LEGUMINOSiE. LXX. Trifoliuj 



193 



1, fasc. 16. with a good figure. Savi, obs. trif. p. 112. Sims, unequal, the two superior ones very short, longer than tlie tube ; 



bot. mag. 557. Flowers yellow ; the vexillum tending to a fer- legume pedicellate, 1-seeded ; seeds elliptic ; radicle prominent. 



ruginous colour. O- H. Native of Europe, in fields, particularly in France. T. 



Far, ^, ramoshsimiim (Ser, mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 205.) patens, Schrcb. in Sturm, deutschl. fl. Lfiisc. 16. Flowers yellow, 

 stem much branched ; heads of flowers numerous. 



C//^5r??//-iro?rw-coloured-flow^ered Trefoil. Fl. June, 



Clt. 1778. PL 1 foot. 



Aug. 



Var, fiypygvice^iim (Ser* mss.) stems branched, short; 



Paris Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. PI. procumbent. 



148 T. Sebastia'ni (Savi, in diar. mcd. Flajani, 1815.) stems 



142 T. cilia'tum (Clark, itin. 3. ex Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. diffuse; leaflets obovate, sessile, denticulated; stipulas narrow, 

 159.) leaflets obcordate, denticulated; stipulas ciliated, rather longer than the petiole; peduncles short, firm; flowers some- 

 large; heads ovate-hemispherical, few-flowered; teeth of calyx what umbellate, pedicellate ; tube of calyx very short; the seg- 

 Bobulate, ciliated, unequal; corolla scarious, rather large ; petals 



<lenticulatcd. 



called Lagusa. 



©. H. Native of Abercromby Island, formerly 

 Flowers yellow. 

 C'dlatcd- CD]yxed Trefoil. PI. procumbent. 

 113 T. DEci'riENs (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 719.) stem erect ; 

 leaflets oval, sessile,' mucronate ; heads of flow^ers oval ; vexillum 

 somewhat deflexed, permanent ; calyx 3-toothed ; teeth awl- 

 shaped, pilose. O. H. Native of? Very like T. spadiceum, 

 Horn. Flowers bay-coloured. 



Deceiving Trefoil. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. 



PI. I foot. 



mcnts long, setaceous, and equal; legume stipitate, 1-seeded; 

 seed ovoid-elliiitic. 0. H. Native of Italy, -about Rome. 

 Sebast. pi. rom. fasc. 2. p. 14. t. 4. Flowers pale-yellow. 

 Scbastiajii's Treroil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. diffuse. 



149 T. flavf/scens (Tineo, pug. 1. p. 15.) stems rather erect, 

 branched, dicliotomous, glabrous ; the two superior leaves op- 

 posite, approximating the head of the flowers ; leaflets obovate, 

 denticulated; stipulas membranous, nerved, pilose, subulate; 

 heads of flowers roundish ; calyx nerved, pilose ; the segments 

 ciliated and uuequal, longer than the tube. Q.? II. Native of 

 Sicily, on the Nebrodes. Schrank, in flora. 1819, p. S8C. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Yellowish -lowered Trefoil. PI. ^ foot. 



150 T. FiLiFORME (Lin. spec. 1088.) stems prostrate; leaf- 

 lets obovate or obcordate, somewhat denticulated, nearly sessile ; 

 stipulas small, ovate, length of petiole, a little fringed; peduncles 



144 T. sPEciosuM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1382.) plant rather vil- 

 lous ; stems prostrate ; leaves hardly stalked ; leaflets obovate, 

 denticulated, on very short stalks ; stipulas lanceolate, ciliat- 

 ed, large; heads of flowers oblong-cylindrical, bay-coloured, 

 on long peduncles; vexillum obovate, very broad, somewhat 

 denticulated ; calyxes glabrous, the segments unequal, the 2 supe- 

 rior ones smallest ; legume somewhat globose, on a long stipe, filiform, long ; flowers somewhat racemose, leaning all one way, 

 ^seeded; seed oblong, shining ; radicle hardly prominent. ©. on short pedicels ; calycine segments unequal, 2 superior ones 



shorter than the tube ; vexillum even ; legume 1-2-seeded, on a 

 short stipe; seeds oblong-ovate, bay-coloured. ©. H. Native 

 of Europe, in dry or moist grassy meadows, pastures, borders 

 of fields, and on dry gravelly soils common ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Flowers yellow. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 16. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1257. Cattle and sheep are so fond of this 

 trefoil that a specimen of it can scarcely be had in any pasture to 



which they have access. 



Filiform Hop Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Britain. PI. procumbent. 

 151 T. Mi^Nus (Relh. 290. Smith, engl. bot. 1256.) stems 



J , ^ *.. . xwwL. procumbent; leaflets obcordate, toothed, lateral ones almost ses- 



Uo^ ^ • pRocu'mbens (Lin. spec. 1088.) stems procumbent: sile, middle one stalked ; stipulas half ovate, acute ; peduncles 



leaves on sTin^f o*„ll in.^, ^ ^ J^ -. . -i. .-it i nn ^1 _• 1 .--.l . :n K, 



n. Native of the islands of Candia, Cyprus, and Zant. Flowers 

 bay-colo„red. In Zant this is the onlj plant made into hay. It 

 might perhaps be tried in the south of England in dry open parts. 



™i(,Trefoil. Fl. Jupe, July. Clt. 1752. PI. procumbent. 



145 r. Billardie'uii (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 211.) stem erect, 

 pilose; licads of flowers oblong; leaflets obovate-oblong, ciliated ; 

 stipulas denticulated ; upper calyxes sterile ; the teeth subulate, 



la ed, and unequal ; vexillum orbicular, nerved, permanent, 

 uenexed. 0. H. Native of Syria. T. comosum, Labill. syr. 

 '''';^-P-^5.t. 10. Flowers yellow. 



^aBdlardicr's Trefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



lateH f°" ^ /' stalks; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denticu- 

 «lK)r7 ,'"'"^1 °"^ O" a short stalk ; stipulas half ovate, ciliated, 

 ?)C(li n 1 "i P^*'°'^ 5 heads of flowers axillary, oval, dense ; 



calvci ^"^^'* ^^^" *''^ ^^^^^^' ^^ ^^"^^ ^''^'^ ^^^^^' 



»«xillura *f''"'n"^^ unequal, two superior ones very 



■liin,,7 ,"^''y deflexed; legume 1-seeded: seed kidney- 



EuToi ^>""'' ' '■"^'^1^ hardly "prominent. 



straifdit, rigid ; heads of flowers hemispherical ; vexillum nearly 



Smiil '" S^'^^^l^y fields and pastures; plentiful in Britain. 

 1 fa ' Jf' r^^' ^^^- T. campe^tre, Schrcb. in Sturm, deutschl. 

 affrirlnm u V P^^^^^^-procumbens, Gmel. fl. bad. 3. p. 240. T. 

 Aim ,"^'""^s.ang. 328. Curt. lond. 3. t. 45. Mart. fl. rust. 121. 



even ; calycine teeth unequal, hairy towards the points; legume 

 1, rarely 2-seeded. 0. H. Native of Europe, in gravelly 

 fields and pastures ; plentiful in Britain. T. fdiforme, Ehrh. 

 beit. 49. T. procilmbens, Iluds. ang. 328. Curt. lond. fasc. 5. 

 t. 53. T. dubium, Sibth. 231. Flowers yellow. 

 0. H. Native of For. /3, micropJnjllum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 206.) 



plant small ; leaves very minute ; heads few-flowered. T. con- 



, Jan. pi. exsic. ital. sup. cent. 10. Heads generally 



short ; 



trav 



3-flowered. 



Zci^cr Yellow Trefoil. Fl. Jime, Aug. Britain. PL proc. 

 152 T.MicnANTHUM(Viv.fl.libyc. p. 45. t. 19. f. 3.)stems dif- 

 fuse ; racemes few-flowered, disposed in loose pedunculate heads; 



% tIIsoU. \ ^^^'^■^'■^ yellow. This plant is called Yellow or 



priety th V 1 "^ '^^'^e is bestowed on it with much pro- lusc ^ latciuta n.v.-nw.»v:.^i^, w.-t^-w.^v. ,^ ^ , 



any of fl * ^^'"g larger, and more resembling the hop than legume 1 -seeded, shining, spherical ; leaflt ts cuneate-obovate ; 

 . J"itnerestnffT,.„_.-: ,. ,» stipulas ovate, ciliated. ©. II. Native of Cyrenaica, on moun- 



tains. Plant very like T. minus jo, microphijllum. Flowers yellow. 



Small-fowercd Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt, 1816. PI. proc. 



153 T. volu'bile (Lour. coch. p. 445.) stem elongated, slen- 



in dry Z ''?f °^ '^^ ^P'-^^ies. 

 ™^rj gravelly soils. In soi 



It is common on borders of fields 

 P**^ of the '' """"" ^" some meadows it forms a considerable 

 geuerallv '^^V^c ^"'^ ^^^^s excellent fodder ; and it is now very 

 nianner of ^^ Pasture with or without the white clover. The 

 •f* the Mm *°^^")" '^'<^ seeds and after culture of yellow clover 



J'rocTrUT Tn^^^^ ^^^ '■^^ ^'^^^'(^^'- See TrifbUum pratense. 

 Anc. BrW • ^^^"'^' Y^""«' Clover, or Hop Trefoil. Fl. June, 

 147 Tp"' P^- procumbent. ^ 



^^^\ h^filx'^^X^^^^ ^^" ^' ^- ^^' ^' P- ^^--^ ^^^""^ procum- 



Usuallv np • I'^i^*'^ ^^ obcordate, denticulated, the terminal 



erg somewh ^*^ ' P^^""'^^^^ filiform, very long ; heads of 



^01. n unibellate, few-flowered ; calycine segments 



one 

 flow 



der, twining ; leaflets roundish, quite entire, tomentose ; heads 

 many-flowered, axillary ; legume 2-seeded, glabrous. 0. ? H, 

 Native on the eastern coast of Africa. Flowers yellow. 

 Twimng Trefoil. PI. procumbent. 



f /Specie* not so sufficiently known as to be placed in cither of 

 the above sections. 



. 154 T. mi'nimum (BarU fl. phil. 2. p. 74.) stems somewhat 

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