LEGUMINOS/I^. LXX. Tkifolium, 



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71 T. RADiosUM (Walil. in isis. 1828. vol. 21. p. 971.) stems late, nerved, ending each in a long acumen; heads of flowers 

 ascendinjj, and are, as well as the leaves, villous ; leaflets ob- 



ovate ; the interior of the head of flower abortive ; teeth of calyx 



globose ; calycine segments somewhat setaceous, equal, longer 

 than the corolla. 0. 11. Native of Spain and Barbary. T. 



curved, setaceous, plumose, shorter than the corolla. 0. H. squarrosum. Lam. in herb. Vahl. Flowers purple. 



Native of the Leyant. Like T. globosiim^ but double the size. 

 jRay-headed Trefoil. 



PI. ascending. 



Oblong-leaved Trefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



79 T. OBSCU^RUM (Savi, obs. trif. p. 31. f. 1.) stems spreading ; 

 72'^T. Oliveria'num (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 197.) leaflets obovate or obcordate, entire; stipulas membranous, 

 villous ; stems difflise ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, short, broad, nerved, acute at the apex, ciliated ; heads of flowers sub-glo- 

 ennre; stipi;las lanceolate, each ending in a long narrow acu- bose ; calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated, nerved, pun- 

 men; heads subglobose, few-flowered; calycine segments bent, gent, length of tube, and longer than the corolla; legume 1- 

 filiform, pilose, ascending, equal, much shorter than the corolla. seeded. 0. H. Native of Italy. Perhaps only a variety of 



0. H. Native about Constantinople. Flowers red. 

 OUver^s Trefoil. PL diff\ise. 

 73 T. CLYPEA^UM (Lin. spec. 1084.) pubescent; stems dif- 



T. leucdnthnm. Flowers white. 



Obscure Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. spreading. 

 80 T. saxa'tile (All. fl. ped. no. 1108. t. 59. f 3.) stems 



fuse; leaflets obovate, denticulated; stipulas broad, nerved, rather erect ; leaves villous ; leaflets cuneated, small, and entire, 

 ciliated; heads of flowers subglobose; calycine segments leafy, but emarginate at the apex; stipulas ovate, mucronulate, nerved; 

 lanceolate, nerved, unequal, spreading, much shorter than the 

 corolla; legume 1- seeded ; seeds sub-cordate ? 0. H. Native 

 of the Levant.— 



—Savi, obs. trif. p. 61. Gaertn. fruct. t. 153. 

 Alp. exot. t. 306. Flowers pale-red. The plant is 

 1\ clypccitum in reference to the calyx when In fruit being spread 

 like a buckler. 



C/7/;;c^/c-calyxed Trefoil. FK June, Aug. Clt. 1711. PL ^ ft. 

 74 T. stklla'tum (Lin. spec. 1083.) plant villous, diffuse; 



heads of flowers globose, depressed, sessile, bracteate ; calyxes 



tomentose ; the segments small and ascending, equal, length of 



corolla ; seeds small, black, irregularly subcordate. 0. ^ - H. 



named Native of Switzerland, Piedmont, and Dauphiny, on the higher 



alps. Savi, obs. trif. p. 28. T. thymiflorum, Viil. dauph. 3. 

 p. 487. T. glaciale, Reyn. mem. L p. 160. Flowers white. 



Rock Trefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. PL ^ foot. 



leaflets obcordate, somewhat triangular, with the upper margin 



denticulated ; stipulas obovate, very broad, serrulated ; heads of Sect. IV. 



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flowers ovate-globose; calycine segments foliaceous, linear-Ian- affixed signification, like). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 198. 



ceolate, spreading, equal, length of"the corolla ; legume 1-seed- Flowers capitate; heads globose, sessile, or pedunculate ; flowers 



ed; seeds ovate, orbicular, bay-coloured. 0. H. Native of usually deflexed at length. Calyx not inflated. 



*' ^ -- - - - - _ -. . . 81 T, suFFocATUM (Lin. maut. 276. ) glabrous; stems very 



short, procumbent; petioles long; leaflets obcordate-cuneiform, 

 denticulated ; stipulas scarious, a little nerved, each ending in a 

 short acumen ; heads of flowers axillary, sessile, nearly globose, 



tiie south of Europe. Sturm, deutsch. fl. 1. fasc. 16. Savi, obs. 

 trif. p. 30. Desf. atl. 2. p. 199. Smith, engl.bot. 1546.— Barrel. 

 '^^J^' P- 860. Flowers pale rose-coloured. 



Britain. PL |- to 1 ft. 



^/e/Za/e-calyxed Trefoil. 

 , 75 T. leuca'nthum CBi 



Fl. Ju. July. 



(Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 214.) stems ascend- glabrous, approximate; flowers dense, sessile; calyx membra- 



■ng, villous ; leaflets obovate-oblono-, somewhat serrated at the nous, smooth ; the segments lanceolate, acute, flat, and nearly 

 ^pex; stipulas lanceolate, subulate; heads of flowers subglo- equal, recurved, much longer than the corolla ; legume concealed, 

 twse, pedunculate, villous ; calycine se^rments spreading, nearly 2-seeded; seeds nearly globose, yellowish; radicle promment. 



©. H. Native of the south of Europe. In England on the 

 sandy sea-coast at Yarmouth and Lowestoft, and at Laiidguar.l 

 Fort. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 60. Savi, obs. trif. p. 90. Brot. 

 phyt. p. 168. t. 64. Smith, engl. hot. 1040. 1^'lowcrs pale 



, is; calycine segments spreading, nearly 



pqual, shorter than the corolla ; legume 1 -seeded ; seeds ovoid ; 



radicle hardly prominent, 

 mis, and of Corsica. 



O. H. Native of Tauria, on dry 



, ., T. stellatum. Pall. ined. taur. T. varia- 



iso' "^^'^."^ J" lift. 1824. T. obscurum, Guss. cat. ex litt. 

 824. This plant differs from T. stdlatum in the stipulas being 

 anceolate-subulate and entire, not ovate and denticulated, as 

 well as in the leaflets beins more oblon 



pink. 



Suffocated 



Fl. June, July. Brit. PI. procumbent. 



smaller and almost white, not pale-red. 

 '^fiite-fowercd Trefoil. 



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and the flowers being 82 T. conge'stum (^Guss. cat. 1821. p. 80, pi, rar. p. 311.) 



^oot, declinate. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 



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2 



is'oR ^^^^'gipeduncula'tum (Lois. fl. gall, ex bull. sc. Aug. 



-.8. p. 425.) stem ascending, smooth; leaflets oblong-elliptic, 



^I'lite entire, rather pilose ; stipulas narrow, linear-awl-shaped 



i!^^?°" 1 ^'^^^^ ' ^^^^^ of flowers oi'ate, terminal, on long 

 j^auncles; teeth of calyx unequal, rather pilose, the lower 



r:) ij^^^^^^f about equal in length to the monopetalous corolla. 

 ^- H. Native of Corsica, near Bonifacio. Flowers white. 



^^g-Vcduncled Trefoil. 

 Ti I. 



Fl. May, June. 



PI. ascending. 



stp ' V ^^^^e'xum (Waist, et Kit. pi. hung. 3. p. 299. t. 269.) 

 ems decumbent, difflise, numerous, pilose ; leaflets oblong. 



stems branched, smooth, trailing ; leaves on long petioles ; leaf- 

 lets obcordate, entire, pubescent ; heads of flowers lateral and 

 terminal, roundish, sessile, approximate ; calyx pilose ; the 

 teeth erect, equal in length to the corolla; legume 1 -seeded. 

 0. H. Native of Calabria in arid fields by the sea-side. 



CVott'rfcrf-flowered Trefoil Fl. May. Clt. 1820. PI. trailing. 



83 T. GLOMERATUM(Lin. spec. 1081.) glabrous; stems spread- 

 ing ; leaflets obovate, sharply toothed ; stipulas scarious, nerved, 

 each ending in a long acumen; heads of flowers axillary, ses- 

 sile, distant, globose ; flowers dense, sessile ; calycine segments 

 heart-shaped, short, nerved, acuminated, rcflexed, shorter than 

 the polypetalous corolla ; legume 1 -seeded ; seed irregularly 



eloT^^ '^^"^'culated ; stipulas subulate ; heads of flowers sub- 

 shor^^^' 1^^*^""^"'^'^ ' ^^^yc'"^ segments spreading, unequal, 

 flesl ^^ Ik" ^^'^ corolla ; vexillum elongated ; legume obovate, 

 liar if' ^ ^^°"^' Irown, 1-seeded; seed brown, roundish ; radicle 

 P*.ri ^ l^''""''"<^nt. . H. Native of Hungary, in grassy places. 



%?exerf Trefoil. PI. decumbent, 

 vniou- "-^"^'^'^^"^-'•^ ^-^"■- ™ss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 197.) 



cordate, bay-coloured 



0. H. Native of the south of Europe. 



In England, in gravelly fields and pastures about London, Isle 

 of She*j)ey, on Kew-green and Hanwell-hcath, Middlesex, on 

 the Bath hills, near Bungay, Suffolk, at Yarmouth, &c. Smith, 



Flowers rose-coloured. 



engl. bot. 1063. 



Curt. lond. 4. t. 51. 



GlomeraledTtem. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. decumb. 



84 T. PARViFLORUM (Ehrh. bcitr. 7. p. 165.) stems diffiise ; 



leaflets obovate, nerved, sharply serrated; stipulas scarious, 



.V,...., .our mss m u K. p.uu. .. p . ending each in a sharp acumen ; heads of flowers axillary, pc- 



; stems erect ; leaflets oblong, ciliated ; stipulas lanceo- dunculate, and sessile, globose ; flowers dense, sessile ; calycine 



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