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13. Trifolium Carolinianum Michx. Caro- 
lina Clover. (Fig. 2082.) 
Trifolium Carolintanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 58. 
1803. 
Perennial, pubescent, tufted, ascending or procum- 
bent, much branched from the base, 3/-8’ high. 
Leaves slender-petioled; stipules ovate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, foliaceous, 2’’-4/’ long, acute, few-toothed 
toward the apex, or entire; leaflets all from the same 
point, short-stalked, obovate, emarginate or obcor- 
date, cuneate at the base, denticulate, 2’/-6’’ long; 
heads globose; peduncles slender, elongated; flowers 
purplish, 2’’-3’’ long; standard apiculate; pedicels 
1//-2’’ long, strongly reflexed in fruit; corolla scarcely 
longer than the calyx; calyx-teeth subulate, longer 
than the tube; pod about 4-seeded. 
In waste places about Philadelphia, and in fields and 
open places, Virginia to Florida, west to Texas. March-— 
Oct. 
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14. Trifolium répens L. White, Dutch or Honeysuckle Clover. 
(Fig. 2083.) 
Trifolium repens I,. Sp. Pl. 767. 1753. 
Perennial, glabrous, or with a few scattered 
hairs, branching at the base, the branches creep- 
ing, often rooting at the nodes, 4/-12’ long, 
Leaves long-petioled; stipules ovate-lanceolate 
membranous, acute, 2/’-5’’ long; leaflets all 
from the same point, short-stalked, obovate, 
emarginate or obcordate, broadly cuneate at the 
base, denticulate, 4’/-9’ long; heads globose, 
long-peduncled; flowers white, 3//-5/’ long; 
pedicels 1//-2’’ long, finally reflexed; corolla 
2-3-times as long as the calyx; calyx-teeth 
acuminate, somewhat shorter than the tube; pod 
about 4-seeded. 
In fields, waste ground and open places, very 
common throughout our area and in the southern 
States. Also in the Northwest. Naturalized from 
Europe, or perhaps native in the extreme north. 
Native also of Siberia. Widely distributed in all 
temperate regions. Leaflets sometimes 4-9. Heads 
occasionally proliferous. Flowers sometimes pink- 
ish. English names, Sheep’s Gowan, Honeystalks, 
Lamb-sucklings, and sometimes Shamrock, May- 
Dec. : 
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vis LOTUS IA Sy IE Gee UGS 
[HosackIA Dougl.; Benth. Bot. Reg. //. 7257. 1829.] 
Herbs or shrubs, with 1-3-foliolate simple or pinnate leaves, and solitary or clustered red- 
dish yellow or white flowers. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals free from the stamen-tube; 
standard ovate or orbicular; wings oblong or obovate; keel incurved, obtuse or beaked. Sta- 
mens diadelphous (1 and g); anthers all alike. Ovary sessile, 1-several-ovuled. Pod linear 
or oblong, flattish or terete, 2-valved, 1-several-seeded, septate or continuous between the 
seeds. [The Greek name of several different plants. ] 
About 120 species, of wide geographic distribution. Besides the following, some 4o others 
occur in the western and southwestern United States. 
Corolla yellow; flowers umbelled. | 1. L. corniculatus. 
Corolla rose-color; flowers solitary in the axils. 2. L. Americanus. 
