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ovate, acuminated, entire ; heads of flowers umbellate, almost 

 globose ; flowers numerous, drooping a little, and reflexed after 

 flowering ; calyxes glabrous, having nearly equal segments, 

 length of corolla; legumes 2-3-seeded ; seeds almost reniform, 

 bay-coloured. 0. H. Native of Portugal. Flowers pale- 

 purple. 



Drovping-fiowereA Trefoil. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 



94 T. PALLE'SCENS (Schreb. in Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 15.) 

 stems creeping; leaflets obovate-roundish, denticulated; stipulas 

 scarious, lanceolate, nerved, ending each in a long acumen ; heads 

 axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers pedicellate, the pedicels 

 deflexed when in fruit ; calycine segments unequal, longer than 

 the tube but shorter than the corolla. 0. H. Native of Salz- 

 burg, on the alps. Flowers cream-coloured. Perhaps a yellow- 

 ish-flowered variety of T. repens. 



/Wf-flowered Trefoil. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1804. PL creep. | ft. 



95 T. NIGRE'SCENS (Viv. frag. fl. ital. p. 12. t. 13.) stems 

 tufted, decumbent ; leaflets roundish, cuneated, denticulated ; 

 stipulas membranous, broad, marked with black, ending in a 

 narrow acumen ; heads of flowers naked ; peduncles longer than 

 the leaves ; calycine segments unequal, much shorter than the 

 corolla; legume 3-4-seeded. Q. H. Native about Rome, on 

 the banks of the Tiber. Flowers yellowish. 



Blockiik-lea.ved Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. PI. decumbent. 



96 T. CTESPITOSUM (Reyne, mem. 1. p. 162.) plant quite 

 smooth ; stems tufted, very short ; leaflets obovate, rather retuse, 

 denticulated ; stipulas scarious, narrow, lanceolate, very acute, 

 1 -nerved; heads axillary, on long peduncles; flowers almost 

 sessile, the pedicels spreading when in fruit ; calycine segments 

 nearly equal, lanceolate, spinose at the apex, shorter than the 

 corolla; legume 3-4-seeded ; seeds cordate, bay-coloured. I/. II. 

 Native of Dauphiny, Switzerland, and Piedmont, in alpine mea- 

 dows. T. Thalii, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 478. t. 41. The calyxes 

 are longer than in T. repens. Flowers white ? 



J'ar. /3, glarebsum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 200.) heads 

 small, few-flowered ; calyxes much shorter. T. glareosum, 

 Schleich. ex herb Reyn. 



Tufted Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. tufted. 



97 T. BURCHELLIA V NUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 200.) 

 plant smoothish ; stems short; leaflets obcordate, sharply toothed ; 

 stipulas long, narrow, lanceolate, foliaceous, bluntish, having 

 numerous flexuous nerves ; heads of flowers axillary, on long 

 peduncles ; flowers almost sessile ; calycine segments linear, 

 1 -nerved, foliaceous, hardly awned at the apex, longer than the 

 tube, but shorter than the corolla ; vexillum longer than the 

 win_s. 1]. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burchell, 

 cat. no. 316. 



Burc/iell's Trefoil. PI. ^ foot. 



98 T. AFRICA'NUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 200.) plant 

 pilose ; stems short ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, somewhat 

 serrulated ; stipulas long and narrow, lanceolate, foliaceous, 

 acute, having numerous, straight, parallel nerves ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers sessile ; calycine 

 segments tetragonal, about equal in length to the tube, but 

 shorter than the corolla; vexillum length of wings. 7.?G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. pi. afr. extratrop. 

 no. 2817. 



African Trefoil. PI. \ foot. 



99 T. ROTUNDA'TUM (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 200.) plant 

 pilose; stems short, tufted ; leaflets roundish, somewhat obcor- 

 date, almost entire, much nerved; stipulas broad, each ending 

 in a long mucrone, having numerous flexuous nerves ; heads of 

 flowers terminal, somewhat globose, villous, fulvous, peduncu- 

 late ; flowers sessile ; calycine segments tetragonal, nearly equal, 

 length of tube, but much shorter than the corolla ; vexillum 

 longer than the wings. Tf.H. Native of ? 



Roundish-leufietted Trefoil. PI. | to \ foot. 



100 T. poLYMOiu'HUM (Poir. suppl. 8. p. 20.) plant very vil- 

 lous ; stems creeping ; leaflets cuneiform, obcordate, denticu- 

 lated, thickly beset with nerves ; stipulas broad, membranous 

 at the base, foliaceous, nerved, ending each in a deflexed mu- 

 crone ; heads of flowers roundish, on very long peduncles, axil- 

 lary, straight, but at length reflexed ; calycine segments somewhat 

 tetragonal, length of tube, but shorter than the corolla ; vexillum 

 longer than the wings. 3. F. Native of the Straits of Ma- 

 gellan and about Buenos Ayres. 



Polymorphous Trefoil. PI. creeping. 



101 T. ANGULA'TUM (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1. p. 26. t. 27.) 

 plant almost smooth ; stems decumbent, angular ; leaflets obo- 

 vate or obcordate, sharply serrated ; stipulas scarious, narrow, 

 ending in a long acute acumen ; heads of flowers axillary, pe- 

 dunculate ; flowers pedicellate, at length deflexed ; calycine 

 segments narrow, acute, ascending, shorter than the corolla ; 

 legume exserted, 4-seeded, somewhat articulated ; seeds irre- 

 gular, dense, somewhat ovate, black. 0. H. Native of Hun- 

 gary, in places impregnated with salt, and about Montpelier. 

 Savi, obs. trif. p. 91. Flowers red. 



Angular-stemmed. Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1803. PI. dec. 



102 T. SERRULA'TUM (Lagasc. nov. gen. p. 23.) leaflets oblong- 

 obovate, serrulated ; heads of flowers umbellate, globose ; the 

 pedicels reflexed when in fruit ; calycine segments unequal, 

 about equal in length to the corolla ; legume 2-seeded. 11 . H. 

 Native of sandy places about Madrid. 



Serrulated-leaved Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 



103 T. SUAVE'OLENS (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 52. hort. berl. 

 t. 108.) stems weak, striated ; leaflets obovate, somewhat acu- 

 minated, sharply serrated ; stipulas very narrow, ending each 

 in a long acumen ; heads of flowers somewhat hemispherical, 

 axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers sessile ; calycine segments 

 unequal, 1-nerved ; seeds oblong-reniform. . H. Native of 

 Persia and of Italy. T. formosum, Curt, ex herb. Coult. 1 822. 

 Flowers purplish. Very like T. resiiplnatum, but the calyxes 

 are not bladdery. 



Sweet-scented Trefoil. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. | ft. 



104 T. HV'BRIDUM (Savi, fl. pis. 2. p. 90. obs. trif. 90.) 

 glabrous ; stems ascending, solid ; leaflets obcordate, cuneiform, 

 denticulated ; stipulas broad, rather membranous, very narrow, 

 acute ; heads somewhat umbellate, axillary, few-flowered ; 

 flowers pedicellate, the pedicels deflexed when in fruit ; calycine 

 segments unequal, broadish, shorter than the tube, and much 

 shorter than the corolla ; legume exserted, 4-seeded ; seeds 

 irregularly cordate, bay-coloured. l/.H. Native of the south 

 of Europe. Mich. gen. t. 25. f. 6. T. hybridum, Lin. spec. 

 1076. in Desf. all. 2. p. 195. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 15. 

 T. polyanthemum, Tenore, ex herb. Balb. Flowers white, 

 tinged with red. Desfontaine's plant has pale-red flowers. 

 Linnaeus thinks his plant is a hybrid between T. pratense and 

 T. repens. 



Hybrid Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. PI. \ to 1 ft. 



105 T. MICHELIA'NUM (Savi, fl. pis. 2. p. 139. obs. trif. 93.) 

 stem ascending, fistular ; leaflets obovate and obcordate, serru- 

 lated ; stipulas foliaceous, lanceolate, acute ; heads of flowers 

 somewhat umbellate, axillary ; flowers on long pedicels, the 

 pedicels deflexed when in fruit ; calycine segments setaceous, 

 rather spreading, nearly equal, twice or thrice longer than the 

 tube but shorter than the corolla ; legume exserted, 2-seeded ; 

 seeds ovate, compressed, black. 0. H. Native of the south 

 of Europe. T. Vaillantii, Lois, journ. bot. 2. p. 365. Mich, 

 gen. t. 25. f. 25. Flowers of a greenish-white colour. 



Micheli's Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. pr. 



106 T. E'LEGANS (Savi, fl. pis. 2. p. 161. t. 1. f. 2. obs. trif. 

 92.) stem ascending, solid ; leaflets obovate, denticulated ; sti- 



