DIADELPHIA— UECANDRIA. rrifoliiim. 30j 



stems. Leaflets wedge-shaped, or inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, 

 toothed, shorter than the foregoing, and of a brighter green. 

 Stipulas remarkably ditferent, being short and broad, elliptical, 

 pointed, white with green ribri, hairy. Fl. in stalked round heads, 

 or somewhat ovate spikes, erect, crowded, light crimson. Cal. 

 densely clothed all over externally with long, upright, silky, 

 jointed hairs 5 teeth nearly or quite equal, awl-shaped, erect, 

 taller than the corolla and twice the length of the furrowed fun- 

 nel-shaped tube; after flowering enlarged, leafy, spreading ; 

 smooth and reticulated with veins at the inside, and tinged at 

 the base with red ; the mouth curiously closed up, with dense, 

 entangled, woolly hairs. Legume concealed, filling the tube, 

 oval, with a single pale seed. 

 T. alopecurum majus, (lore purpureo, stellato capite. Barrel. Ic. 

 t. 7.35, which Linnaeus thought the same plant, with more ob- 

 long heads or spikes, is rather T. incarnalum, Haller's «.374. 



11. T, arve?hS'e. Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



Spikes cylindrical, very hairy. Stipulas lanceolate, bristle- 

 pointed. Calyx-teeth longer than the corolla, perma- 

 nently brisde-shaped. Leaflets lincar-obovate. 



T. arvense. Linn. Sp. PI. 1083. mild. v. 3. 1 373. Fl. Br. 7S7. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 14. t. 944. Curt. Lond. fasc. C. t. 50. Hook. Scot. 

 21S. Fl. Dan. t. 724. Ehrh. PL Of.A\S. 



T.n.373. Hall. Hist. v.\A62. 



T. arvense humile spicatum, seu Lagopus. Raii Sij}i. 330. 



T. lagopoides purpureum arvense humile annuum, seu Lagopus 

 minimus vulgaris. Moris, v. 2. 141 . sect. 2. t. 1 3./. 8. 



Lagopus. Fuchs. Hist. 494./. Ic. 28 1 . /. Riv. Tetrap. Lr. f. 1 .5. 

 Matlh. Falgr.v. 2.332. f. Camer. Epit.72\.f. 



L. trifolius (juorundam. Bank. Hist. v. 2.377 .f. 



L. vulgaris. Dakch. Hist. 44 1 ./, / 



L. angustifolia minor erectior. Barrel. Ic. /. 90! . 



Lagopodium, Pes kporis. Gcr. Em. 1 193. /*. 



Lotus campestris. Trag. ///.s7. 59")./. 



/3. Lagopus perjnisillus supinus perelegans maritimus. Dill, in 

 Raii Syn. 33i). t. 14./ 2. 



In sandy barren fields, vcrv common, a useless, if not troublesome, 

 weed. 



Annual. Juhf, August. 



Root small, slender. Herb extremely variable in luxuriance, all 

 over finely hairy, of a dull green. Stem erect, in the small ma- 

 ritime variety p i)rocumbent, much branched, round, leafy, 

 very hairy. Leaflets narrow, somewhat obovate, abrupt, ob- 

 scurely serralcd'at the end, with a small bristly point. Foot- 

 stalks shorter than the leallets. Slipulas ovate, oblique, mem- 

 branous. witi» red libs, and each ending in a long, green, taper 



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