278 PAPILIONACEAE. 
Texas. April-Aug. 
11. Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl, Running 
Buffalo Clover. (Fig. 2080.) 
Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl, Cat. 70. 1813. 
Perennial, glabrous, branching,6’—12’ long, forming run- 
ners at the base. Leaves, especially the lower, long-peti- 
oled; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, membranous, often 
1’ long; leaflets all from the same point, short-stalked, ob- 
ovate or obcordate, broadly cuneate at the base, denticu- 
late, 9/’-15’’ long; heads terminal, peduncled, nearly 1/ 
in diameter; flowers white, purplish-tinged, 4’’-6’’ long; 
pedicels slender, 3’/-4’’ long, at length reflexed; calyx- 
teeth subulate, longer than the tube; pod commonly 
2-seeded. 
Prairies and dry woods, Ohio to Nebraska, south to Ken- 
tucky and Missouri. May-Aug. 
it also Swedish Clover. 
’ fodder. May-Oct. 
12. Trifolium hybridum L, 
or Alsatian Clover. 
Trifolium hybridum 1. Sp. Pl. 766. 
Perennial, erect or ascending, sometimes 
rather stout and succulent, 1°-2° high, branch- 
ing, glabrous or very nearly so. 
petioled; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
membranous, 6//-12’’ long; leaflets all from 
the same point, short-stalked, obovate, some- 
times emarginate but not obcordate, narrowed 
or cuneate at the base, serrulate with sharp- 
pointed teeth, 6’’/-12’’ long; heads globose, 
long-peduncled; flowers pink, or nearly white, 
3//-4’’ long; pedicels slender, 1’’—2’’ long, re- 
flexed when old; corolla 3-4-times as long as 
the calyx; calyx-teeth subulate, about equal- 
ling the tube; pod 2-4-seeded. 
In meadows and waste places, Nova Scotia to 
Idaho, south to New Jersey and Georgia. Called 
Sometimes cultivated for 
[Vor. II. 
1o. Trifolium refléxum I,. Buffalo Clover. 
(Fig. 2079.) 
Trifolium reflexum I,. Sp. Pl. 766. 
Annual or biennial, pubescent, ascending, branching, 
10’-20’ high. Leaves long-petioled; stipules ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, foliaceous, few-toothed or entire, 8//— 
12’’ long; leaflets all from the same point, short-stalked, 
oval or obovate, cuneate at the base, obtuse or emargi- 
nate at the apex, denticulate, 5’/-12’” long; heads pedun- 
cled, dense, globose, 1’ in diameter or more; flowers 5//— 
6’’ long, all on slender pedicels, at length 3//-4’’ long 
and reflexed; standard red; wings and keel nearly white; 
calyx-teeth linear, shorter than the corolla, finely pubes- 
cent; pods 3-6-seeded. 
In meadows, southern Ontario, western New York and 
Pennsylvania to Iowa and Nebraska, south to Florida and 
. Alsike 
(Fig. 2081.) 
1753 
Leaves long- 
