Trifolium.\ xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 59 



18. T. africanum, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 200. Stems herbaceous, 

 6 in. or more long", branched from the base, procumbent, clothed with 

 dense spreading brown silky pubescence. Stipules J in. long, half- 

 adnate, the free points" linear or lanceolate. Upper leaves nearly 

 sessile, lower on petioles 1-2 in. long". Leaflets sessile, oblanceolate, 

 about | in. long by a third as broad, distinctly toothed, slightly pilose. 

 Flowers in dense rounded heads half an inch broad. Peduncles 1J— 3 

 in. long, densely pilose. Calyx sessile, under \ in. long, silky, teeth 

 linear, reaching halfway down. Corolla purplish, slightly exceeding 

 the calyx. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 159. T. hirsutum, E. Meyer non Thunb. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Both! 

 A Cape species. 



19. T. alexandrinum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 193. Stems glabrous, 

 1-2 ft. high. Stipules an inch or more long, adnate only in the lower 

 third or quarter. Leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, quite glabrous, 

 1-2 in. long. Flowers 20-30 in dense long-stalked finally oblong 

 heads. Bracts setaceous, very minute. Calyx sessile, \ in. long, 

 finely-silky, the setaceous teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla yellowish 

 twice the calyx. Pod minute, included in the calyx- tube, 1 -seeded. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Schweinfurth. 



The species commonly grown for forage in Egypt, under the name "'Bersin." 



20. T. subrotimdum, Steud. et Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 

 103. Perennial stems herbaceous, 6—12 in. long, dichotomously and 

 diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules 3-4 lines long*, half-adnate, the 

 free points lanceolate acuminate. Upper leaves nearly sessile, lower 

 on petioles sometimes 2—3 in. long. Leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, 

 J-f in. long, three-quarters as broad, glabrous, distinctly toothed. 

 Flowers in copious dense rounded heads half an inch broad. Peduncles 

 1-3 in. long. Pedicels J-l line long, subtended by minute setaceous 

 bracts. Calyx \ in. long, distinctly 10-nerved, the teeth linear-seta- 

 ceous, reaching halfwav down. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, 

 white or purplish. £od oblong apiculate, 2-seeded,, equalling the 

 calyx. — A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. 172. Trigonella marginaia, Hochst. et 

 Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 64. 



Upper Guinea. Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, 9000 ft., Mann ! 

 A form with stipules \ in. broad. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 

 Cultivated asibrage, under the name of " Mayad." 



Lower Guinea. Huilla (a form with remarkably obcordate leaflets), Dr. Wei- 

 wit8ch I 



21. T. tembense, Fresen. in Mus. Senek. ii. 51. Stems herbaceous, 

 glabrous, a foot or more lone", spreading, striated, copiously branched. 

 Stipules £-§ in. long, f -adnate, membranous, conspicuously veined, 

 the free points ovate cuspidate. Petioles 1-2 in. long, glabrous. 

 Leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, f in. long by half as broad, distinctly 

 toothed, glabrous. Flowers in copious stalked rounded heads of 6-10 

 flowers each. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, glabrous. Pedicels a line long, 



