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tapering at both ends^ and nearly the ivhole of the margin 

 toothed. Clusters much shorter than the leaves. Flowers small^ 

 white. — Wandsworth Steam-boat Pier. Annual; July. 



In M. vulgaris, Willd., M. leucantha, Koch in DC.^ M. alba, 

 Lam., the clusters are longer than the leaves, and the flowers are 

 larger than in this fruitless example described above. 



M. ccerulea, Pers., Lam. Encyc. 613. — Stems erect, smooth, 

 angular and furrowed, with erect branches. Leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate or obovate-cuneate, toothed only on their upper half. 

 Clusters short, dense, nearly capitate, on peduncles which are 

 much longer than the leaves. Flowers whitish, with blue veins. 

 Legumes turgid, ovate-round, with a long beak. Seeds 2, ovate, 

 rounded. Wandsworth, with the preceding, but not common. 

 Annual ; July, August. — This species is an economical plant : 

 it is employed to flavour cheese and to scent snuff". All the 

 species have a more or less agreeable smell when dry ; this odour 

 they retain in the herbarium for many years. 



M. sulcata, Desf., Moris Fl. Sard. 59. — Stem erect, 6-10 

 inches high, sulcate, leafy. Leaves obovate or oblong, cuueatc, 

 toothed in their upper half. Clusters dense, cylindrical, on pe- 

 duncles which are longer than the leaves. Flowers deep yellow ; 

 standard much longer than the wings. — Onlj^ the var. ^. major, 

 Cambess., has been collected at Wandsworth. It is distinguished 

 from the var. a by its deep green leaves and its dense cluster. 



M. sulcata ? Desf., Moris Fl. Sard. 59. — Stem erect or as- 

 cending, stout. Leaves ovate- elliptical, toothed, not truncate at 

 the apex. Stipules linear-subulate, not enlarged at the base. 

 Flowers in dense, short spikes, ovate, scarcely longer than the 

 leaves. It differs from M. parviflora in its larger flowers, 

 dense, ovate spike, stouter stem, larger leaves, etc. — Wands- 

 worth Steam-boat Pier. September 5, 1856. 



Trifolium, Lin. — Annual or perennial herbaceous plants, with 

 trifoliate stipulate leaves. Flowers in capitate clusters (heads), 

 or in spike-like, elongate clusters. Calyx campanulate or tubu- 

 lar, in 5 divisions (5-toothed or 5 -cleft). CoroUa often gamope- 

 talous (petals cohering), withering, persistent. Stamens diadel- 

 phous (in two parcels), more or less cohering to the petals. Le- 

 gume small, entirely covered by the calyx (rarely a little longer 

 than the calyx), ovate or slightly oblong, one-seeded, rarely 2-4- 

 seeded, scarcely opening. Seeds roundish, very smooth. 



