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LEGUMINOS^. LXX. Trifolium. 



iJc'rf Trefoil. Fl, June, Sept. Clt. 1633. PL 1 to 1^ foot. Savi, obs. trif. p. 38.) stem branched, diffuse; leaflets obovate 

 5 T. C(erule'scens (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 509.) stem erect? or obcordate, broad, somewhat denticulated at the apex; stipu- 

 leaflets roundish-rhomboidal, villous, as well as the half-ovate, las broadish, lanceolate, nerved, small, ending in an acumen, 



The plant is known from T. iucarna- 



subulate, dentate stipulas ; teeth of calyx nearly equal in length 

 to the wings. 0. H. Native of the desert Anketer, between the 

 rivers Terek and Kuma. 



turn in the leaflets being lined, in the stipulas being membranous, 

 and in the heads of flowers being shorter. Flowers bluish- 

 purple. 



B I in sh'^o-w ere A Trefoil. 



which is equal in length to the limb ; spikes oblong, twin, diva- 

 ricate, pedunculate, pilose ; teeth of calyx subulate, equal, twice 

 the length of the tube, but exceeding the corolla ; seeds etrir- 

 shaped, yellow; radicle rather prominent. ©. H. Native of 

 Italy, about Pisa, also in Spain and Corsica. T. arrectisetura, 

 Brot. phyt. p. 152, t. G3. f. 1. T. aristatum, Horn. hort. hafn. 



FL July. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 foot. p. 712. Link. enum. 2. p. 262. Flowers pale-red. 



6 T. incauna'tum (Lin. spec. 1083.) stem erect; leaflets 



Var. 13, jM/Ttilum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 191.) stem 



roundish, obcordate, crenated, villous ; stipulas broad, very short, much branclicd, slender ; spikes small, somewhat globose. O-H. 

 obtuse, and spacelate at the apex : spikes terminal, solitary, on Native of the Sta^chades Islands, and about Pisa. 



long peduncles; calyx ribbed, very pilo 



ceolate-setaceous, equal, somewhat stellately disposed, equal in 



the segments lan- 



Lovage Trcfoil- 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 



PL \ foot. 



11 T. divarica'tum (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 715.) stem erect 



length with the monopetalous corolla ; seeds egg-shaped , ra- divaricate, much branched ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, pilose; 



dicle rather prominent. ©. H. ~ 



in subhumid meadows. Simy, hot. mag. 328. Sturm, deutsch. 



fl, 1. heft. 16. Mill. ^y. t. 267. f. 1. Flowers crimson, red, 



flesh-coloured, or even white. This is an elegant plant when in white and pale-red. 



Native of the south of Europe, stipulas lanceolate ; spikes elongated, ovate-cylindrical ; teeth 



of calyx subulate ; corolla monopetalous. 0. H. Native of! 

 Perhaps only a variety of T. gemellamy ex Horn. 1. c. Flowen 



flower. Mr. Miller says it will make good food for cattle, but 

 being an annual plant will not suit with the common practice of 

 farmers. 



Var. ft, Molmerii (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 55Q) flowers pale flesh- 

 coloured ; stipulas hardly spacelate ; leaflets more or less den- 

 ticulated. 0. H. T. Molinerii, Balb. ex Horn. hort. hafn. p. 715. 

 . -F/e^/z-coloured-flowcrcd 'IVefoil. Clt. 1640. PL 1 foot. 



Divaricate Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL spread. 



12 T. geme'llum (Pourr. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1376.) stern 

 straight, simple ; leaflets obovate, narrow, retuse, hardly denti- 

 culated at the apex ; stipulas narrow, with along acumen, liarJly 

 nerved ; spikes oblong, terminal, pedunculate and approximate, 

 pilose ; segments of the calyx dilated at the base, unequal, divan- 



7 T. LAGo'rus (Pour, ex Willd. spec. 3. p. 1365.) plant very 

 hairy ; stem much branched ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, denti- 

 culated ; stipulas lanceolate, very broad, short, nerved ; spike 

 terminal, oblong, solitary, sesiiile ; calyx ribbed, very pilose ; 

 the segments setaceous and equal, but shorter than the corolla. 

 0. H. Native of Spain. — Poir. diet. 8. p. 10. Flowers red. 



-foot 



Fl. July, Aug. Ch. 1827. PL pr 



8 T. spica'tum (Sibth. and Smith, fl. grsec. t. 743. ex prod. 2. 

 p. 93.) stem erect; legume 1 -seeded, disposed in spikes, erect, 

 naked, wrinkled, acute ; stipulas subulate, quite entire. ©. H. 

 Native of the Island of Cyprus. Flowers yellow. 



Spike-Rowcred Trefoil. PL 1 foot. 



9 T. arve'nse (Lin. spec. 1083.) stem erect, branched, or 



cate, length of tube, but longer than the corolla ; seeds irregu- 

 larly egg-shaped, small, yellowish-green ; radicle rather pro- 

 minent. O. H. Native of Spain. Flowers pale-red or white. 



Twm-spiked Trifolium. FL June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl-ift- 

 13 T. PHLEoiDEs (Pourr. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1377.) stem 

 branched a little, slender; leaflets oblong, obcordate, denti- 

 culated ; stipulas rather membranous, nerved, very narrow, awl- 

 shaped ; spike pedunculate, solitary or twin, between conical 

 and oblong, villous, bractless ; flowers very dense ; segnientt 

 of calyx equal, diverging, subulate, dilated at the base,leng^f 

 tube, but shorter than the corolla : seeds exactly egg-shaped, 



O.H. Na- 



Heads 



small, bay-coloured ; radicle hardly prominent. 

 tive of Spain and Italy, 

 like those 



Flowers pale-purple or white. 



of a species of P /ileum. 

 Phleum-he^ided Trefoil. FL May, Jul. Clt. 1818. 

 14 T. lappa'ceum (Lin. spec. 1082.) stem branched, diffuse; 

 pilose ; spikes oblong, very villous, soft ; calyx very pilose, the leaflets obovate, or obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas ratb^ 



and subtdate; spike sub- 



• simple ; leaflets spatulate, linear, somewhat tridentate at the 

 apex; stipulas narrow, membranous, nerved, bristle-pointed, 



iffuse 

 ratbei 



segments bristle-shaped, longer than the polypetalous corolla, membranous, nerved, 



and equal in length with each other ; seeds egg-shaped, bay- 

 coloured ; radicle not prominent. ©. H. Native of Europe ; 

 common in fields ; plentiful in Britain, in sandy barren fields. 



Sturm, deutsch. fl. 1. heft. 16. Curt. fl. 



Flowers pale-reddish. 



Var. /3, crasslcaule (Ser. mss, in D. C. prod. 2. p. 191.) heads 

 ovate-globose, much smaller; stem very thick and very much 

 branched; branches divaricate. 

 in fields. 



Var. 



narrow, lomr 



globose, hispid, terminal, usually solitary ; segments of thecaijnj 



equal, subulate, twice or 



il 



Smith, engl. hot. 941. 



lond. G. t. 50. FL dan. 724. 



O. H. Native of Caucasus, 



thrice longer tlian the tube, hut equi» 

 in length to the corolla ; seed egg-shaped, brown ; radicle haraj' 

 prominent. ©. H. Native of Europe. Flowers pale-red. 



Burdock-like TreioW. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1821. Pl-^'^*' 

 ricate, I to \ foot. 



15 ? T. echinaVum (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 216.) stem decimate 

 branched; leaflets obovate-oblong, quite entire ; stipulas su 

 late, pilose ; heads ovate, terminal, and axillary, peduncuU J 



y, perpusUlum (Ser. 1. c.) spikes somewhat globose ; leafless ; segments of calyx subulate, unequal, pilose 



stems very short, procumbent, ©. H. Ray, syn. p. 330. no. 

 15. t. 14. f. 2. Lobel first found this plant near South-sea 

 Castle ; Dillenius near Brackelsham, in Sussex, and Mr. Wood- 

 ward, on Yarmouth Danes, at Lowestoft, &c. 



Var. Sy gracile (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 530.) stem and leaves 



sliorttf 



than the monopetalous corolla, when in fruit spreading n^" 

 - " -- Vc villuin lanceo- 



O. H. Native of Caucasus. Flowers pale. 



late, elongated. . . 



E china ted-he^^ed Trefoil. FL Ju. Jul. • Clt. 1821. 



PI. dK- 



smoothish 



segments of the calyx villous at the apex, and co- 

 Native of France. 



loured. 0. H. 



ed. 2. p. 283 — Barrel, icon. 901. 



Var. £, capitatum (Ser. 1. c.) heads of flowers globodc, sessile. 

 T. arvense p, Savi, obs. trif. p. 19. — BarreL icon. t. 902. 

 : Field Hare's-foot Trefoil. FL July, Aug, Brit. PL l to 1 ft. 



10 T. LiGu'sTicuM (Balb. in act.'acad. itaL 1. p. 192. f, 2. ex 



16 T. EiiiNACEUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 



branched; leaflets cuneated, emarginate, aiujuai, ^.i"--» u 



T. gracile, Thuil. fl. par. stipulas lanceolate, cuspidate; segments of the calyx n^y 



equal, a little longer than the tube, but exceeding the c|>^^ 

 O. H. Native of Iberia. Allied to '7'. divaricdtuin. 



suppl. 510.) steiTi erect 

 , almost entire, villotj^ 

 ts of the calyx neaj 



Flowt'* 



pale-red. 



Pr;c%-hcaded Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 . 17 T, malaca'ntiium (Link. enum. 2..p. 2G1.) stem flt^^»^"* 



PL 1 ^ 



