102 PULSE FAMILY. 



-- - Flowers flesh-color or whitish with <i /ntrp/is/i s/*>t, in a very soft, silky hmd. 



T. arvense, KAiuur-roor v SIMM: ('. Erect, silky-downy, especially 

 the oblong or at length cylindrical L r rayMi heads <>r spikes, the corollas almost, 

 concealed liy tin- plumose-silky calyx ; leaflets narrow. 



* * Larycr, rose-rnl-jlmr, ,-, ,1 Clovers, <-ult. from Europe for fodder, or running 



in'/,/ .- /mills t'hii-L- mill il> us' : i;,m/l,i tu/ni/nr, u'itln riii'j mnij aft< f jlower- 

 iin/: flowers sweet-sec nf></, in sminnir. 2/ 



T. pratense, RED C. Steins ascending; leaflets ohovate or oval, ofton 

 notched at tin- mil ami with a pair spot on the face; head closely surrounded 

 by the uppermost leaves. 



"T. medium, Zn;/.v<; ('., with a y.i-/.aL r stem, more oblong entire ami 

 spotless leaves and head usually stalked, is rare, but has run wild E., and 

 passes into the last. 



* * * L<r, in'fi/ f '/urcrx, or one nil/, frnui Europe, with spreading or ruuninij 



slims, mill must! if jii/li or irliit. floWTS (r> nnii ni inj anil turn/ii'/ brOlOtUshttl 



I'liiliiKi) mi jinHi-ils, in niniiil iiiiiln-ls or heads, on slender nafced peduncles : 



jl. s/irini/ ninl summer. 



T. reflexum, BI'FF.VI/> C. Wild S. and cspeciallv \\. : somewhat 

 downy, with ascending stem- 0' - 12' hijfh, obovatc-oKlon- finely-toothed leaf- 

 lets, heaiN and rose-red and whitish Howcrs fully as large, a^s in Red Clover, 

 calyx-teeth hairy, and pods 3 - .Vsecdcd. (T) @ 



T. Stolonif'erum, Hi SNINI; Hi FFALO C. Prairies and oak-openings 

 W. : like the last, or a variety of it, hut some of the .stems forming runners, 

 leatlets broadly obovate or inversely heart-shaped, flowers barely tinged with 

 purple, and pods 2-seeded. 11, 2/ 



T. Cai'Olinianum, ("AUOLIN.V C. Fields ami pastures S. : a little downy, 

 spreading in tuft* 5' -10' high, with small inversely heart-shaped leaflets broad 

 stipules, and small heads, the purpli>h corolla hardly longer than the lanceolate 

 calyx-teeth. Jj. 



T. repens, WHITE C. Fields, e. everywhere, invaluable for pasturage : 

 smooth, with creeping stems, inversely heart-shaped leaflets, long and slender 

 petioles and peduncles, narrow stipules, loose umbel-like heads, and white 

 corolla much longer than the .slender calyx-teeth. 1}. 



10. PETALOSTEMON, I'RAIHIK CLOVER. (Name composed <>f 



the ( ireek words for />itnl and sfmm n combined.) In prairies, pine-barrens, c. 

 W. and S. : (lowers never yellow. 2/ 



* Hi mis rroii-iltl in a ruri/inli, leofy-bracted : tl. ln/i' in autumn. 



P. COrymbdsUS. In southern ]mie-barrens ; li higli, with leaves of 3-7 

 filiform leallets, and white flowers, the slender teeth of calvx becoming plumose. 



* * Hinds or ninsf/i/ s/iikis simjli' ti nuitintiini sinus : //. summer. 



P. violaceUS. 1'rairies \V. : smoothish or pubescent, l-2 high, with 



mo>tly .') narrow-linear leallets, a short sjiike even when old, rose-purplo flowers, 

 and hoarv calyx. 



P. CarnPUS. Dry barrens S. : smooth, with branching stems, 5-7 linear 

 leallets. luiig-pedunclcd short spikes, flesh-color or pale rose flowers, and gla- 

 brous calvx. 



P. cahdidus. Prairies W. & S. : smooth, 2 - 3 high, with 7-9 lan- 

 ceolate or linear-ohlon^ leaflets, long-pednncled spikes, with awn-pointed bracts, 

 and white flowers. 



There are besides one or two rarer species W., and several more fnr W. & S. 



11. DALEA. (Named for an English botanist, T/IIHIHIS Dale.) There are 



many species S. \Y. beyond the Mississippi. 



D. alopecuroides. Alluvial ri\er banks W. & S. ; with *;rect stem 

 l-2 high, smooth leaves (( f many linear-oblong leaflets, and whitish small 

 flowers in a dense silky spike, in summer, (i) 



