1883 
* TRIFOLIUM fucátum. 
Farded Clover. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSA or FABACER. 
TRIFOLIUM.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1070. 
T. fucatum ; foliolis subrotundis spinoso-d ticulatis crassiuseulis, stipulis maxi- 
mis membranaceis integerrimis cuspidatis, pedunculis foliis eequalibus longi- 
oribusque, capitulis hemisphericis involucratis, foliolis involucri basi connatis 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis margine membranaceis floribus brevioribus. 
Radix annua. . Caules suberecti, parum, ramosi, rubescentes, internodiis 
sept in spontaneo stipulis tantum equalibus. | Petioli stipulis nunc dupl 
quadruplò longiores. "Stipule magne, membranacee, sepe rotundate et 
cuspidate, nunc acuminate. Capitula 1-2 uncias lata, depressa. Involucri 
foliola herbacea, margine pallidiora, cyathum formantia floribus breviorem. 
Flores disci ochroleuci, radii rubescentes. Calyx minimus, membranaceus, 
campanulatus, dentibus quinque aristatis. Vexillum circa carinam et alas 
convolutum, emarginatum, demum inflatum. Ovarium stipitatum, 7-8-sper- 
mum. 
A pretty annual clover, the seeds of which were collected 
for the Horticultural Society in California, by Mr. Douglas. 
It flowered for the first time in June, 1835, but ripened no 
seeds, and was afterwards lost. From the wild specimens in 
my herbarium, if appears to grow in a black peaty soil, pro- 
bably the damp vegetable matter found in woods. 
This new speciés belongs to the curious set of clovers 
whose bracts collect into an involucre like those of an um- 
belliferous plant; among them it is by far the most showy, 
with its cream-coloured flowers just blushing where the sun 
strikes them. = T € 
— ; 
îm See folio 1408. 
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