686 FABACEAE 
7. T. repens L. Stem pu leaflets 9-15 mm. long; blades obovate to 
orbicular-obovate or oval: calyx about 5 mm. long; shorter lobes abruptly 
acuminate from dilated bases: standard elliptic, 7-8 mm. long, white: style 
mostly longer than the ovary.—(W CLOVER. DUTCH-CLOVER.)— oadsides, 
fields, woods, and waste- places, various ; provinces , U. S. and S Can.—Flourishes 
on the highest mts. and in the coastal dicc of the Gulf of Mexico; DE. 
for some time when naturalized in S Fla Sum. or all year S. 
8. T. saxicola Small. Stem creeping: leaflets 3-8 mm. long; blades oe 
g 
Br M S is 
usually shorter than the blades: style mostly shorter than the ovary.—Granite 
roeks, Stone Mt. on the Piedmont of Ga.—Spr.- 
9. T. carolinianum Walt. bos ascending or decumbent, pubescent: blades 
of A leaflets obovate to cuneate: calyx p lower lobes mueh shorter 
n the linear-lanceolate ea a. standard white, pink, or purplish: free 
he filam dy soi S 
: ] er N.—Spr. 
fall.—T. nigrescens, Viv. of S Eu. with glabrous foliage dd iege and corolla 
twice as long as the calyx and T. resupinatum o d Mediterranean 
reg., with an inflated calyx, at maturity, have been found about prends Hil, Ala. 
. pratense L. Stem 2-7 dm. tall pubescent: leaflets 1—4 cm. long; 
blades elliptie or oval: ealyx about 8 mm. long; lobes filiform, the longest one 
mueh longer than the tube: corolla Ls purple or white: standar 2—14 m 
long, the claw very broad.—(RED R. E ME me rem 
places, roadsides, and woods, various pede y Us ds Can. Na : Eu. 
and eult.—Sum. urishes best at no altitudes. in mts.; somewhat 
a when E n S Fla.— "T. glomeratum L., h globular racemes 
less than 1 cm. in diameter, ws “petioled, small leav Ho d short broad-based 
spreading calyx- ery and T. suffocatum L., with long petioled leaves; both 
glabrous e n s c d reg., have been found at Sno w Hill, Ala. 
lso T. striatum L., cylindric racemes and calyx- De iere 03 
the tube, Pu die nc region, has been found near Bowman, Ga. 
11. T. dubium Sibth. Plant erect or ascending, diminutive: leaflets 4-8 mm 
2 racemes m ESL ane: hour) less than 2 mm. long: wing- 
petals s 2-2. e-places and fields, - various prov- 
inees, Fla. to "Tex, P. C. E Mass. "Nat of Eu. 
d T. procumbens L. Plant prostrate or procumbent, diffuse: pone 6-12 
. lo racemes rather perius 20—40-flowered: calyx mostly over 2 mm. 
ped wing- petals 3-4 mm —(Low HOP-CLOVER.)—Fields, ended: and 
waste-places, various 22 N. Am. , except the extreme N. Nat of Eu. 
13. T.agrarium L. Plant ereet or pil SO: i e pid 10—16 mm. long; 
racemes densely a -flowered : x 2.5-3 mm. long: wing-petals 4-5 m 
long.— ( HoP- ER ELLOW-CL ovsn.)—‘hickets, fields, and  waste- E 
various e. Ga. to Ia., Ont., and N. S. Nat. of Eu. 
12, LOTUS [Tourn.] L. Herbs with diffusely spreading branches. Leaf- 
lets 3: blades entire. Flower-clusters long-peduncled. Calyx obscurely 2- 
‘lipped: lobes slightly unequal, long and narrow. Corolla yellow or reddish 
standard with a br de: other petals slender-clawe he blades of 
oad bla 
the wings prominently auricled: keel-petals strongly curved, Scis broad.—About 
70 species, widely distributed in the Old World. 
