULSE FAMILY) 83 leaflets 7 to 11, oblanceolate; flowers in a long raceme, purplish-blue; pods broad, very hairy with 5 or 6 seeds. Sandy soil. May, TrifoUum; a. T. pratense, Red clover; 6, T. rcpens. White clover. TRIFOLIUM Tufted shrubs with mostly palmately, 3-foliolate leaves. Flow- ers in heads or spikes. Keel short and obtuse and the loth stamen more or less sep- arate from the others. Pods small, often included in calyx. T. pratense, Red Clover. Stems ascending, some- what hairy; leaflets oval or obovate, often notched at e
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. LEGUMINOSEAE (PULSE FAMILY) 83 leaflets 7 to 11, oblanceolate; flowers in a long raceme, purplish-blue; pods broad, very hairy with 5 or 6 seeds. Sandy soil. May, TrifoUum; a. T. pratense, Red clover; 6, T. rcpens. White clover. TRIFOLIUM Tufted shrubs with mostly palmately, 3-foliolate leaves. Flow- ers in heads or spikes. Keel short and obtuse and the loth stamen more or less sep- arate from the others. Pods small, often included in calyx. T. pratense, Red Clover. Stems ascending, some- what hairy; leaflets oval or obovate, often notched at end and marked on upper side by pale spots; stipules broad, bristly-pointed; flow- ers sessile in dense ovoid heads; corolla magenta to whitish. Fields and mead- ows. T. repens. White Clover. • Stem smooth, slender, spreading and creeping; leaves inversely heart-shaped; stipules scale-like, narrow; petioles and peduncles very long; flowers stalked in short heads; calyx much shorter than the white corolla. Fields and roadsides. T. hybridum, Alsike Clover. Like the last, but stems erect or ascending; leaflets ovate, rounded at apex; flowers rose-tinted. MELILOTUS Herbs, fragrant in drying, with pinnately foliolate leaves. Flowers, as in trifolium, but in spike-like racemes. Pod ovoid, wrinkled and longer than the calyx. M. officinalis. Yellow Melilot. Upright, usually . tall; leaflets obtuse, closely serrate; petals yellow, n'aUs"'YeUow °^ nearly equal length; pod prominently cross- meiiiot. ribbed. Waste Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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