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LEGUMINOS^. LXX. Trifolium. LXXl. Acropodium. LXXII. Dorycnium. 



Procumbent, smooth; leaflets cuneated, emarginate, dentlcu- 165.) leaflets obovate, sharply-serrulated, mucronate, glabrous; 



lated, glabrous ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; peduncles filiform ; 

 capsule roundish ; vexillum deflexed. ©. H. Native of New 

 Jersey. Flowers yellow ? 



Least Trefoil. PL procumbent. 



155 T. coMosuM (Lin. spec. 1080.) heads of flowers umbel- j^ ^^^^j^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ p^ 23^ 



heads of flowers terminal, roundish, truncate at the base, sterile 

 at the apex ; teeth of calyx subulate, equal. 0. H. Native of! 

 Ornamented Trefoil. PI. 



N. B. Trifblium Magelldnicum is O^xaVis eriocdrpa^ D. C. 



late, globose, imbricated; vexillum deflexed, permanent. 

 Native of North America* Flowers white. 



%.n. 



Tufted Trefoil. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1798. PI. ^ foot. 



156 T. stipula'ckum (Thunb, prod. p. 136.) stems herba- 

 ceous, decumbent at the base ; leaflets cut, villous. — Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



Stlpiilaceous Trefoil. PL decumbent. 



Cult. Many of the species of Trefoil are very shewy, and 

 very fit for ornamenting flower borders. AH the species will 

 grow in any common garden soil. The perennial kinds are easily 

 increased by dividing the plants at the root in spring, or by seeds, 

 which always ripen in abundance. The seeds of the annual kinds 

 only require to be sown in the open border. Those species 



157 T. HiRsu^TUM (Thunb. prod. p. 13G.) stems herbaceous, ^^f'^^^ ^'^"^^ ^"'^ greenhouse only require to be protected in 



wmter. 



diffuse ; leaflets oblong, hairy. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Hairy Trefoil. PL diffiise. 



158 T. lana'tum (Thunb. prod. p. 136.) stems herbaceous, ttovc ^o^oc, J^ou^ ^Wo^, a foot Tin allusion to the legumes being 

 decumbent; leaflets obovate, obtuse, pilose; heads of flowers stalked within the calyx). Desv. obs. legum. ex Schlecht. 



LXXI. ACROPO'DIUM (avpoc, akros, the summit, and 



globose, woolly, bractlcss. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Woolly Trefoil. PL decumbent. 



159 T, Cape'nse (Willd. spec. 3. p. 3S64.) stem herbaceous, 

 decumbent ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, pilose ; heads of fl 

 globose, woolly, involucrated. — Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. T. diffusum, Thunb. prod. 136. but not of Ehrh. 



Cape Trefoil. PL decumbent. 



160 T. rupe'stre (Tenore, prod. p. 43. cat. 1819. p. 58.) 



stems almost simple, suffruticose at the base ; leaflets rhom- Cape of Good Hope. Lotus suffruticosus, Burm. cat. 



Linnaea. 2. p. 510. 



Lm. SYST. Diadelphiaj Decandrta. Calyx deeply 5-fcleft. 

 Vexillum short, hispid. Wings opposite, bidentate. Stamens 

 diadelphous. Ovary stalked. Legume oval-oblong, smooth, 

 usually 2-seeded, standing on a capillary footstalk. — A lub- 

 shrub, with fascicled leaves and 3 -flowered axillary racemes, 

 which are rather longer than the leaves. 



1 A. suFFRUTicosuM (Dcsv. 1. c). 1^ . G. Natlvc of the 



boidal-ovate, scabrous ; spiny-serrated, veiny ; spike terminal, 



globose, villous, pedunculate ; 

 spreading, equal in length to the 

 the rocks of Magella. 



calycine 

 corolla. 



segments 



setaceous, 



Suffruticose Acropodium. Shrub. 



Cult. This plant will grow in any light soil, and young cttt 



Native of Naples, on tings will root in sand, under a hand-glass. 



Rock Trefoil. PL 4 foot. 



1 



2 



LXXII. DORY'CNIUM (from lopv, dory, a spear ; the an- 



The present genus has, 



Tourn. 



161 T, cLANDESTi'isuM (Lag. nov. gen. p. 23.) stems pros- cient plant was used to poison spears. 

 trate; leaflets obovate-cuneated, pubescent, almost entire ; heads 

 of flowers ovate, terminal, and axillary, pedunculate; calycine 

 segments stifl?) unequal; corolla hidden. 0. H. Native of 



Spain, among rubbish about Madrid. 



Lin. 



SYST. 



Diadelphia, Decandrta, 

 C/anc/e5^me-flowered Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL panulate, bilabiate, somewhat 



however, nothing to do with the plant of the ancients). 



inst. 391. t. 211. f. 3. D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.— Lotus, species of 



Lin. and others. 



Calyx somewhat cam- 

 Wings 



prostrate. 



102 T. cuspiDA^TUM (Lour. coch. p. 445.) stem suffruticose, 4 

 feet high ; leaflets linear, quite entire, cuspidate ; flowers capi- 

 tate, numerous ; calyx pilose ; vexillum of corolla ovate, distinct, 



shorter than the vexillum. 



h 



G. Native 



with a purple spot ; legume naked, 1-seeded. 

 of Cochin-china- Flowers wliite. 



Cuspldate-XesAeiieii Trefoil. Shrub 4 feet. 



163 T. asce'ndens (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 716.) stems as- 

 cending ; leaflets oval, pubescent ; heads roundish, terminal, 

 pedicellate, exstipulate ; calyx compressed ; the segments nearly 

 equal, 3 times shorter than tlie monopetalous corolla. If. H. 

 Native of Georgia. 



i45ce?irfmo*-stemmed Trefoil. PL ascendiuix. 



._ gibbous at the base. 

 Keel nearly awnless. Style straight, 

 crowned by a capitate stigma. — Herbs or subshrubs, with tnio- 

 liate leaves, and with the stipulas the form of the leaflets- 

 Flowers usually numerous, capitate, white or pale-red. 



1 D. re'ctum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) villous; 

 stems erect, suffruticose ; leaves petiolate ; leaflets obovate, in^' 



stipulas ovate, cordate; peduncles bractless, wany 



flowered, hardly twice the length of the leaves ; pedicels woolly* 



as well as the calyxes ; segments of the calyx about the satn 



length, very narrow, longer than the tube, but shorter than "* 



corolla ; legume terete, smooth, twice the length of the cay t 



Native of the south of Europe. 



cronate 



black ; seeds reniform. Tj . H. 



Lotus rectus, Lin. spec. 1092. — Barrel, icon. t. 544. 



164 T. FORMosuM (D'Urv. enum. pi. archip. p. 94. no. 691.) small, rose-coloured. Pedicels length of the calyx. 



stem erect, villous, branched above ; leaflets ovate-oblong, mu- 

 cronate ; stipulas large, straight, ending each in a long subulate 

 point ; heads ovate, dense, many-flowered ; calyx clothed with 

 hoary villi ; the segments nearly equal, and very long, at length 

 spreading, a little longer than the corolla. 0. H. Native of 

 the island of Melos. Leaves an inch and more long, and 4 lines 



Flowers pale flesh-coloured. 



PL I to 1 foot. 



broad. 



Beautiful Trefoil. 



165 T. lasioce'phalum (Link, enum. 2. p. 262.) stem erect, 

 hairy; leaflets linear; stipulas ventricose ; heads of flowers 

 ovate ; calyxes hairy ; the segments lanceolate-subulate, spread- 

 ing much. ©. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Straight Dorycnium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1640. PL 2 feet" 

 2 D. LATiFoLiuM (Willd, spec. 3. p. 1397.) plant pilose ; steiDJ 

 erect, suffruticose; leaves sessile ; leaflets and stipulas obov 

 and mucronulate ; peduncles many-flowered, bracteate *^^^ 

 the apex, 3 times longer than the leaves ; bracteas solitary 

 tern ; pedicels woolly, shorter than the calyx ; the ^egi^^ 

 lanceolate, and longer than the tube, but shorter than thecoro | 

 legume oblong, terete, black, twice the length of the cay 



seeds somewhat reniform. h . H. Native of Iberia, on 



Onbnis qumat** 



dry 



Woolly-headed Trefoil. 



PL \ foot. 



hills. D. Ibericum, Willd. enum. suppl. 52. 

 Forsk. descr. 130. but not of Vahl. Flowers white. 



Broad-leaved Dorycnium. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



FL June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



Pl. 



166 T. ORNA^TUM (Clark, itin. 3. ex Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 3 D. Gr^'cum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 208.) stc 



