DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 



201 



Ion?- Calyx persistent, 5-cleftj the upper seprnionts very short, sometimes 

 reflected. Corolla white, tinged with purple, the vexinum alone lon^rer 



than the calyx, the keel very short, 

 rally 4-seeded. ^ 



Grows in dry sandy pastures. 



Flowers March— May. 



hairy 



2. 



brum 



EPENS 



repens 



i 



fo 



subgla 

 ovato 



oblongis, emarginatis, 



pitulis 



Creep! ng, 

 glabrous ; 



leaflets 



ly 



O 



atis 



subglobosis; caly 



denlib 

 bus 



us 



J 



subaequali 

 guminibus te 



vate oblong, emargi- 



serrulate, heads 



ate 



) 



3 



teeth 



arly globose 

 f the calyx general 



ly equalj pods 4-seed 



traspermis. I 



I 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1359. Mich. 2. p. 59. Pursh 2. p. 477. 



Roo/ creeping. Stem prostrate and creeping, sprinkled occasionally 

 mt ?] 1 "'^' ^^'^"^^ ternate, sometimes orbicular, generally emargi- 

 nate, tlie lower ones occasionally obcordate, acutely serrulate, nearly gla- 

 orous and of a very bright green. Petioles 2—8 inches long. UmbeWs 

 niany flowered, axillary and terminal, on peduncles 4—10 inches lonff. 

 rtocwrs when expanded, erect, afterwards reflected. 



hrnii« fi *" >— -v, «.iv.x„,iiu3 »caici,icu. Coli/x nearly gla- 



'oub, the upper segments a little shorter than the lower. Corolla white, 

 «*^ vexillum nearly twice as long as the calyx, wings and keel short. 

 » cyhndrical, turgid, 4-seeded. 



Wows in close damp soils. 



* lowers March- 



Le 



•May. 



White 



This 

 Carol in 



» 



species of clover is now very much diffused in the low country of 



1, and grows very luxuriantly '<"-!-" ^i-- — •• — = n _ ,_ ^ 



J- ta summer it disappears. 



seSv*r'^*V-^^"*'*^'\*'^' ^>' stock of any description. It affects very 



y ine salivary glands, sometimes producing complete salivation. 



It is however eaten but sparingly, and ap- 



3. P 



RATENSE. 



T. adscendens, da 

 »riusculum;folioliro. 



valib 



^is^ stipulis ari^tatis 



VOL 11. 



us, subintegerri- 



? 



Ascending, 



gla 



IS o- brous ; leaflets oval 



nearly entire ; sti 



9 



C 



awnedj spikes thick. 



ules 





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