192 



LEGUMINOS.E. LXX. Trifolium. 



leaflets obovate-rounclish ; flowers white, T. uniflorum, Sternb. 

 in flora. 1820. p. 599,— Buxb. cent. 3. p. 18. t. 31. f. 2. 



One-foivered TrefoW. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1800. PL creeping. 



130 T. exi'mium (Stepli. ex Fisch. and Stev. in Htt. D. C. 

 2. p. 203.) plant glabrous ; stems ascending, firm ; leaflets 

 obovate, nerved, somewhat denticulated ; petioles very short ; 



prod. 



longest, the uppermost ones very short ; vexillum obovate, 

 dilated, serridated. 1/ . H. Native of Sicily, on the Nebrodes. 

 Schrank, in flora. 1819. p. 387. Flowers bluish-red, but they 

 fade to a reddish-yeyow colour. Bonan. t. 248. 



Gussone's Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.^1826. PI. 1 foot. 



136 T. PLUMOsuM (Douglas, mss.) stem simple, erect, villous 



stipulas'leafy, veiny, obtuse; heads few-flowered; peduncles and forked at the apex; petioles about the length of the leaflets; 



' ' leaflets 3, lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated, clothed wuh silky 



campanulate ; the segments 



pedicels short, tomentose ; calj ^ , ^ n i • i v v 



lanceolate and very acute, equal, longer than the tube, but villi on the under surface as well as the stipulas, but pubescent 



- ■ ' l/.H. Native above; heads of flowers ovate-oblong, villous; caly cine seg- 



ments subulate, unequal, lowest one longer than the corolla. 

 "2/. H. Native of North America. Flowers apparently purple. 

 PZw?wo5e-headed Trefoil. 



shorter than the corolla; legume 4-5-seeded. 

 of Dahuria. T. grandiflorum, Fisch. Led. 

 Style elongated. Corolla purple. 



rar. ft, alh'ijlorum (Fisch. inlitt.) flowers w 

 tive of the Altaian mountains. 



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



Vexillum large. 



1/. H. Na- 



PI. U foot. 



4, 



i 



137 T. ALTissiMUM (Doug, mss.) stem erect, forked at tlie 

 apex, glabrous ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, glabrous, ciliated ; petioles 



131 T. ALpfNCJM (Lin. spec. 1080.) plant quite smooth ; stems length of the combined part of the stipulas ; heads of flowers 



short, tl)ick, under ground ; petioles very long ; leaflets 3, Ian- globose, glabrous ; calycine segments subulate, much shorter 



° ^ - - - ' , , , .1 n -. TT Native of North Ame- 



ceolate-linear, bluntish, denticulated; stij)ulas very long, and 

 very narrow, linear, and acute ; heads of flowers umbellate, on 

 long peduncles ; pedicels small, disposed in something like a 

 whorl ; calyx campanulate, the segments equal, very long, and 

 setaceous, but much shorter than the corolla; legume 2-seeded. 



than the monopetalous corolla. 

 rica. Flowers purple 



Tallest Trefoil. PI. 2 feet. 



It. H. 



%. H. Native of Europe, on the higher Alps and mountains. 

 Sturm, dcutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 15. with a good figure, 

 trif. 99. — Park, theatr. 1104. f. 4. Flowers large, 

 vexillum flesh-coloured and streaked with purple, 

 have the taste of liquorice. 



purple, the 

 The roots 



Alpine Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1775. PL | to i foot. 



132 T. lupina'ster (Lin. spec. 1079.) plant quite smooth; 

 stems straight, branched; petioles wanting; leaflets 5, linear- 

 lanceolate, sharply-toothed, nuicronate ; stipulas broad, mem- 

 branous, acuminated ; heads of flowers pedunculate, bractless ; 

 flowers umbellate ; calyx campanulate, hardly nerved ; the seg- 

 ments acute, longer than the tube, but shorter than the corolla ; 

 legume C-secded. H/ . H. Native of Siberia. Lupinaster pen- 

 taphyllus, Moench. meth. suppl. p. 50. Pcntaphyllon lupinaster, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 352. Pentaphyllum Amm.ani, Ledeb. hort. 

 dorp, suppl. 1823. p. 5, Mart. fl. rust. t. 16. Curt. hot. mag. 

 876. — Gmel. sib. 4. p. 19. t. 6. f. 1. Flowers large, purple ; 

 the wings and keel paler than the vexillum. 



Var, ft, albrflorxtm (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 204.) flowers 

 white ; leaflets very narrow. T. albens, Fisch. 



Sect. VII. Chronose mium (from xpovoc, cJironos, time, and 



(7r//ia, sema, a standard ; in reference to the permanent nature of 



Savi, obs. the standard or vexillum.) Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 204. 



Flowers disposed in an ovate pedunculate head. Petals scariou^ 

 yellow, fading to abay-colour; vexillum deflexed, and permanent. 

 138 T. BA^DiUM (Schreb. in Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 16. 

 with a good figure,) stems ascending; leaves petiolate; leaflets 

 ile, obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas lanceolate, acute, rather 

 membranous ; heads of flowxrs globose, pedunculate, rather 

 loose; vexillum obovate; calyx very short, campanulate, the 

 segments unequal, the uppermost one very small ; legume sub- 

 globose, 1 -seeded ; seeds ovoid; radicle hardly prominent. #■ 



Native of Europe, in mountain meadows. Savi, obs.yi* 



sessi 



H. 



113. T. spadiceum, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 491. but not of Lm- 



Flowers yellow. .. 



iJa^/.coloured-flowered Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. PL ascending. 



139 T. Bru'tium (Ten. prod. fl. nep. 1826. ex Schecm. 

 Linnsea. 3. p. 103.) stems ascending, branched ; leaves stalk^^ 

 leaflets obcordate, cuneated, denticulated, the terminal onehar 

 petiolate ; heads of flowers axillary, spherical ; peduncles loi£ 

 than the leaves ; segments of calyx unequal, the 2 upper 



iiie ; leaneis very narrow. x. aiucus, xiscii. tium tuc ica^^^o, oe^mtuLo w* vt*.jA ^^^v-.^^^*, — x* ,. 



ZMj)me-/iAe Trefoil or Bastard Lupine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. short, the rest piliferous at the apex; vexillum large, go 

 41. PI. 1 to U foot. furrowed; keel copper-colovired ; seeds elliptical, yellow.^ U* ■ 



copper 



133 T. purpura'scens (Fisch. in litt.) the character of this Native of Naples. Allied to T. procumhens and T. agrart 



Brntium Trefoil. Fl. May, Aug, PI. ascending. , 



^ _.^ ^. __ 140 T. agra'rium (Lin. spec. 1087.) stem ascending, br^nc^ 



Siberia, about Barnaoul. T, lupinaster var. y, oblongifolium, ed, firm; leaves almost sessile; leaflets ^^^^^S'^^^^^^^J^^^^^ 

 Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 204. Flowers purplish, large. 



species agrees with the last in almost every particular, except in 

 the leaflets being very broad and bluntish. %. H. Native of 



denticulated ; 



Purplish-Rowered Trefoil or Bastard Lupine. 

 Clt. 1816. PI. 1 to 1-j foot. 



Fl. June, Aug. 



stipulas leafy, lanceolate, acute, longer than 

 petiole ; heads of flowers on long peduncles, egg-snap^ 

 vexillum obcordate; calyx campanulate, short, the segnfjen 

 lo^ J. Mt.uAi;i.riiAi.u.^ ^^.utt. j^c.i. uxMc.. ^. ^. ^^^.j «.-.". equal, glabrous, and elongated, the superior one s'^^^'^,^^^ 

 simple, angular; leaflets 7, cuneate-lanceolate ; petioles very gume 1-seeded, ovoid, compressed; seeds ^^Y'^r^^^ov^^o^^ 



134 T. megace'phalum (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 105.) stems 



long 



stipulas cuneated, deeply 3-toothed ; 



segments of the 



It. H. Na- 



calyx setaceous and feathery ; legume 2-4-seeded. 

 tive of North America, at the head waters of the river Missouri. 

 Lupinaster macrocephalus, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 479. t. 23. 

 Flowers yellowish-white with a pale-purple carina. 



Large-headed Trefoil or Bastard Lupine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 



1826?'' PI. 1 foot. 



O.H. Native of Europe 



in dry pastures and woods. Sturm, deutschl. fl. !• ***^ ' 



gularly cordate ; radicle prominent- 



Flowers yellow. 

 Field Trefoil. 



with a good figure. Fl. dan. 554. T. strepens, Crantz. au» • 

 411. no. 8. ^ 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. PL P''^'^^^ ^j^^ 



141 T. sPADi'cEUM (Lin. spec. 1087.) stem erect, ^^^?^^ ^^. 



2(5 f i'l. 1 looi. pie, slender ; leaves stalked; leaflets oblong, ovate, ^^^^ «' ^g(< 



135 T. GussoNf (Tineo, pi. rar. sic. pug. 1. p. 17.) plant ticulated ; stipulas leafy, narrow, acuminated ; ^^^^^^^euW 



ovfi 



smoothish ; stem branched ; leaflets 3, oblong, obcordate, ovoid, on peduncles ; vexillum obcordate ; calycine ^^ 



sharply-denticulated, terminal one on a long petiole, lateral ones unequal; the lower ones long and pilose, the two "PPf^^^ 



sessile ; stipulas lanceolate, bluntish, toothed, ciliated ; heads of small and glabrous ; legume ovoid, compressed, l-sf^^^^'^^j. 



flowers rather e^g-shaped ; peduncles pilose ; flowers on short irregularly egg-shaped, bay-coloured ; radicle prominent. J | ^^ 



pedicels ; caly 



se^^ments unequal, narrow, the two lower ones Native of Europe, in mountain meadows. Sturm, deuts' 



