502 LEGUMINOSZ. 
bracteati, axillares et subterminales. Corolle purpureew; violacez, albie 
ochroleucz vel flavz; al; et carina nonnunquam (P) per ungues tubo 
stamineo adherentes. 
1. TRIFOLIUM 1NvorLucnRATUM. 
T. glaberrimum; caulibus striatis; suberectis; foliolis approximatis, lineari-lanceolatis , 
denticulato-spinulosis ; stipulis acuminato- aristatis ; capitulis semiglobosis; bracteis multifidis , 
involucratis; dentibus calycinis subulatis ; ovario stipitato; 5-6- ovulato. 
Trifolium involucratum Sp. pl. ed. JV. 3. p. 1372. Plant. legum. p. 186. t. 53. 
Crescit prope F/alladolid Mexicanorum , alt. 1000 hex. 9 Floret Septembri. 
Caurzs diffusi, 5-6-pollicares, inferne ramulo uno alterove instructi, striati, glabri, inferne stipulis 
approximatis obtecti. Fori alterna, petiolata, ternata. Foliola summo petiolo communi insidentia 
(rhachi nulla), lineari-lanceolata, acuto-mucronata, basi acutiuscula et brevissime petiolata, margine 
argute denticulata, denticulis spinulosis, nervo subtus prominente, venis lateralibus obsoletis, approximatis, 
subparallelis, membranacea, glabra, subconcoloria; intermedium g- 10 lineas longum, 1 2-1 £linez latum ; 
Jateralia paulo minora, 8- 9 lineas longa. Prri0L08 communis glaber, 1-1 2- pollicari 
geminz, Janceolate, acuminato- aristatz, integerrima, reticulate, membranacez, virides, usque ad medium 
petiolo communi adnatz. Carrruza terminalia, tardius axillaria, solitaria, longe pedunculata, erecta, subse- 
miglobosa, bracteis involucrata, 30-/0-flora ; pedunculo 2-2 2- pollicari , striato, glabro. Bractez lata, apice 
irregulariter multifidze, lobis acuminato-aristatis, reticulatz, virides, membranacez, glabro, floribus dimidio 
breviores. Fronzs brevissime pedicellati, 7 lineas longi. Carxx campanulatus, quinquedentatus, decemner- 
vius, tenuiter. membranaceus, albidus, glaber; dentibus longissimis, subulatis, tubo duplo longioribus, 
trinerviis, coloratis, subzequalibus. Conorra pentapetala, papilionacea, basi calycis inserta, dentes calyeinos 
superans; petala purpurea, flabellato-nervosa, glabra ; superius (vexillum) spathulatum, obtusum, sessile, 
inferne alas et carinam amplectens, superne patens ; duo lateralia (ale) paulo breviora, longissime ungui- 
culata, linearia, subfalcata, obtusa, semicordata, supra unguem gibba, carinz adpressa, per unguem tubo 
stamineo adherentia; duo inferiora (carina) item longissime unguiculata et per unguem tubo stamineo 
adhzrentia, alis breviora, late cultriformia, acutiuscula, semicordata, concava, marginibus contiguis superne 
cohzrentia. STAMINA decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, apice adscendentia, in carina recondita. FiLAMENTA 
lineari-capillacea, glabra; novem in tubum mermbranaceum compressum supra longitudinaliter fissum 
connata, superne libera, apice paulo dilatata ; decimum (superius) solutum. AxruEnx oblonga, acutiuscule, 
basi rotundata affixze, erecta , biloculares, glabro, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, omnes conformes. 
Ovanrux stipitatum, parvum, compressum, sutura ovulifera arcuata, altera recta, apice in stylum desinens, 
glabrum, uniloculare; ovula 5-6, suture vexillum. spectanti affixa, reniformia. Srvrvs filiformis, glaber, 
longitudine staminum. SrrexA parvum, obliquum, sublineare, obsolete papillosum. Fnucres haud vidi. 
Trifolio alpino affine. 
SriPuLE petiolares 
