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tube, red in the upper part, teeth equal, awlshaped, ciliate, 

 as long as the tube ; standard twice as long as 

 calyx. 



Pasture, Mount Lofty Range.- Oct. -Dec. — Central and 

 southern Europe. 



9. T. medium, L. Mammoth Clover. Somewhat 

 villous perennial, with ascending stems ; leaves all stalked, 

 the uppermost opposite, leaflets oblong, almost entire ; 

 stipules large, veined, acuminate; flowers purplish, in large, 

 showy, subglobular, terminal heads on downy peduncles; 

 calyx-tube 10-nerved, almost glabrous outside, with a ring of 

 long hairs in the open throat, teeth awlshaped, ciliate, the 

 lowest longer than the others. 



Cultivated and spontaneous in places in Mount Lofty 

 Range. Oct. -Jan. — Europe, western Asia. 



10. T. pra.tense, L. l{cd CJorcr. Clcsely related 

 to the preceding, but has rather smaller, subsessile heads ; 

 uppermost leaves almost sessile; stipules broader; calyx-tube 

 villous outside, the thoat glabrous and with a hardened ring 

 inside. 



Same localities as the preceding. 



11. T. *striatum, L. Knotted Clover. A.scending, 

 silky-villous annual; leaflets oboval or oblong; stipules broad, 

 abruptly ending in a fine point ; flowers small, pink, in ovoid 

 or oblong, .sessile, axillary and terminal heads; calyx-tube 

 villous, ovoid, swollen in fruit, with 10 prominent nerves 

 and spreading-erect, .stiff awlshaped teeth, nearly equal to 

 each other and almost as long as the tube; corolla about as 

 long as calyx. 



Mount Lofty Range. — Oct. - Dec. — Europe; western 

 Asia. 



\-l. T. arvense, L. Hare's-foot Clorer. Slender 

 erect annual, downy with appressed hairs; leaflets linear- 

 oblong to oblanceolate, denticulate at summit ; stipules nar- 

 row, reddish, with long points; flowers very .small, pink, in 

 globular, afterwards oblong, pedunculate heads of a delicate 

 lavender colour; calyx-tube ovoid, villous, teeth bristle-like, 

 plumose, much longer than the tube ; corolla shorter than 

 calyx. 



Adelaide plains and hillsides. — Oct. -Dec. — Europe; wes- 

 tern Asia. 



13. T. inca.rnatum, L. Crinison Clover. Erect 

 annual, softly-villous with appressed hairs; leaflets broad- 

 oboval. denticulate at summit, stipules broad, prominently 

 veined, free part .short; flowers red in large, ovoid or oblong- 

 conical heads, solitary on long peduncles; calyx villous, with 

 slender, erect, almost equal teeth, longer than the tube, 

 stiff and spreading in fruit ; corolla longer than calyx. 



