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L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 



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Ben 



AL, Kashmir and Ladak to Xumaon, alt. 6-12,000 ft.— Distbib; Af- 

 glianistan, Orient, South Europe. 



DiSase, very much branched, glabrous, suberect, 1 ft. or more high. Siipuks 

 aeepiyorfaintly toothed, points setaceous; petiole as long as or exceeding leaflets ; 



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ciso-dentate, i- 

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Fedundcs exceeding the 

 the tube, I*od ^-f in. by 



rous, marked with close transverse raised veins. 



13. »ZEZ.XZ.OTUS, Juss. 



Annual or biennial herb. Leaves with toothed pinn; 

 -^jo?fe/-8 m long racemes. C«/y.r-tube campanulate ; te( 

 we. Lorolh caducous, free from the staminal tub 

 ^jowj keel straight, obtuse. Stamms diadelphous, filaments not dilated; 



•lamers uniform. Ovarii SPSSiIp nr stinifii+P fpxi7-_r,Y'iilwl • a+vIa filifnrm crU\^■r'c^^^a 



Oktrib. S 

 \ Old World: 



stiontna terminal. P<;^ oblonir, much exserted 



spread through the temperate regions of the 



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parviflora, Be^f. 



B • "^' ^^^^lard exceeding wings and keel, pod glabrous. Wall. Lat. oy4^ A, 

 Sfls ■;/ .• :^'*^**- 106; ^o/s5. J'/. Orient, ii. 108. M. indica, All. Fl. Fed. i. 



308. m: 



mimma, i?oM ■ 2) c. Frodi 



Wes 



111. 388. 



Trifolium 



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^•^.->iEBN I'ExiNstji.A, Bengal, North West Provinces, tropical zone. — Dis- 



c. ^^^";» -t^urope, and introduced in many other regions. 

 lanceoW - ■ ^^' l-ljft. high. SH^yxihs linear acuminate; leaflets obovate or ob- 

 ^(ihx^' ^^^^^® ^^ emarginate. Flowering -racemes close; fruiting-racemes 1-2 in." 

 ^etlcu^^* 7* ' ^^^^^ deltoid. Corolla not more than ^^ in. long. Po^ -^-^ in., obscurely 

 hm '^-J^'"J^««ose, usually l-seeded.~3/. ^pm^tflora. Walk 5943 1), is Jlf. tY^iica, 

 ^'^.^ only known in Indi/iu cultivation. ^ "^ ' :=-^V.,, 



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**• alba, Z«w27c. D/c^. iv. G3 ; biennial 



1 keel, pod jrlabrous. . 



^•0^^196. M. vulgaris, 7r///t/.'^nwm. 490. 



^"Z/*'^l^ ^°^ ^^^^^ pod glabrous. ' Bom. Fl. Orteni. ii. 109. M. altissima, 

 n. H«^-.5942, «o« T/imll. M. leucantha. ^ocA: DC. Frodr. ii. 187; IF. ^ 



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'n floTT, 



i^^pt -J ' **Mv^oj no^JUUUlUiJ J.XV1U tilt? l^iaJlli? l>-l jjJWii\j,aAj i.\y x--( 



taf 11 *^^^ ft. in Ladak.— DiSTRin. Europe, Orient, Siberia, &c, 



^i taller and more robust than the last. Stipules and leaflets similar. Bacemes 



^'lan the ♦"i^^ ^^''-^^ ^^?^^ ^""^ ^°- ■^^"^- ^^^^^ ^"^^^ ^ ^°' ' ^^^^^ hiuceolate, shorter 



intheter. 



^ l)iif r ^^*^^® ^^^*^' nearly as small as in M.parvijlo 



^. ^^ larger, often 2.seeded. 



tube. 



CVoZ^ff always white, inodorous, 2-3 times the length of the calyx 

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jjtfedard+^^®*^*^^^"^' THVW.; 7>a 7^w/r. ii. 186; biemi 

 • '«,^^on Jrr////c7i. Trifolium officinale. JT^'M 



the same length a^ the wings and keel, pod hairj'. Boiss, FL OrieiiU 

 ^1- macrorhiza, Pers. ; DC. Frodr. ii. 187, M. altissima, ThuilL FL 



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ent, &c. 

 Racemes 



Wfit^^TiJ^^^^' 10-13,000 ft, rAo;;i50W, fi'ifw^rf.— DiSTRm. Europe, On 

 -er ai^^ " ^'^^ ^° general habit and identical in stipules and leaflets. . 

 Oofolla lin .^^^ ^^^^® ^^ ^Q^g- C'a/'yx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube, 

 ^^^ctlv KMr.%f^* yellow, odorous, usually ' -t . ,__ r. , ^.^ 



^^^^P^tate,>in.iong,i.2.seeded,i 



three times fts long as the calyx, 

 not so obtuse. 



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