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shorter than the corolla, spreading when enclosing the fruit. 

 Seeds ovate-reniform. 



In dry, gravelly places. Annual; Jmie_, July. 



T. strictum, Lin. Erect Trefoil.— b.b.s. 2949. l.b.s. 378*. 

 A Channel Islands plant. 



Root annual. Stems erect or spreading, branched, stouter 

 than in T. glomeratum, leafy. Leaflets oblong-linear or obovate 

 or cuueate, strongly toothed, glabrous on both sides; stipules 

 large, dilated, ovate, scarious, sharply toothed. Heads dense, 

 round, stalked, axillary, and terminal. Calyx-teeth subulate, 

 nearly as long as the corolla. Fruit obovate, compressed, gla- 

 brous, much longer than the tube of the calyx. Seeds ovate. 



Jersey. Annual; August. 



T. sufFocatum, Lin. Suffocated Trefoil. — e.b. 1049. l.b.s. 

 379. 



A. 6. C. ]0. Lat. 50-54°. Alt. 0. Tern. 52-49°. 



Stems short, branching, prostrate, usually buried in the sand 

 where it grows. Leaves much longer than the stem, with obo- 

 vate leaflets, cuneate at the base, and often notched and toothed 

 at the apex ; stipules ovate, abruptly acuminate. Heads small, 

 ovate, contiguous, sessile, axillary. Calyx-tube ovate, with al- 

 most equal lanceolate- subulate teeth. Seeds 2, lenticular, 

 notched. 



On sandy sea-shores, rare. Annual; May-July. 



T. repens, Lin. White Trefoil, or Dutch Clover. — e.b. 1769. 

 L.B.S. 267. 



A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-900 yds. Tern. 52-38°. 



Stems prostrate and rooting. Leaflets obovate or rhomboidal, 

 blunt or notched, bordered with pointed teeth ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, abruptly subulate. Heads globular, on peduncles, which 

 are as long as the leaves. Flowers on pedicels, which are ulti- 

 mately reflexed. Calyx-tube campanulate, with lanceolate, subu- 

 late (divisions), the upper contiguous, longer than the lower. 

 Legume linear, turgid, bearing 3-4 roundish, notched seeds. 



Pastures and moist places ; very common. Perennial ; May- 

 October. 



T. ornithopodioides, Lin. — Trigonella ornithopodioides, DC. 

 and London B. S. Cat. Bird's-foot Trefoil.— b.b. 1047. l.b.s. 

 366. 



A. 10. C. 20. Lat. 50-57°. Alt, 0-100 yds. Tern. 52-48°. 



