Trifolium.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 57 



halfway down. Corolla pale, twice as long 1 as the calyx, Pod ahout 

 equalling" the calyx, oblong-, silky, 1-3-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 

 i. 167. 



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

 Very near the European T. ccespitosum and Cape T. Burchellianum, with which it 

 coincides in general habit and appearance. 



11. T. Petitianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 168. Rootstock woody. 

 Stems densely csespitose, glabrous, wide-creeping". Stipules \ in. long, 

 adnate halfway down, the free point linear. Petioles ^-1 in. long, 

 slender, glabrous. Leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, glabrous, \—\ in. 

 deep, nearly as broad, faintly toothed, the apex deeply emarginate 

 with a rounded hollow. Flowers in long-stalked rounded heads of 

 4-6 each. Pedicels a line long. Calyx 2 lines long, 10-nerved, 

 glabrous, teeth lanceolate, not reaching more than one-third the way 

 down. Corolla pale, quite twice as long as the calyx. Ovules 2-3. 

 Pod not seen, 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 

 May be a variety of the preceding. 



12. T. cryp top odium, Steud. in Schimp. ITb. Abyss. No. 556. Root- 

 stock woody. Stems densely caespitose, slender, procumbent, thinly 

 silky upwards. Stipules \ in. long, membranous, the lower two-thirds 

 sheathing the stem, the free points lanceolate-acuminate. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, with three sessile obovate-cuneate leaflets, central \ in. 

 long by nearly as broad, rigid, strongly nerved, toothed and slightly 

 ciliated, apex truncate or emarginate. Flowers in long- stalked close 

 heads of 8-12 each. Peduncles an inch long, thinly silky. Calyx 

 sessile, 2 lines long, slightly silky, teeth lanceolate, reaching about 

 halfway down. Corolla purplish, more than twice as long as the calyx. 

 —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 168. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Well marked in the group by its sessile leaves and sheathing stipules. 



• 13. T. procumbens, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 205. Stem 6-12 in. high, 

 annual. Stipules half adnate, the point deltoid-acuminate. Petioles 

 equalling the obovate-cuneate leaflets, which are |-^ in. long, the 

 central one stalked. Flowers in dense round stalked heads of 20-40. 

 Calyx pedicellate, \ line long, three lower teeth lanceolate, reaching 

 halfway down, two upper ones much broader and shorter. Corolla 2 

 lines long, bright yellow, the standard finally becoming 2 lines broad, 

 flat, spoon- shaped, strongly veined, folded over the stalked, exserted., 

 1-seeded pod. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 176. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon. 

 Coincides with the ordinary form of the European plant. 



14. T. simense, Fresm. in Flora 1839, 49. Stem herbaceous, 

 6-12 in. long, dichotomously branched from the base, slightly pubes- 

 cent upwards. Stipules an inch long, forming a tight sheath round 

 vol. u. c 



