54 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Trifolium. 



§§§§ Iiupmaster (Loxospermvm, Hochst.).— Annuals* with large flowers, 1-4 to- 

 gether, and numerous seeds. 



Leaflets entire . 7. T. Schimperi. 



Leaflets toothed. 



Calyx 10-nerved 8. T. calocephalum. 



Calyx 15-20-nerved . . 9. T. multinerve. 



§§§§§ Repentes. — Perennials, with a woody rootstock and procumhent stems. 

 Leaves distinctly stalked. 



Teeth of calyx equal to the tube 10. T. semipilosum. 



Teeth of calyx shorter than the tuhe 11. T. Petitianum. 



Leaves subsessile 12. T. cryptopodium. 



§§§§§§ Capitatse.— Annuals or perennials, with flowers in dense round or ohlong 

 heads. 



Standard accrescent, becoming flat and membranous . . .13. T. procumbens. 

 Standard shrivelling, not accrescent. 

 Leaves subsessile ; stipules vaginant. 



Stipules an inch long ; heads round 14. T. simense. 



Stipules half an inch long ; heads oblong 15. T. polystachyum. 



Leaves stalked ; stems hairy. 



Leaves glabrous 16. T. Ruppellianum 



Leaves pubescent. 



Leaflets oblong ; stems erect 17. T. bilineatum. 



Leaflets oblanceolate ; stems trailing 18. T. africanum. 



Leaves stalked ; stems glabrous. 



Stipules adnate for the lower third or quarter only . . 19. T. alexandrinum 

 Stipules adnate for the lower half. 



Calyx-teeth linear-setaceous 20. T. subrotundum. 



Calyx-teeth lanceolate 21. T. tembense. 



1. T. arvense, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 190. Stems annual, erect, 

 6-12 in., copiously branched. Stipules \-\ in. long-, the free points 

 lanceolate. Petioles \-\ in. long. Leaflets linear-obovate, about \ in. 

 long, by \ in. broad. Flowers in dense stalked oblong heads. Calyx 

 tubular, \ in. long, faintly-40- nerved, densely silky, teeth twice as long 

 as the tube, subulate, densely ciliated with long silky hairs. Corolla 

 reddish, considerably shorter than the calyx. Pod sessile, 1 -seeded. — 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 166. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and Petit. 

 Agrees with the ordinary form of the European plant. 



2. T. fragiferum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 202. Perennial with caespi- 

 tose procumbent rooting stems. Stipules .semi-adnate with lanceolate 

 points. Leaflets oblong-obovate, . sessile. Heads dense, 3-4 lines 

 broad, with bracts which equal the subsessile calyx. Calyx 1J-2 lines 

 long, with linear teeth, becoming much dilated and membranous. 

 Corolla pale rose, twice the calyx. Pod included, ovoid, 1-2-seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon and Petit ! 

 Through Europe to Afghanistan. 



3. T. Steudneri, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien. xviii. 652. 

 Annual, glabrous. Stems erect, branched. Stipules with lanceolate 

 points. Petioles an inch or more long. Leaflets linear, shortly stalked, 



