TRIFOLIUM. 501 
subcuneatum , reflexo- patentissimum; duo lateralia (alo) paulo breviora, longe unguiculata, subelliptica, 
apice rotundata, semisagittata, carino adpressa eique supra unguem adhzrentia; duo inferiora (carina) 
vexillo fere dimidio breviora, longe unguiculata, falcata, semiorbiculata, obtusa, concava, subsemicordata, 
marginibus contiguis cohwrentia. SrawixA decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina 
recondita, alterna breviora. FraweNTA lineari-capillacea, glabra; novem in tubum compressum membra- 
naceum, supra longitudinaliter fissum connata, superne libera; superius (petalo oppositum) solutum, nonnisi 
margini alteri tubi staminei adhzrens. AxruEnx subrotundo-reniformes, utrinque leviter emarginata, dorso 
supra basim affixe, biloculares, glabrz, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, omnes conformes. OvaniuM 
lineare, compressum, inferne angustatum et brevissime stipitatum, glabrum, uniloculare; ovula 10 vel 11, 
suturc vexillum spectanti affixa, lenticularia, subadscendentia. Glandula a me haud visa ; an nulla? Sryrus 
brevis, ad angulum rectum adscendens, apice barbato-villosus. Srrcwa obtusum. LxevxiwA lanceolata, 
compressa, breviter stipitata, stylo terminata, lovia, glabra, fuscescentia, calyce et filamentis persistentibus 
suffulta, pollicaria et longiora, 2 2 lineas lata, unilocularia, bivalvia; valvis coriaceo-chartaceis. Sw1NA 
immatura, orbiculata, compressa, lxvia, glabra, fusco-nigra, lincoam lata; hilum lineare, tertiam partem 
peripheri: occupans. Podospermium breviusculum, apice bifurcatum ; lobo uno brevi; altero longissimo, 
lineari, membranaceo, hilum obtegente. 
''RIFOLIUM. 'Tounxzr., Lixw. (excl. Meliloto ''ounxzr.), 
Juss. 
Caryx campanulatus vel tubulosus, limbo quinquedentatus vel quin- 
quefidus, persistens; dente infimo sepe majore. Comorra papilionacea, 
plerumque marcescens et persistens; vexillum alas et hze carinam supe- 
rantes. SrawrwA diadelpha. Awrurrs omnes conformes. Ovanrux sessile, 
interdum stipitatum , 2-6-ovulatum. Srvrus 1. Srreua obtusum, interdum 
subcapitellatum vel compresso- dilatatum. Discus nullus. LzcuweN. parvu- 
jum, uniloculare, mono-, rarius di-tetraspermum , tenuissime membra- 
naceum, non dehiscens, irregulariter ruptile, sessile et a tubo calycino 
sepe indurato vel inflato, ad faucem constricto inclusum , rarius stipi- 
tatum et exsertum. Srwiwa. subalbuminosa. Rapicura uncinato- inflexa. 
Herbze, seepissime cespitose et procumbentes vel repentes. Folia ternata, 
in T. Lupinastro quinata; petiolus communis interdum ultra foliolorum 
lateralium originem productus. Stipule imc basi petioli adnate. Flores 
capitati, dense spicati vel umbellati (umbell: in nonnullis depauperatz) , 
