LEGUMINOSiE. LXX. Truolilm. 



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hairy; leaflets obcordate, hairy: stipulas ovate, acuminated; 

 heads terminal and lateral; calyx campanulate, lined; the seg- 

 ments subulate and spreading, hairy. ©. H. Native of? 



procumbent ; leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas ovate, small, 

 nerved, somewhat membranous, pointed ; heads of flowers 

 ovate, sessile, terminal, and lateral; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, stifF, 3-nerved, unequal, hardly equal in length to 

 FL July, Aug. Clt. 1 824. PI. -J fr. the polypetalous corolla ; finally recurved ; seeds ovate, yellow ; 

 18 T. sylva'ticum (Gerard, in Lois, not- p. 111.) stem a little radicle not prominent. 0. H. Native of Europe, in sterile 

 branched, erect, pubescent; leaflets ovate, obtuse : stipulas di- barren places ; plentiful in some parts of Britain, in chalky and 



Corolla small and pale-purple. 



Sofi'fl 



PI. 4 foot. 



lated, upper ones inclosing the spike of flowers ; spike oblong, 

 villous ; calycine segments setaceous, ciliated, shorter than the 

 corolla, one of which is longer than the rest and spreading. 

 O. ? H. Native of the south of France. Plant clothed with 

 silky wool. Corolla purple. Spike about an inch long, con- 

 standy composed of about 40 flowers. 

 Wood Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt? 



19 T. ni'gro-puncta'tum (Wahl. in isis. 1828. vol. 21. p. 

 971.Xspikes of flowers oblong, pedunculated ; lower tooth of 

 calyx shorter than the wings of the corolla, which is gamopeta- 

 lous ; stipulas linear, lined with black ; leaflets lanceolate-ellip- 

 tic ; stem branched. 0. H. Native about Constantinople. 



i?/ac/: -rfo«e(/-stipuled Trefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



Sect. II. Phlea'strum (from phleum^ the cat-tail grass, and 

 astrumy an affixed signification, like ; the heads of most of the 

 species resemble those of the cat's-tail grass). Ser. mss. in D, C. 

 prod. 2. p. 192, Flowers disposed in ovate-conical heads. 

 Calyx not inflated after flowering. 



20 T. BoccoNi (Savi, obs. trif. p. 37. no. 14.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaflets oblong-obovate, denticulated at the apex ; 

 stipulas very long and very narrow^, subulate ; heads ovate, 

 dense-flowered, twun, sessile, terminal, bracteate at the base ; 

 segments of the calyx nearly equal, narrow, coarsely nerved in 

 the middle, length of tube, and about equal in length to the co- 

 rolla ; seeds small, yellow, egg-shaped ; radicle prominent. 



dry barren fields. Smitli, engl. hot. 903. Flowers white. 



Scabrous Trefoil. Fl. May, July. Britain. PI. procumb. 



25 T. Dalma'ticum (Visiani ex hot. zeit. march. 1829. p. 

 21.) pubescent ; stems prostrate, inflexed at the apex ; stipnlas 

 ovate, membranous, nerved ; leaflets stalked, nerved, obovate, 

 finely denticulated, floral ones almost sessile, involucrated by 

 dilated stipulas ; heads of flowers ovate-conical, axillary, and 

 terminal, sessile and leafy at the base ; calyx pubescent, having 

 linear, straight teeth, which are at length recurved, not half the 

 length of the gamopetalous corolla. 0. II. Native of Dahna- 

 tia. Flowers white or red. Allied to T. scabrum. 



Dalmatian Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 



Sect. III. Eutriphy'llum (from fv, eu. well or good, and 

 rpupvWoy^ trifhylloriy trefoil ; genuine species). Ser. mss. in 

 1). C. prod. 2. p. 192. Flowers disposed in ovate, pedunculate, 

 or sessile, usually bracteate heads. Calyx villous, not inflated. 



26 T. mari'timum (Huds. angl. ed. 1. p. 284.) stem spread- 

 ing, often recumbent ; heads of flowers somewhat ovate-glo- 

 bose ; leaflets oblong-obovate, obtuse, or emarginate, somewhat 



denticulated ; 



narrow 



spikes ovate-globose, 



0. H. Native of Italy, Corsica, Portugal, and Andegavany. 



1. collinum, Bast. fl. main, et loir, and Poir. suppl. p. 5. T. 

 seimglabrum, Brot. phyt. p. 155. t. C3. f. 2. Flowers pale-red. 



Br.cconVs Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL \ foot. 



21 r. stria'tum (Lin. spec. 1085.) stem procumbent,branched; dum, Savi, fl. pis. :^. p 

 leaflets obovate-oblong, denticulated at the apex, downy ; sti- Flowers pale-red. Plant hairy. 



nearly sessile ; calycine segments shorter than the tube and poly- 

 petalous corolla, stiflT, unequal, at length much dilated and 

 spreading, 3-nerved; seeds ovoid, bay-coloured, hardly gibbous 

 at the base. ©. H. Native of Europe, by the sea-side in salt 

 marshes and meadows ; plentiful in some parts of Britain, on 

 the east and south coasts of England, from Norfolk to Somer- 

 setshire in various places. Smith, engl. bot. 220. Ilqok. fl. 

 lond. t. 57. T. irregulare, Pour. act. touL S. p. 331. T. rigi- 



"> - 159. t. 1. f. 1. obs. trif. p. 42. 



pulas membranous, broad, nerved, apiculated ; heads ovate- 

 conical, dense, terminal and lateral; solitary, sessile, bracteate 

 at the base; tube of calyx much nerved, ventricose, the teeth 

 small and unequal, divaricated, bristle-shaped, shorter than the 

 corolla ; seeds turgid, bay-coloured, egg-shaped ; radicle not 

 promment. ©. H. Native of Europe, in dry sandy ph 



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spikes pedunculate ; calycine segments larger and finely nerved. 

 Sea-side Tre^oW. Fl. June, July. Brit. PL decumbent, or 



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27 T. supiNUM (Savi, obs. trif. p. 46. f. 2.) stems spreading, 



branched; leaflets obovate, broad, ciliated; stipulas narrow, 



plentiful in some parts of Britain, in dry barren sandy fields and nerved, small, subulate ; heads somewhat obovate, pedunculate, 

 pastures. Smith, engL bot. 1843. Flowers pale-red. ' ^ r. n ■ ._i._. ._ ...„i i: 



^J'''^f^^-calyxed Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Brit. PL proc. 



5hT ' '^^^^'^^^^^u^' CPenore, prod. p.'^44. et cat. 1819. p. 

 o.) stems erect, branched, villous ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, 

 serrulated, villous ; lower stipulas lanceolate, acute, upper 



egg-shaped after flowering ; calycine segments unequal, linear, 

 stiff, spreading, shorter than the corolla ; seeds unequally sub- 

 cordate, bay-coloured; radicle prominent. ©. H. Native of 

 the south of Europe. Flowers pale-red. 



J>vate, mucronate, nerved ; heads cylindrical, villous ; flowers 

 cngth of calyx ; calyx clothed with rufous, silky pubescence ; 



Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1816, PL trailing. 



^he teeth spinose. 0. H. 

 pale-red. 



Supt 



28 T. Constantinopolita'num (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 2. 



p. 193.) stems spreading, branched; leaflets lanceolate-linear, 



Native about Naples. Flowers somewhat denticulated ; stipulas narrow, nerved, subulate ; heads 



^^e-/oirererf Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1823. PL 1 ft. 

 br \ "^^^'^^^^UM (Ten. fl. nap. pr. p. 44.) stem and 

 ranches erect ; lower leaflets obcordately-cuneated, superior 

 ^s nnear, denticulated towards the apex, mucronate; calycine 

 et X unequal, setaceo»is, shorter than the corolla ; heads of 

 L„e^'"? ^>'o"g^ solitary, or twin, sessile. ©• H. Native of 

 ^^nia, m sandy fields. Flowers straw-coloured. Stems nu- 

 merous from the root. Corolla gamopetalous. The plant has 

 the habu of r. iBocconL ^ V 



^^ne^eaved Trefoil. FL May, July. PL 1 foot. 

 * A.scVbuum (Lin, amcen. 4. p. 287. spec. 1084.) stem 



of flowers somewhat globose, terminal, and lateral, pedunculate 

 when mature, of a conical shape ; flowers crowded, at length 

 rather loose, and apparently somewhat verticillate ; calycine 

 se«Tments unequal, subulate, stiff', nmch shorter than the corolla. 



O. H. Frequent about Constantinople. Flowers yellow. 



ConstantinopleTrQ{o\\. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. PLsprcad. 



29 T. Xata'rdi (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 558.) stem erect, villous, 

 branched ; leaflets obovate-elongated, a little ciliated ; stipulas 

 narrow, nerved; heads of flowers ovate, pedunculate; calyx 

 striated, glandular, and pilose ; the segments hardly unequal and 

 smaller than the corolla. ©. H. Native of the qastern Py 



fences. Flowers pale-purple ? 



