Douglasiance, N. O* Leguminosae 



TAB, CCLXXXI. 



Trifolium (Involucraria) obtusiflorum. 



Pubescens, caule elongato, foliolis obovato-lanceolatis, spinuloso* 

 denticulatis, stipulis lanceolatis profunde inciso-spinosis, pe- 

 dunculis axillaribus folio niulto longioribus, involucris plani- 

 usculis parvis reticulatis inciso-spinosis capitulo laxiusculo 

 majusculo triplo brevioribus, calycis dentibus subulato-spino- 

 sis integerrimis longitudine tubi carina obtusa apice subden- 

 tata multo brevioribus, ovario oblique obovato subdispermo, 

 stylo longissimo* 



T. obtusiflorum. Hook, et Am. Bot of Beech. Voy. v. \.p. 33L 

 i Hab. Near Monterrey, California. Douglas. 



This plant is about a foot high, downy. The flowers large 

 in proportion to the size of the involucre. Corollas long, pale- 

 coloured, with a dark spot on the keel, the vexillum very blunt, 

 and at the apex sh'ghtly toothed or jagged. Alae very narrow, 

 almost as long as the vexillum. 



Fig. 1. Flower. / 2. V\sli\ x^-magnified . 



