; 
Trifolium. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEA: (BAKER). 57 
halfway down. Corolla pale, twice as long as the calyx, Pod about 
equalling the calyx, oblong, silky, 1—3-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
i. 167, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! Roth! 
Very near the European J. ceespitosum and Cape T. Burchellianum, with which it 
coincides in general habit and appearance. 
ll. T. Petitianum, 4. Rich. FI. Abyss. i. 168. Rootstock woody. 
Stems densely cwspitose, glabrous, wide-creeping. Stipules } in. long, 
adnate halfway down, the free point linear. Petioles 3-1 am Ce 
slender, glabrous. Leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, glabrous, {—} in. 
deep, nearly as broad, faintly toothed, the apex deeply emarginate 
with a rounded hollow. Flowers in long-stalked rounded heads ot 
4-6 each. Pedicels a line long. Calyx 2 lines long, 10-nerved, 
glabrous, teeth lanceolate, not reaching more than one-third the wey 
down. Corolla pale, quite twice as long as the calyx. Ovules 2-8. 
Pod not seen. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 
May be a variety of the preceding. 
12. 'T. eryptopodium, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 556. Root- 
stock woody. Stems densely czespitose, slender, procumbent, thinly 
silky upwards, Stipules J in. long, membranous, the lower two-thirds 
sheathing the stem, the free points lanceolate-acuminate. he 
hearly sessile, with three sessile obovate-cuneate leaflets, central 3 va 
lone by nearly as broad, rigid, strongly nerved, toothed and e paoed 
ciliated, apex truncate or emarginate. Flowers in long-stalked close 
heads of 8-19 each. Peduncles an inch long, thinly silky. Calyx 
Sessile, 2 lines long, slightly silky, teeth lanceolate, reaching about 
halfway down. Corolla purplish, more than twice as long as the calyx. 
—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 168. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! ; ; 
Well marked in the group by its sessile leaves and sheathing stipules. 
13. T. procumbens, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 205, Stem 6-12 in. high, 
annual. Stipules half adnate, the point deltoid-acuminate. Petioles 
equalling the obovate-cuneate leaflets, which are 3-3 in. long, the 
rentral one stalked. Flowers in dense: round stalked heads of 20-40. 
alyx pedicellate, $ line long, three lower teeth lanceolate, reaching 
talfway down, two upper ones much broader and shorter. _ Corolla = 
ines long, bright yellow, the standard finally becoming 2 lines — ; 
flat, Spoon-shaped, strongly veined, folded over the stalked, exserted, 
“seeded pod.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 176. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon. 
Coincides with the ordinary form of the European plant. 
14; "TP, Simense, Fresen, in Flora 1839, 49. Stem herbaceous, 
6-12 in, lone, dichotomously branched from ‘the base, aligney asia 
vent upwards, Stipules an inch long, forming a tight sheath ro 
