158 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Trifolium. 
1-2 feet high, slender, alternately branched, straggling, variably pubescent ; the 
stems and branches pale, the foliage glaucous. Leaves an inch apart, with a pair of 
leaflike stipules longer than the petiole ; leaflets }-} inch long, 2 lines wide near the 
top, tapering to the base, obtuse or subacute, scarcely mucronulate, appressedly 
hispid on the lower surface. Peduncles 14-4 inches long, spreading. Flowers 
orange-yellow, the rostrate carina darker. Legumes 14 inch long, many seeded, 
with spongy septa between the seeds, 
(Imperfectly known Species. ) 
L.? amplexicaulis (E. Mey. Comm. p. 92); “erect, suffruticose, 
very hairy ; leaflets oblong-obovate; stipules solitary, opposite the leaves, . 
amplexicaul, cordate, large; heads terminal and in the forks of the 
branches sessile ; legumes straight, compresso-turgid, very hairy; seeds 
subglobose, with a tubercle at the micropile, smooth and shining.” 
E. M. lc. 
Has. Between Zandplaat and Komga, in grassy places, Drege. 
Flowers unknown, and the genus so far doubtful. Stipules nerved at base, with 
two thick nerves, which pass upwards into a veiny network. Unknown to us. 
L. anthylloides (Vent. Malm. t, 92); “shrubby ; leaflets and sti- 
pules spathulate, pilose ; stipules shorter than the calyx ; peduncles 
elongate ; flowers corymbose, minutely pedicellate; legumes . . 1’ 
DC. Prod. 2. p. 210. 
Has. Formerly cultivated in France. 
L. linearis (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 518); “procumbent; stem and 
branches filiform; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate or linear, gla- 
brous ; stipules half as long as the leaflets, leaflike ; flowers brown, sub- 
umbellate ; umbels pedunculate, axillary, 2-4 flowered ; bracts linear, 
leafy, equalling the calyx ; legume unknown.” Walp. i.e. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope, Lalande in Hb. Kunth, fide Walpers. 
XXVII. TRIFOLIUM, L. 
_ Calyx campanulate or tubular, unequally 5—cleft or toothed (sometimes 
inflated after flowering.) Corolla persistent ; the vewillum longer than 
the ale and the obtuse carina. Stamens diadelphous. Legume minute, 
1-4 seeded, enclosed in the calyx, indehiscent. Endl. 6511. DC. Prod. 
2. p, 189. 
_ Herbaceous ts, annual or perennial, erect or procumbent, prostrate or creep- 
ing, common hout the temperate zones, especially of the northern Hemisphere. 
Leaves trifoliolate, rarely 5-foliolate, the common petiole sometimes extending 
beyond the pair of leaflets. Stipules adnate with the petiole. Flowers small, 
red, white or yellow, in dense heads or spikes. Name from tres, three, and folium, 
a leaf ; li “ Trefoit.” The various kinds of “ clover” are well known examples 
of this genus. Besides those here described, E. Meyer notices, as having been col- 
lected by Drege, 7. pratense, L. (purple clover), and 7. repens, L. (white clover ). 
Of these I have seen no S. African specimens, and as they are undoubted escapes 
from culture, I refrain from introducing them to the Flora. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Prostrate or procumbent : 
Calyces after flowering bladdery, much inflated, woolly (3) tomentosum. + 
Calyces not inflated ; their segments setaceo-subulate : 
Whole plant nearly glabrous ; leaflets obcordate ... (1) Burchellianum. + 
More or less villoso-pubescent ; leaflets cuneate- 
oblong ... 0. ie nis sas “eee etvh oes Sb) MORIN 
