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LEGUM1N0S.E. LXX. TRiFOLiriM. 



Far, (i^ Bce'ticum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 193.) plant much shorter than the corolla. ]|/. H. Native of Caucasus, 



on the Alps. An intermediate plant between T, ochrokucm 

 and T. Pannonicum. Flowers cream-coloured. 



segments 



smoothish ; stipulas very long ; calycine 

 Native of Spain. T. Boe ticum, Lag. ex Balb. in litt. 

 XatardCs Trefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



ciliated. 



Hair-headed Trefoil. 



30 T. ciNCTUM (D C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 152.) stems erect, 



PL I foot. 



pilose, a little branched ; leaflets oval-oblong, villous ; stipulas 

 broad, nerved, the two upper ones somewhat palmate ; heads 



34 T. cane'scens (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1369.) stems ascending, 

 covered with adpressed hairs; leaflets obovate, emarginate, vi 



lous ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; heads terminal, large, oblong 

 nearly sessile ; calyx smooth ; the segments lanceolate and 

 pilose, dilated at the base, lowest one a little longer ; corolla 



about Montpelier. Flowers cream-coloured. Vexillum elon- monopetalous, much longer than the segments. If.H. Native 



gated, linear, rather acute. 



roleucum. 



ovate, pedunculate ; calyx striated ; the segments unequal, the 

 lower one large, but shorter than the corolla. ©. H. Native 



Girded Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 



Allied to T.maritimum and T.och- of Cappadocia. Sims, hot. mag. 1168. Perhaps a variety of T. 



Pannonicum only. Flowers cream-coloured. 



PL I to 1 foot. 



31 T. Alexandri'num (Lin. amccn. 4. p. 286.) plant smooth- foot, ascending. 



Canescent TxeioW* Fl. May, June. Clt. 1803. 



PI. \ to 1 



ish ; stems ascending, thick, flexuous ; leaves numerous ; leaflets 



35 T. Panno'nicum (Lin. mant. p. 276.) plant very pilose; 



ovate-elliptic, somewhat denticulated ; stipulas narrow, nerved, stem simple, straight ; leaflets lanceolate, oblong, acutish, obtuse 



about equal in length to the petiole ; heads of flowers terminal, or retuse at the apex, nearly entire, ciliated ; stipulas narrow, 



ovate; calyx hardly ribbed, pilose; the segments setaceous and linear, and very long at the apex, length of petiole ; heads ter- 



nearly equal, the two superior ones joined at the base, much minal, pedunculate, ovate-oblong, thick; calyx ribbed, glan- 



shorter than the monopetalous corolla ; seeds ovate, compressed, dular, pilose, the segments setaceous and unequal, much shorter 



yellow (ex Savi). 

 Forsk. fl. 



O.H. 



aegypt 



Flowers pale-yellow. 



Native of Egypt, about Alexandria, 

 descr. p. 139. Savi, obs. trif. 



than the corolla. % . H. 



Native of the alps of Piedmont 



Flowers 



p. ic)y. oavi, oDs. inr. p. 47. Jacq. obs. 2. p. 21. t. 42. and of Lower Hungary 

 Forskal says that this trefoil is universally 

 cultivated in Egypt, being the best and indeed the principal 



fodder for cattle in that country. It is sown only in the recess forked ; leaflets lanceolate, acute. 



white, but when dry yellowish. 



Var. /3, harhatum (Ser. mss, in D.C. prod. 2. p. 194.) stem 



T. barbatum, D. C. cat. 



of the Nile, and where the fields are too high to be inundated 

 by that river they are watered by means of hydraulic engines ; 

 the seeds beinsr committed to the earth while it is wet. The 



hort. monsp. 150. Native about Montpelier. 



Pannonian Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. PI. 1 foot. 

 36 T. Oly MPicuM (Horn. mss. Hook. bot. mag. t. 2790.) 



produce is three separate crops, the plants growing each time stem erect, hairy ; leaflets hairy, lanceolate-elliptic, entire ; sti- 



about half an ell in height. After the last crop the plants die. pulas subulate, sheathing; spikes of flowers oblong, solitar)'! 



When this trefoil is w^anted for seed, it is sown along with the calyx hairy, with the low^er tooth equal in length to the tubeoi 



wheat. Both are gathered at once by the hand, not reaped or the corolla; vexillum very long. "2/. H. Native of Mount 



mown, and are threshed out together, the trefoil-seed being after- Olympus. Flowers yellowish. 



w^ards separated by a sieve. This species of clover, being so Olympic Trefoil, Fl. July. Clt. 1817. PI- 1 foot, 



important in its own country, might be worth the notice of 37 T. Arme'nium (Willd. enum. p. 793.) stems simple, ascend- 



British agriculturists. ing ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, emarginate ; stipulas subulate. 



spike dense, oblong-elliptic, solitary ; lower tooth of calyx abou 

 equal in length to the tube of the monopetalous corolla. %; 

 Native of Armenia. Perhaps only a variety of T. Pannonicui»- 

 Flowers cream-coloured. , 



Armenian Trefoil. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. ascend. 

 38 T. SQUARROsuM (Lin. spec. 1082.) stem branched; upper 

 leaves opposite or alternate, rather pilose ; leaflets lanceolate 

 oval, rather retuse ; stipulas narrow, smoothish, nerved, ra 

 membranous, ending in a long acumen each ; heads ovate ; ca}^^ 

 ribbed ; the segments unequal, 3-nerved, andcihated, thelowt-^ 

 segment length of corolla and deflexed ; seeds oval, 7^* ^^j' 

 O. H. Native of Spain, and of France about Paris. D-^^'^* 

 fr. 4. p. 531. T. dipsaceum, ThuiU. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 38-^ 

 Moris, hist 2. sect. 2. t. 13. f. 1. Flowers white or cream 



this species of trefoil to the notice of the experimental agricul- coloured. 



turist, and thinks it may be a good substitute for the 7'. repens Var. (^^fldvicans (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 194.) "O^^ 



Far. p, ramosum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 193.) stem 

 branched ; lower segment of the calyx bi-trifurcate. 



Alexandrian Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PL 1 ft. 



32 T. ocHROLEu'cuM (Lin. syst. nat. 3. p. 233.) pilose ; stems 

 ascending, slender ; leaves distant ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 or retuse, finely hairy, upper ones narrowest ; stipulas narrow, 

 nerved, much shorter than the petioles, pointed ; heads terminal, 

 ovate-oblong, on long stalks ; calyx ribbed, smoothish ; the 

 segments linear and setaceous, unequal, stifiish, half-spread- 

 ing, much shorter than the corolla, lowest segment very long. 

 % . H. Native of Europe, in dry fields. Curt. fl. lond. 6. t. 49. 

 Mart. fl. rust. 35. Jacq. austr. t. 40. Sturm, deutsch. fl. l.heft. 

 IG. t. 40. Smith, engl. bot. 1224. T. roseum, Presl. ex Gus- 

 sone, in litt. Flowers cream-coloured. Mr. Curtis recommends 



no respect worthy of attention, as an object of culture. 



or T. prate nse in certain soils and situations, but w^e think it in pale-yellow. T. squarrosum, Savi, obs. p- 65. t. 3. pi ifi 



AS'^warro^e-headed Trefoil. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1640. ^}l^. 



Far. /3,rfic//ofowz?(wi (Ser. mss.) stem forked at the top ; spikes 39 T. a'lbidum (Rets. obs. fasc. 4. p. 30.) stem dini^ » 



twin, approximate. 



Var. y, humile (Ser. mss.) plant less villous ; leaflets broad, ^ _ , 



lower ones emarginate. T. ochroleucum /3. D, C. fl. fr. 4. p. 528. in fruit ovate ; calycine segments subulate, unequal, adpre 



Var. ^, ramosum (Ser. mss.) stem much branclied. ^ _ 



C/^flw-coloured-flowered Trefoil. Fl. May, July. Britain. ©. H. Native of? Flowers cream-coloured. Perhaps 



OV JL. A LUIDUM ^IVCIS. ODS. laSC. ^. p. OU.; oi.v»- ^ 'A 



leaflets ovate-lanceolate, ending each in a short awn, ana 

 the margins and keel ciliated ; heads nearly globose, but w 

 in fruit ovate ; calycine segments subulate, unequal, adpre 

 lower one 3-nerved, and about equal in length to the cor 



PI. 1 foot. 



33 T. TRiciiocE'ruALUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 212. and suppl. 



a variety of T. ochroleucum. 

 Whitish-^oviered. Trefoil. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1.796 



PI 



p. 508.) stem ascending, simple, few-leaved; leaflets entire, 1 foot, 

 ovate, or oblong : stipulas broadish, long, much shorter than the 



petiole ; heads hairy, elliptic, leafy at the base, sessile ; calyx 

 ribbed, glandular, pilose; the segments setaceous and unequal, 



1 



40 T. coNicuM (Pers. in Savi, obs. trif. p. 41. 1810.) lea^ 



obovate, denticulated at the apex, mucronuiate; stipulas so ^ 

 what ventricose, short, obtuse, and triangular at the apex ; ^ 



