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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 2 
1. 7. dichotomum H.& A. Seeds light brown, 2.3mm. long, 
elliptical, mottled, but sometimes only faintly so. 
2. ZT. amoenum Greene. Seeds very light yellow, ovoid, 
not mottled, 2.5mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide. 
3. T. petrophilum Heller. Seeds light brown, faint mark- 
ings at one end, 2.7 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide. 
4. T. neolagopus Loja. Seeds olive green to yellowish, 
oval, irregularly mottled with dark purple markings, shiny, 
2.1 mm. loug, 1.2 mm. wide. 
5. TZ. olivaceum Greene. Seeds light yellowish-brown with 
a few faint markings, oval, 2 mm. long, I mm. wide. 
6. TZ. columbinum Greene. Seeds large, brown, no mark- 
ings, broadly ovoid, 3 mm. long, 1.6 mm. wide. 
7. T. albopurpureum T. & G. Seeds very light brown, 
sometimes faintly mottled, small, 2mm. long, 1.1mm. wide, 
elliptical. 
8. TZ. Heller? Kennedy. Seeds brown, densely covered 
with deep purple or reddish-brown markings, elliptical, 2mm. 
long, I mm. wide. 
9. 7. Macraet H. & A. Seeds brownish-yellow, strongly 
marked with deep purple, ovoid, 2 mm. long, I. min. wide. 
10. Z. catalinae Wats. Seeds yellowish-green, 1.8mm. 
long, ovoid, devoid of markings. 
11. Z. mercedense Kennedy. Seeds light brown, ovoid, 
2inm. long, devoid of markings. 
12. TZ. 7msularum Kennedy. Seeds dark brown, not mot- 
tled, narrowly oblong, 2 mm. long. 
SEEDLINGS 
We have been unable to find any literature dealing with the 
seedlings of the different species of American clovers. In “Me- 
moires sur la famille des Legumineuses” by M. Aug. Pyr. De 
Candolle, a most excellent work, several hundred genera of [e- 
guminosae are discussed, with unmerous illustrations of the 
seedlings. Strange to say, an important genus like Trifolium 
