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persistentes; petioli inferiores 8—4 lin. longi; foliola 4-6 lin. longa, supra medium 
3—4 lin. lata, apice late emarginata, minute mucronata, utrinque viridia, obscure 
pilosa. Racemi copiosi, terminales, longe pedunculati, floriferi 1-1% poll. longi; 
pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi, floriferi apice cernui, fructiferi deflexi. Calyx 2 lin. longus, 
tubo campanulato, dentibus deltoideis acutis tubo brevioribus. Petala 6 lin. longa. 
Fructus 9-19 lin. longus, medio 2-24 lin. diam., leviter curvatus, deflexus, venis 
transversalibus gracilibus obliquis exsculptis, suturis incrassatis. 
Ad T. corniculatam, Linn., et T. Emod?, Benth., magis accedit. 
Badghis: 484, Мау 17, 1886. Іп great profusion between Sim-koh and Kambao- 
burj; in dense clumps formed by numerous annual stems springing from а perennial 
root-stock ; stems from one to two feet in height ; flowers bright yellow. 
TRIGONELLA MONANTHA, C. A. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 77. 
Hari-rud valley : 323, April 26, 1885. 
TRIGONELLA FÆNUMGRÆCUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 71. 
Hari-rud valley: 227 (2), April 18, 1885; June 5, 1885. Native name Shamli. 
Cultivated extensively in fields for fodder; and in gardens as a pot-herb. It exists 
frequently as an escape from cultivation. 
TRIGONELLA RADIATA, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 90, syn. Medicago radiata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1096. 
Khorasan: 710, July 1, 1885. Ошу obtained once. 
MEDICAGO sativa, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 94. 
Badghis : 532, Мау 21, 1885. Native name Sebisi. In the Badghis, at an altitude 
above 3000 feet, this plant seems to be indigenous; it is, however, cultivated as fodder 
for horses, wherever water ean be obtained for irrigation. 
Mepicaco GERARDI, Willd. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 100. 
Badghis : 522, Мау 20, 1885. 
MELILoTUS ARVENSIS, Wallr.—JMelilotus officinalis, Desr. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 109. 
Hari-rud valley: 583, June 3, 1885. А common plant in cultivated land. 
TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 135; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 86. 
Khorasan: 709, July 1, 1885. On the sides of irrigation channels ; common. 
TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 137. 
Hari-rud valley: 752, July 30, 1885. Native name Shautal. Only met with this 
plant under cultivation in fields as fodder for cattle and sheep. 
TRIFOLIUM REPENS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 145. 
Khorasan : 1156 (709-2), July 1, 1885. 
` Very common on the sides of irrigation channels and streams; everywhere above 3000 
feet altitude. | 
Lorus CORNICULATUS, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 165. 
Khorasan: 1042, June 16, 1885 ; August 20, 1885. At an altitude of above 4000 feet ; 
ee _ forming a turf on the sides of streams and irrigation channels. 
