60 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [Trifolium. 



Calyx \ in. long, 10-nerved, glabrous, the teeth lanceolate-acuminate 

 or cuspidate, equalling the tube. Corolla half as long again as the 

 calyx, purplish, the standard showy, 2 lines broad. Pod sessile, in- 

 cluded, oblong, pointed, 2-3-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 170. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



By its fewer flowers in a head and large showy corolla, this species connects the 

 group with the Lupinasters, but the pod is different. 



13. ANTHYLLIS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 488. 



Calyx tubular, in our species inflated in fruit, almost 2-lipped, the 

 two upper teeth standing out before the others and subconnate. Petals 

 with a long claw, the lower ones adnate by their claws to the staminal 

 tube ; standard ovate, auricled at the base ; wings ovate, obtuse ; keel 

 shorter than the wings. Stamens all connate in a closed tube ; alter- 

 nate filaments or all dilated ; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, 1-2- 

 ovulate ; style upcurved, glabrous ; stigma terminal, capitate. Pod 

 ovoid, mucronate, in our plant continuous within, 1— 2-seeded. — Stems 

 herbaceous or suffruticose. 



A small genus, extending through Europe and round the Mediterranean. 



1. A. Vulneraria, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 170. Rootstock woody. 

 Stems herbaceous, a foot or more long. Leaves pinnate, with 2-4 sessile 

 linear-oblong leaflets on each side, the terminal one often much dilated 

 und solitary in the root-leaves. Flowers in dense terminal heads, often 

 two close together, surrounded by an involucre of deeply cut bifid or 

 trifid bracts, which equal the densely silky calyx, which is sessile, f in. 

 long, becoming dilated, veined and scariose as the fruit matures, upper 

 lip triangular, slightly emarginate, three teeth of the lower one lanceo- 

 late, \ line long. Corolla red, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod | in. 

 long, short-stalked, glabrous. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 164. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Petit I 

 Extends from Iceland eastward to Asia Minor. 



14. HELMINTHOCARPUM, A. Rich. ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 489. 



Calyx with the two upper teeth broader than the rest. Petals un- 

 guiculate, free from the staminal tube ; standard suborbicular ; wings 

 obovate-oblong, slightly adhering to the keel, which is obtuse and a 

 little upcurved. Stamens all connate or the upper one finally nearly 

 free ; alternate filaments dilated upwards ; . anthers uniform. Ovary 

 sessile, 2-ovulate ; style inflexed ; stigma terminal. Pod linear, sub- 

 tetragonous, circinate, coriaceous, indehiscent, transversely veined, 

 with an imperfect dissepiment between the seeds. 



A single species, known only in Abyssinia. 



1. H. abyssinicum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i: 200, t. 86. Stems her- 

 baceous, wiry, slender, copiously branched from the base, 6-12 in. long, 



