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1874

Sleep of Plants.

May 25th Common Red Clover — Terminal leaflet either stands vertically up or a little bowed over, like a roof, over the 2 lateral leaflets now approximate together.

26— upper & lower surfaces of all leaflets beautifully silvery in water.

Bloom

May 25. Alsike clover. T. hybridum (Hooker) — like white clover — terminal bowed like a roof over the 2 lat. leaflets together, or stands vertically up. —

26th Leaflets like those of red. Clover, beautifully silvery.—

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Trifolium incarnatum (May 26') both surfaces of all 3 leaflets finely silvery in water — Both surfaces hairy, but the hairs project through the silver & do not cause it.

Rubbing with camel brush. wets the part thus rubbed — Asleep. 9° 40' terminal leaflet, generally vertically upright & plane in line of pedicel; but in some leaves bent over as a roof. — The 2 lateral leaflets approaching each other, but not nearly asleep close. —

Touching with ether upper & lower surface instantly removes silver

Trefoil Both surfaces of 3 leaflets silvery — lower surface more easily wetted than upper; but a shake makes lower surface dry — so it is true silver. —

Asleep— very nearly like T. incarnatum, but as terminal leaflet moves often roof-like lateral leaflets approximate, but far from close. — (about Ether as in incarnatum