KEY TO PLATE III 



[>. ^ )h<jp Trefoil 

 {Tri/'-fi" '" proaimbens, L.) 

 a. Floret btlotc pollination. .*, Floret 

 after pi>Urnation. iliwoloured chocolat^^ 

 c. Pod. d, Part of plant, with heads of \ 

 . flowers ill different stages. ^ 1 



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No. 3. Bird's Foot Trefojl,^ 

 {Lotlisnorttiiii/a/usfi^) 

 a. Pods, with valves twiste4-«atkscrew- 

 wise, to show ni<)de (^ rtiffpfeif^i! of seeds ~ 

 (two seeds are ^ill ;itt,ii hnl>. I>, Part of 

 plant, showing fi(liaj,'(.', irilloresceoce> with 

 flowers bdore .ind atlcr bollinatiotv^ and 

 also fruits (legu^nes) illuarating resem- 

 blance to claws of a 



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, No. 3. Meadow-sw 



a, SpJiaHy-twisted achenes, fornjing a 

 head. ^, -jS^pattat^ achents~li,'>riiflo- 

 rescence, showiiig flowers \vitb stjiiriens 

 and, pistils, </, Flowev-sttflk, with buds \ 

 and upiper ^teni^eaves ^and stipules^ j[, it :, 





No. 4. Cinquefoilr'"'^ 

 ;(Potcntnia rcplans, ]u) -^'^ 

 a, Calyx, seen from below with bracts. 

 ^, Head of achenes. i\ Part of plant, 

 showing rupner, adventitious^Voots, stip- 

 ules, leavers, &nd a riower with ptamens 

 and pJstjl, and- the cinqucfoil (or Tudor 

 rose) form of corolla, with the linear 

 ■ allcriiating sepals. 



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