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



long", 1 line or less broad, glabrous, entire, narrowed to both ends. 

 Peduncles an inch long*. Flowers 1—3 tog-ether on very short pedicels. 

 Calyx I in. long, glabrous, with 15 prominent striations, cut three- 

 quarters of the way down, teeth linear-acuminate. Corolla rose-purple, 

 equalling- the calyx. Pod oblong, acuminate, slightly exceeding the calyx, 

 8— 10-seeded. — Trigonella Schimperi, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. 

 Abyss. 86. Loxospermum Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1988. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon! Plowden! 

 Kecedes from the rest of the genus by its entire leaflets. 



8. T. calocephalum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 50. Stems annual, 

 densely crespitose, glabrous, diffuse, 6—12 in. long. Stipules J in. 

 long, broad, scariose, loosely sheathing, the free points lanceolate. 

 Petioles 1—1 J in. long, slender, glabrous. Leaflets sessile, obovate- 

 cuneate, ^— J in. long by half as broad, glabrous, finely toothed, the 

 apex deeply emarginate. Peduncles 2-6 in. long, glabrous. Flowers in 

 heads of 3—6 each. Pedicels short. Calyx | in. deep, glabrous, faintly 

 10-nerved, teeth lanceolate cuspidate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 

 | in. long, purple, showy. Ovary multiovulate. Pod not known. — A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 175. Loxospermum calocephalum , Hochst. in Flora, 

 1846, 595. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Both! 



9. T. multinerve, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 175. Stem annual, 6-12 

 in. long, glabrous, dichotomously and diffusely branched. Stipules 

 J— f in. long, adnate about halfway, the free point subulate. Petioles 

 1—1 \ in. Leaflets sessile, oblanceolate, \— | in. long, \ in. broad, 

 pointed, upper half sharply toothed. Flowers 2-6 together, peduncles 

 \ in. long, pedicels very short. Calyx cylindrical, \ in. long, with 

 15-20 fine prominent nerves, teeth linear-subulate, reaching a third of 

 the way down, finely ciliated. Corolla large, showy, purple. Pod 

 equalling the calyx, oblong, pointed, 7— 8-seeded. — Trigonella multinervis, 

 Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss, i. 175. Loxospermum multinerve, 

 Hochst. in Flora 1846, 595. /3. deUlior, A. Rich ; stem slender erect, 

 4-6 high, scarcely branched. Flowers 1-3 together, flowers and leaves 

 smaller. A. Rich. loc. cit. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schi mper I Quartin- Dillon and Petit! 



This and the two preceding form a group very well marked both by habit and by 

 their many-seeded pods, on account of which they were referred by Hochstetter to 

 Trigonella. 



10. T. semipilosum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 52. Rootstock 

 woody. Stems densely caespitose, slender, wide-creeping, finely silky. 

 Stipules f in. long, the lower two-thirds adnate, the free points lanceo- 

 late. Petioles ^-1 in., glabrous or finely silky. Leaflets rotundato- 

 obovate, sessile, 3-4 lines long, three-quarters as broad, strongly veined, 

 glabrous or finely silky, faintly toothed, apex rounded. Flowers in 

 long-stalked rounded heads of 6-12 each. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx \ in. long, 10-nerved, thinly silky, the teeth lanceolate, reaching 



