1883 



*TR1F6LIUM fucatum. 



Farded Clover. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^ or pABACEiE. 

 TRIFOLIUM.—Suprd, vol. 13. fol. 1070. 



T.fucahini; folioHs subrotundis spinoso-denticulatis crassiusculis, stipulis maxi- 

 mis membranaceis integerrimis cuspidatis, pedunculis foliis aequalibus loiigi- 

 oribusque, capitulis hemisphericis involucratis, foliolis involucri basi connatis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis margine membranaceis floribus brevioribus. 



Radix aK«M«, CanAes suberecti,paruin ramosi, rubescentes, internodiis 

 scepe in spontanea stipulis tantum cBqualibus. Petioli stipulis nunc duplb 

 quadruplo longiores. Stipulae magncc, membranacece, scepe rotundatce et 

 cuspidatcB, nunc acuminatce. Capitula 1-2 uncias lata, depressa. Involucri 

 foliola herbacea, margine pallidiora, cyathum formantia floribus breviorem. 

 Flores disci ochroleuci, radii rubescentes. Calyx minimus, membranaceus , 

 campanulatus, dentibus quinque aristatis. Vexlllum circa carinam et alas 

 convolutum, emarginatum, demum inflatum. Ovarium stipitatum, 7-8-sper- 

 mum. 



A pretty annual clover, the seeds of which were collected 

 for the Horticultural Society in California, by Mr, Douglas. 

 It flowered for the first time in June, 1835, but ripened no 

 seeds, and was afterwards lost. From the wild specimens in 

 my herbarium, it appears to grow in a black peaty soil, pro- 

 bably the damp vegetable matter found in woods. 



This new species belongs to the curious set of clovers 

 whose bracts collect into an involucre like those of an um- 

 belliferous plant ; among them it is by far the most showy, 

 with its cream-coloured flowers just blushing where the sun 

 strikes them. 



* See folio 1408. 



