300 DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Trilolium. 



Comp.ed. 4.124. Engl. Dot. v. \5. t. 1049. Tr.of Lhin. Soc. 

 V. 2. 357. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 1 . 24. t. 60. 

 T. minimum supinum, flo.sculorum et seminum globulis plurimis 

 confertim ad ladicem nascentibus. Rail Hist. v. 1 . 942. 



On the sandy sea coast. 



In the loose sand of the beach at Yarmouth. Mr. J^^igg. At Lowes- 

 toft. Miss Temple. At Landguard Fort plentifully. -Sir T. G. 

 Cullum, Bart., and Mr. IV. R. Notcutt. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root tapering. Whole herb, except a few leaves, generally bu- 

 ried in the loose dry sand. Stems several, horizontal, short, zig- 

 zag, leafy, round, smooth. Leaves on long footstalks, with a 

 pair of large, ovate, combined, pale, spreading-pointed stipu- 

 las ; leajiets wedge-shaped, smooth, finely toothed. Fl. nume- 

 rous, in many round axillary heads. Tube of the calijx sliglitly 

 hairy ; teeth lanceolate acute, reflexed, scarcely enlarged after 

 flowering. Cor. pale pink, much shorter than the calyx-teeth, 

 closed, sheltering the organs of impregnation beneath the sand. 

 Legume linear-oblong, containing 2 roundisli, rather distant, 

 yellowish seeds. 



*** Seeds single. Calyx generalli) hairy. 



5. T. subtcrrcmeum. Subterraneous Trefoil. 



Heads hairy, of about four flowers. Involucrum central, 

 reflexed, rigid, starry, embracing tiie fruit. 



T. subterraneum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1080. JFiUd. v. 3. 1361 . Fl. Br. 

 783. Eiigl. Bot. V. 15. t. 1048. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 54. Riv. 

 Tefrap. Lr. t. 13./. 1. 



T. pumilum supinum, flosculis longis albis. Raii Syn. 327. t.\3.f. 2. 



T. blesense. Dodart Mem. 4io ed. G23. t. 34./. 2. 



T. album tricoccon subterraneum Gastonium reticulatum. Moris. 

 V.2. 138. sm'. 2. /. 14./ 5. 



T. pratensc supinum Karai^Ks'^), seu capite humi merso. Barrel. 

 /c. ^881. 



In dry gravelly pastures, and barren heathy situations. 



Annual. May. 



Root fibrous, with fleshy tubercles. Stems pressed close to the 

 ground, spreading, round, hairy, leafy, from 3 to G inches long. 

 Leo/lets inversely heart-shaped, hairy on both sides, entire, 

 Stipulus large, ovate, pointed, membranous, white or reddish, 

 with green ribs. Fl. 3 or 4 on each stalk, at first erect, but be- 

 fore the fruit is perfected each stalk is bent to the earth, throw- 

 ing out from its extremity, between the flowers, several thick 

 white fibres, starry at their tips, which partly fix themselves in 

 the ground, turning u))wards to embrace the fruit. Calyx-teeth 

 slender and hairy. Pet. much longer, while, slender, all united 



