LEGUMINIFER^. 79 



TEIFOLIUM, Linn. 



166. T. pratense, i. Bed Clover. Cow-Grass. 

 Cyb. Br. i. 295 ; Comp. 142. Syme E. B. iii. t. 347. 



Fields, roadsides and waste places ; very common. P. or B. May — 

 August. 



Found in all the districts. Though often the result of former cultivation, 

 it is probably native ; the smaller procumbent form seems to be the 

 original state, which has been ' improved' by long culture. 



First record : Blackstone, 1737. 



167. T. medium, L. 



T. purp. majus fol. longiore et angustiore fl. saturatior., Ray (Budd.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 296 ; Comp. 142. Syme E. B. iii. t. 348. 



Pastures, heaths and roadsides ; rather rare. P. June — August. 



I. Wayside at Pinner Hill, W. M. H. ; Melv. 22. Stanmore Heath. Field 



near Elstree Reservoir. Near South Mims. 

 II. River bank bet. Richmond Bridge and Hampton Court ! ; Newh. 

 IV. Meadow near Scratch Wood. Burgess Hill. 



V. Field bet. Acton and Turnham G-reen ! ; Newb. 

 VI. Bet. Colney Hatch and Whetstone. 



VII. About London ; Budd. MSB. South Heath, Hampstead, where Ononis 

 grows. Hedgebank E. side of Finchley Road, near New West End. 

 First record : Buddie, about 1710. 



[168. ? T. ocbroleucum, L. 



Cyb. Br. i. 293 ; iii. 408 ; Comp. 141. Curt. F. L. f. 6. 

 VI. Sparingly about Barnet ; Curt. F. L. 

 Perhaps in Herts. The locality has not been corroborated, but is likely 



to have been correct, as the plant has occurred in neighbouring parts 



of Herts, and is ' abundant in N.W. Essex.'] 



T. incarnatum, L. Scarlet Clover. Cyb. Br. i. 294. Syme E. B. iii. 

 t. 352. An occasional straggler from cultivation. V. Field near Chis- 

 wick!; Newb. VII. Site of Exhibition of 1862, S. Kensington!; 

 Nai/lor. 



169. T. arvense, L. Haresfoot. 



T. arv. humile spicatum, sive Lagopus, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 298 ; iii. 409 ; Comp. 143. Curt. F. L. f. 6. 



Dry sandy ground ; rare. A. June — September. 



I. Harefield, in corn ; Blackst. Fasc. 102. 



II. Field near Teddington Ry. Station, abundant. Teddington Park. 



One plant by roadside bet. Staines and Hampton. 

 IV. Hampstead Heath ; Cooper, 99. 



V. Gravel-pits near Hanwell ! ; Warren, 

 VII. Chelsea College, 1860, Britten; Bot. Chron. 58. 



