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transparent, united at a joint with the dark green beak of 
the germen. The beak gradually thickens. Stem 4-sided. 
The keel of the corolla has a very small indistinct spur, con- 
taining the nectary. , 
26. Orobus fuberosus. Cheshire, May, 1827. Style flat 
and two-edged, with a broad, blunt, compressed and recurved 
stigma. The style is fringed half-way down, and is also 
downy on the upper side for the same distance, the pollen 
frequently adhering to the hairs, which has probably given 
rise to the opinion of that part constituting the stigma. 
Stem 3-angled, but somewhat compressed. 
27. Trifolium  ornithopodiodes. Anglesea, June, 1828. 
Corolla longer than the calyx. Filaments connected with 
the claws of the keel, so that they are free only in their 
upper part. Germen hairy. The claws of the petals not 
more distinct than in T. suffocatum and striatum. There are 
traces of bracteas at the base of the calyx, as in 7. suffocatum. 
Leaves more rounded and less wedge-shaped at the base than 
in 7. suffocatum, and generally without a mucro at the ex- 
tremity. Legume splitting along the upper edge only, and 
not separating into valves. Seeds attached to the upper 
edge. 
28. Trifolium suffocatum. Anglesea, May, 1828. Leaflets 
constantly pointed. Heads of flowers not absolutely sessile. 
29. Trifolium striatum. June 2, 1828. Tube of the calyx 
closed with erect hairs, inserted near the base of the seg- 
ments, 
30. Lotus corniculatus. August 25, 1826. The shorter 
filaments not dilated in a single instance, though I have 
dissected numerous flowers. Claw of the standard certainly 
wider above than in L. major, but the chief difference seems 
to consist in the vaulted or gibbous appearance of the upper 
part of the claw, which raises up the two teeth of the calyx 
above. The two upper teeth of the calyx broader than the 
rest, ovate, often converging, always widely distant from the 
other 3 lanceolate teeth, the interstice much rounded at the 
base and of a parabolic shape. Al the calyx-teeth shorter 
2r 
Srconp Series. 
