LEGUMINOSiE. LXIX. Meulotus. LXX. Trifouum. 



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Besser's Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 4 to 6 ft. dense licadsor spikes, bracteate, purple, white, or cream-coloured. 



Sect. III. Campyloru^tis (from KafiTrvXog, campylos, a curve, 

 and pvTiQf rutiSy a wrinkle ; in reference to the curved or arched 



Petals in the greater part of the species joined together at the base. 

 This genus includes the most valuable herbage plants adopted in 

 European agriculture, the white, red, and yellow clover. Not- 



wrinkles on the surface of the legumes). Ser.mss. in D.C. prod. 2. „,;.i V^, i;..^ .ii ♦u^*- i,^^ k^^^ c^\a ^c*\.^^\.^ • -^ ci 



,^^T i°ii 1 i^.T withstandmg all that has been said oi the superiority oi luccrn to 



p. 189. Legumes ovate or obovate, densely and arcuately veined. 



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2S M. Messane Nsis (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 192.) stem erect : _- i . . .v i / r _ • i .i, i •. 



, « , 11.11 ^1^1, minous plants, yet the red clover for mowinrr, and the white 



leaflets obovate-cuneated, denticulated: stipulas broad at the • r ^ * ^ i i ii u i. r i* 



, 1 1 T 1 } n 1 1 species for pasturage, are, and probably ever will be, found to 



base, toothed, linear at the apex ; racemes few-flowered ; teeth 

 of calyx nearly equal, hardly shorter than the tube ; legume Ian- 



ceolate acute, very much nerved. 1 -seeded ; seeds ovate, com- tie white anlredcToVer! 

 pressed, large, black, rugged from dots. ©. H. Native of 



excel all plants in these respects. The yellow clover^ and the 

 cow or meadow clover are also in cultivation but are inferior to 



Barbary, Sicily, and Piedmont, and the Straits of Messina. Tri- 

 folium Messanense, Lin. mant. 175. Flowers yellow\ 



Messma Mehlot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1670. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



24 M. sulca'ta (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 193.) stem procumbent; 

 leaflets obovate, obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear-subulate, dilat- 

 ed at the base, entire or toothed ; teeth of calyx broadish, shorter 

 than the tube ; legume obovate, somewhat globose, densely 

 nerved, 2-seeded ; seeds somewhat orbicular, rugged from dots. 



0. H, Native of Algiers and Alexandria, in cultivated fields. 

 Trifolium Melilotus Fndicum y, Lin. spec. 1077. M. Maurita- 

 nica, Willd. enum. p. 789. M. longifolia, Tenore, prod, suppl. 



1. p. 66. Flowers yellow. 



Var. /3, Lihanoika (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 189.) fruit 



larger, 1 -seeded ; seeds ovate, wrinkled from dots ; teeth of calyx 



narrower. ©. H. On mount Libanon. Perhaps a proper 

 species. 



Fwrro/recZ-stemmed Melilot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 798. 



PL pr. 



•f* Species not syfficiently known. 



Sect. T. Lagopus (from Xaywc, lagoSy a hare, and TcovQy pous^ 

 a foot ; in reference to the soft villous heads of flowers, which 

 have been compared to the softness of a hare's foot). Ser. mss. 

 in D. C. prod. 2. p. 189. Flowers spicate ; spikes oblong, 

 bractless at the base. Calyx very villous, not inflated after 

 flow^ering. 



1 T. ANGusTiFOLiUM (Lin. spec. 1083.) stem erect; leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, ciliated ; stipulas very long, narrow, 

 subulate at the apex ; spike solitary, terminal, between conical 

 and oblong in shape ; calyx ribbed, glandular, and pilose ; seg- 

 ments setaceous, spinescent at the apex, hardly exceeding the 

 monopetalous corolla, lower segment longest ; seeds egg-shaped, 

 smooth, bay-coloured. ©. H. Native of the south of Europe 

 and the extra-tropical parts of the south of Africa, ex Burch. 

 cat. geogr. no. 286. Sturm, deutsch. fl. l.fasc. 16. Savi, obs. 

 p. 58. — Barrel, icon. 698. Flowers pale rose-coloured. 



Narron-leaved Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1640 or 1739. 

 PL 1| foot. 



25 M. Baume'tti (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 84.) slender ; ^ T. interme^dium (Gussone, cat. 1821. p. 82. in a note, 



stem erect ; leaflets oblong-obovate, truncate, sharply-serrated 

 at the apex ; legume racemose, naked, wrinkled, 1-seeded. ©. 

 H. Native of? Flowers yellow. 



BanmettVs Melilot. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



26 M. mi'nima (Roth. nov. spec. p. 361.) stem decumbent; 

 leaflets cuneated, deeply toothed ; stipulas palmately awned, 

 rather membranous ; legumes axillary, sessile, crow^ded, round- 

 ish, muricated, rugged, 1-seeded. ©. ? H. Native of the East 

 Indies. Flowers small, white. 



Smallest Melilot. PI. decumbent. 

 IR?^ ^' ^^apolita'na (Tenore, prod, suppl. 1. p. 66. cat. 

 1819. p. 57.) stem erect; leaflets deltoid-obovate, toothed at 

 ie apex ; stipulas setaceous, entire ; flowers spreading ; legumes 

 1-seeded, obovate, obtuse, naked, arcuately wrinkled. ©. H. 

 Native on exposed hills near Naples. 



Neapolitan Melilot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



^ult. None of the species are worth cultivating except in 

 botanical gardens. They are all easily increased by seeds, 

 ^wuch only require to be sown in the open border in spring. A 

 dry light soil suits them best. 



all^h^' TI^IFO'LIUM (from tres, three, and /oZ/ww, a leaf ; 

 the species of the genus have trifoliate leaves, or each leaf is 



f^^fle; and the Engl 



228 Juss. gen. 355. 

 infolium, spec. Lin. 



I^JN. SYST. 



trefi 



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Lam. ill. 613. D. C. prod. 2. p. 189. 



DiaJelphia, Decdndria. Calyx tubular (f. 32. «.), 

 Frmanent, glandless, 5-cleft (f 32. a.) ; segments subulate. 



Dh^*"^f ^^^^^ than the wings and vexillum. Stamens diadel- uu. irxan. u. luot. .. ^ 

 P ous (f, 32. h^y Legume small, hardly dehiscent, usually ovate, red. An elegant plant. 



p. 14. but not of Lapeyr.) plant pilose ; stem diflTuse ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, oblong ; spikes villous, between conical and oblong 

 in shape ; segments of the calyx setaceous, and nearly equal, 

 but not spinescent at the apex; corolla hardly exceeding the 

 calyx. O. H. Native of Italy, on sandy hills. Corolla white. 

 Calyx striated, the segments terminated by fascicles of hairs. 

 The rest of the plant appears as if it were a hybrid between T. 

 angustifdlinm and T. arvense. 



Intermediate Hare's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 



PI. I to 1 foot. 



3 T. FURPUREUM (Lois. fl. gall. 484. t. 14.) stem erect; 



leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, ciliated ; stipulas 

 narrow^ somewhat setaceous at the apex ; spikes ovate-oblong, 

 terminal, solitary ; calyx ribbed, glandular, and pilose ; the seg- 

 ments setaceous, much shorter than the corolla, which is perhaps 

 monopetalous, the lower segment longest. ©. H. Native about 

 Montpelicr, Florence, and of the Levant. Savi, obs. p. 60. 



Flowers purple. 



Purple-^o\vexoA Hare's-foot Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 



1816. Phi foot. 



4 T. RU BENS (Lin. spec. 1081.) stem erect, straight ; leaflets 

 oblong, very blunt, and quite smooth, denticulated ; stipulas 

 very long and very broad, lanceolate at the apex; spikes ter- 

 minal, usually twin ; calyx very much striated, glandless, with 

 the segments setaceous and very short, the lower segment 

 longest, but hardly equal in length to the monopetalous corolla ; 

 seeds egg-shaped, smooth; radicle rather prominent. ^.H. 

 Native of Europe, on mountains, in meadows, and on the mar- 

 gins of woods. Sturm, deutsch. fl. 1. fasc. 15. Savi, obs. p. 

 55. Mart. fl. rust. t. 9. Jacq. aust. 4. p. 385. Flowers dark 



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-^-seeded, shorter than the calyx, and covered by it, rarely 



cal r "^ containing 3-4 seeds, in which case it exceeds the 



yx a little — Herbs. Stipulas adnate to the petioles. Leaves 



usually tnfohate, rarely with 5 leaflets. Flowers disposed in 



Far. i3,furcalum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 190.) stems 

 forked at the top, bearing 2 spikes of flowers. 



Far. y, ramosissimum (Ser. mss. in D. C. 1, c) stem much 

 branched, bearing many spikes. On Mount Saleva. 



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