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18. T. africanum, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 200. Stems herbaceous, 
6in. or more long, branched from the base, procumbent, clothed with 
dense spreading brown silky pubescence. Stipules $ in. long, half- 
adnate, the free points linear or lanceolate. Upper leaves nearly 
sessile, lower on petioles 1-2 in. long. Leaflets sessile, oblanceolate, 
about 4 in. long by a third as broad, distinctly toothed, slightly pilose. 
Flowers in dense rounded heads half an inch’ broad. Peduncles 1}—3 
in. long, densely pilose. Calyx sessile, under + in. long, silky, teeth 
wear, reaching halfway down. Corolla purplish, slightly exceeding 
the calyx.—Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 159. 7. hirsutum, E. Meyer non Thunb. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Roth! 
ape species. 
19. 'T. alexandrinum, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 193. Stems glabrous, 
1-2 ft. high, Stipules an inch or more long, adnate only in the lower 
third or quarter. Leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, quite glabrous, 
1-2 in, long. Flowers 20-80 in dense long-stalked finally oblong 
heads. Bracts Setaceous, very minute. Calyx sessile, 4 in. long, 
finely-silky, the setaceous teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla yellowish, 
twice the calyx, Pod minute, included in the calyx-tube, 1-seeded. 
Nile Land. Nubia Schweinfurth 
he species commonly grown for forage in Egypt, under the name “ Bersin.” 
20. 'T, subrotundum, Steud. et Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 
103, Perennial stems herbaceous, 6—12 in. long, dichotomously and 
diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules 3—4 lines long, half-adnate, the 
ee points lanceolate acuminate. Upper leaves nearly sessile, lower 
1 petioles sometimes 2-3 in. long. Leatlets sessile, obovate-cuneate, 
ry in. long, three-quarters as broad, glabrous, distinctly toothed. 
Flowers in copious dense rounded heads half an inch broad. Peduncles 
~3 in. long. Pedicels }—1 line long, subtended by minute setaceous 
racts. Calyx 4 in. long, distinctly 10-nerved, the teeth linear-seta- 
ceous, reaching halfway down. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, 
White or purplish. Pod oblong apiculate, 2-seeded, equalling the 
calyx—a_ Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 172. Trigonella marginata, Hochst. et 
Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 64. 
Upper Guinea. Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, 9000 ft., Mann ! 
rm with stipules 4 in. broad. 
ile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
ultivated as forage, nnder the name of “ Mayad.” 
wit tad Guinea. Huilla (a form with remarkably obcordate leaflets), Dr. Wel- 
8c 
me. tembense, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 51. Stems herbaceous, 
glabrous, a foot or more long, spreading, striated, copiously branched. 
Stipules $-3 in. long, 3-adnate, membranous, conspicuously veined, 
the free points ovate ’ cuspidate. Petioles 1-2 in. long, ow 
eaflets Sessile, obovate-cuneate, 3 in. long by half as broad, rend 
pothed, glabrous. Flowers in copious stalked rounded heads of 6— 
®wers each. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, glabrous. Pedicels a line long, 
