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account they are often called by children Honeysuckles. 

 FL all the summer. Perennial. 



3. T. medium (Zigzag Clover). Flowers in loose, 

 stalked, round heads ; calyx-teeth bristle-like, the 2 

 upper shortest ; stipules narrow, tapering to a point ; 

 leaflets narrow, elliptical ; stem zigzag. Dry pastures 

 and bushy places ; common. Not unlike the last, but 

 well distinguished by its slenderer and more erect 

 habit, and especially by its narrow leaflets, and tapering, 

 not abrupt, stipules. It thrives better than the preced- 

 ing in dry soils, but is said to contain not more than 

 half as much nutritious matter. Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



4. T. ochroleucum (Sulphur-coloured Trefoil.) 

 Flowers in dense, stalked, terminal heads, which are at 

 first hemispherical, afterwards egg-shaped ; calyx-teeth 

 awl-shaped, the lower one much the longest ; lower 

 leaflets heart-shaped, upper oblong. ISTot unfrequent in 



*the eastern counties, growing a foot or more in height. 

 The whole plant is downy ; the flowers are cream- 

 coloured, turning brown as they fade. The lower leaves 

 are on very long stalks. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. T. arvense (Hare's-foot Trefoil). Flowers in ter- 

 minal oblong heads, which are soft with downy hair ; 

 calyx-teeth hairy, much longer than the corolla ; stem 

 branched, erect. A very distinct species, common in 

 sandy places, especially near the sea. The peculiarly 

 soft heads, which are nearly cylindrical, and in which 

 the pale-pink flowers are almost concealed, at once dis- 

 tinguish this from any other British species. Fl. 

 July September. Annual. 



6. T. maritimum (Teazel-headed Trefoil). Flowers 

 in terminal roundish heads ; calyx-teeth broad, pointed, 

 and rigid, shorter than the corolla, finally becoming 

 enlarged and spreading ; stipules awl-shaped, very long. 

 Salt-marshes ; not common. Stem spreading ; flowers 

 pink, small. Fl. June July. Annual. 



7. T. scdbrum (Eigid Trefoil). Flowers in dense 



