Flora of Mount Desert annotated catalogue of plants
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CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 91 103 T. PRATENSE, L. RED CLOVER. Fields and pastures; common. Naturalized from Europe. C.B.P.RduX, Carl+ XC BR GR Perc'D. 4B. Q S X Mut Br J. 104 T. repens, L. WHITE CLOVER. Common everywhere in fields, pastures, and by waysides.C.B.P. Naturalized from Europe, and possibly indigenous northward.RduX.Q.S.X. Carl+ XC BR Perc' Mer GR Bte J D 4B SC 105 T. HYBRIDUM, L. ALSIKE CLOVER. Roadsides and fields; becoming common. This beautiful B.P.RduX. clover was rare on the Island ten or twelve years ago. Since Q.S.X. that time it has appeared in increasing abundance every year. Mut GR J. It does not seem, however, to be cultivated, or introduced inten- Carl. tionally. Naturalized from Europe. XC 4B, 106 T. AGRARIUM, L. HOP CLOVER. Infrequent in fields and by roadsides. Southwest Harbor B.Sm. (Rand, Harriet A. Hill);—Seal Harbor (Redfield);—Bar Harbor (Mary Minot);—Beech Hill (Rand). Adventive from Europe. 107 T. PROCUMBENS, L. LOW HOP CLOVER. Common in fields and by roadsides. Naturalized from S.Hg. Europe, but appearing indigenous. Small, simple, erect forms (HaHa! Bay) are common. This is “the real Irish Shamrock” of the news- papers, a long account of which appears regularly every two or three years. The error has been exposed so many times that it seems almost needless to refer to it here. (See Oxalis Acetosella, page 88.) MELILOTUS, Juss. MELILOT. 108 M. OFFICINALIS (L.), Willd. Sparingly introduced in grass fields. Seal Harbor (Lizzie Q.S.W. Churchill). Adventive from Europe. 109 M. ALBA, Lam. By waysides and in waste ground; more common than the B.P.Q.X. last. Goose Cove (Wm. C. Lane);—Bar Harbor (F. M. Carl+ FP.