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Trirotium OLympicum. LoNG-FLOWERED 
CLOVER. 
SERRE EKER EEK 
Class and Order. | 
DriapELraia . Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeummose. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores capitato-spicati. Cor. 1-petala, persistens. Le- 
gumen 1-spermum, circumscissum, calyce tectum, s. 2—3. 
spermum, Spreng. 
Trirotium olympicum; spicis oblongis solitariis, calyci- 
bus hirsutis dente infimo longiore tubum corolle 
equante, carina longe attenuata, stipulis subulatis 
longe vaginantibus, caule erecto stricto foliisque lan- 
ceolato-ellipticis hirsutis. 
Trirotium olympicum. Hornemann MSS. 
Descr. Stem erect, straight, rounded, simple, pubes- 
cent. Leaves ternate, oblongo-lanceolate, clothed with 
rather dense, soft hairs, and distinctly striated with veins: 
the margin entire. Petiole short. Stepules large, green, 
striated, pubescenti-hirsute, embracing the stem and united 
at the very base, terminating in long subulate points. Head 
_ subspicate, large, oblong, of many pale-yellowish but rather 
large flowers. Calyx whitish, scariose, hairy, with green 
veins, and five setaceous green teeth, of which four are 
nearly equal in length, the two upper ones united at their 
base, the lower one the longest, at length spreading. Co- 
rolla an inch in length, having the vexillum tubular at the 
base, broader upwards and spreading, and ending in a 
gradually acuminated, long, somewhat recurved point. 
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