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118 T. SPUMOSUM (Lin. spec. 1085.) stem spreading, branched; 

 leaflets obovate or obcordate, nearly entire ; stipulas broad, 

 very acute ; heads of flowers ovate, thick, nearly sessile ; ca- 

 lyxes scarious, inflated, striated, transversely, veined ; the seg- 

 ments setaceous and diverging, about equal in length to the 

 corolla ; bracteas lanceolate, shorter than the calyx ; legume 4- 

 sceded; seeds ovate-globose. 0. H. Native of the south of 

 Europe. Gaertn. fruct. t. 153. Savi, obs. trif. 82. Cup. 

 panph. t. C9. f. 1. Flowers pale-red. 



Frothy Trefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1771. PI. prostrate. 



119 T. RESUFINA'TUM (Lin. spec. 1086.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets obovate, sharply serrulated, spotted at the base ; stipulas 

 short, linear-lanceolate, acute ; heads hemispherical, at length 

 globose ; peduncles longer than the petioles ; flowers nearly 

 sessile ; calyxes scarious, inflated after flowering, longitudinally 

 and transversely veined ; the segments lanceolate, reticulated, 

 and very acute, shorter than the corolla ; legumes usually 2- 

 seeded ; seeds irregularly subcordate, bay-coloured. . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 16. 

 with a figure. Savi, obs. trif. 79. T. bicorne, Forsk. fl. aegypt. 

 139. Clus. hist. 2. p. 247. Barrel, icon. 872. Nearly allied 

 to T. suaveolens, but differs in the peduncles being shorter and 

 in the calyxes being inflated. The corolla of this species is 

 turned upside down, hence the specific name. Flowers pale-red. 



Resupinate-fiowered Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1713. PI. pr. 



120 T. FRAGI'FERUM (Lin. spec. 1086.) stem prostrate, creep- 

 ing ; leaflets obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas ovate, elongated 

 at the apex ; heads of flowers ovate-globose, on long peduncles ; 

 flowers sessile ; calyxes inflated after flowering, membranous, 

 reticulated, pilose ; the segments unequal, shorter than the corolla 

 and reticulated ; bracteas small, lanceolate ; legume 2-seeded. 

 If.. H. Native of Europe, in meadows. In England in moist 

 meadows and pastures in black boggy soil. Savi, obs. trif. 76. 

 Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 16. icon. Smith, engl. bot. 1050. 

 Fl. dan. 1042. Curt. fl. lond. 2. t. 55. Stems prostrate, root- 

 ing, extending a considerable length. Flowers rose-coloured. 

 The heads when in seed resemble strawberries ; hence the speci- 

 fic name. 



Var. /3, proli/erum (Bernard in litt.) flowers 6-8 in a whorl, 

 beneath the head of flowers. 



Strawberry-bearing Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. England. PL 

 prostrate. 



121 T. TOMENTOSUM (Lin. spec. 1086.) stems prostrate; leaf- 

 lets obcordate, cuneiform, sharply-serrulated ; stipulas lanceo- 

 late, acute, scarious ; heads of flowers globose, on very short 

 peduncles ; bracteas small, lanceolate ; flowers sessile ; calyxes 

 inflated after flowering, membranous, reticulated, tomentose, the 

 segments shorter than the corolla ; legume 1 -seeded ; seeds ir- 

 regularly cordate, green, shining. !(..? . ? Native of the 

 south of Europe. Savi, obs. 73. Barrel, icon. 864. Magn. 

 monsp. 265. t. 264. Flowers purplish. 



Tomentose Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1640. PI. prostrate. 



122 T. PHYSODES (Stev. in Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 217.) stems 

 procumbent, slender ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, serrulated, mucro- 

 nate ; stipulas narrow, acuminated ; heads of flowers roundish, 

 on long peduncles, about equal in length to the leaves ; calyx 

 inflated when in fruit, membranous, pubescent ; the segments 

 setaceous, and about equal the length of the tube. 1J. . H. Na- 

 tive of Iberia. Flowers reddish. 



Bladdery-calyaed Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 

 procumbent. 



123 T. TU'RGIDUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 210.) stems erectish ; 

 leaflets obovate, obcordate, almost entire ; stipulas acute ; heads 

 of flowers ovate, chaffy; calyx globose, smooth, the teeth seta- 

 ceous and recurved; petals mucronate. . H. Native of 

 Caucasus between the rivers Kuba and Jegorlik. Flowers white. 



This plant comes very near T. spumbsum in the want of the uni- 

 versal involucrum to the head of the flowers. 



Turgid-calyxed Trefoil. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. PL | ft. 



124 T. TU'MENS (Stev. in Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 217.) stems 

 procumbent, quite smooth ; leaflets obovate, somewhat emargi- 

 nate ; heads of flowers roundish ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; calyx when in fruit inflated, membranous, pubescent : 

 the segments setaceous, and nearly equal, shorter than the tube. 

 Q. ? H. Native of Iberia. This species differs from T. plnj- 

 sbdes in being more slender, in the leaflets being more acute at 

 the base, in the flowers being fewer, heads smaller, peduncles 

 longer, and especially in the teeth of the calyx being smaller. 

 Flowers reddish. 



Swelling-calyxed Trefoil. PL procumbent. 



125 T. ALA'TUM (Biv. stirp. rar. 4. p. 14.) stems decumbent, 

 glabrous, striated ; leaflets obovate, obtuse or emarginate and 

 serrulated ; heads of flowers globose, terminal ; peduncles twice 

 the length of the superior leaves ; stipulas very long, subulate at 

 the apex ; calyx much inflated after flowering, reticulated, rather 

 pilose, the segments setaceous, and nearly equal, shorter than the 

 corolla. If.. H. Native of Sicily, about Palermo. T. Cupani, 

 Tineo, pi. rar. sic. pug. 1. p. 16. Cup. panph. t. 97. f. 1. 

 Schrank, in fl. 1819. p. 387. Flowers reddish. 



Winged Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL decumbent. 



126 T. BONA'NNI (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 218.) stems 

 creeping ; leaflets obovate, retuse ; calyx tomentose, the lower 

 teeth setaceous, straight, and conniving ; heads of flowers round- 

 ish. If.. H. Native of Sicily. 



Bonanni's Trefoil. PL creeping. 



127 T. DEPAUPERA'TUM (Desv. journ.bot. 1814. vol.4, p. 69.) 

 plant many-stemmed, decumbent ; stems simple ; leaflets linear, 

 somewhat cuneiform, glabrous, toothed at the apex ; heads 

 pedunculate, terminal, few-flowered; involucre 1-leaved, en- 

 tire, truncate ; calyx glabrous ; vexillum when in fruit inflated. 

 . ? F. Native of Peru (Dombey). This species has the habit 

 almost of T.jiliforme of Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 385. 



Depauperated Trefoil. PL decumbent. 



SECT. VI. LUPINA'STER (from lupmiis, a lupine, and aster, an 

 affixed signification, like. Some of the species contained in this 

 section have the habit of Lupines'). Ser. mss. in 1). C. prod. 2. 

 p. 203. Lupinaster, Moonch. meth. suppl. p. 30. Flowers 

 large ; the petals coriaceous and permanent, red, white or yellow. 

 Calycine segments subulate, erect. Leaves having 3 coriaceous 

 leaflets, rarely 5-7, reticulated with numerous nerves. 



128 T. CHILE'NSE (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 18.) stem diffuse, 

 glabrous : leaflets narrow, oblong-obovate, sharply-denticulated, 

 quite smooth, equal in length to the petiole ; stipulas oval, mem- 

 branous, nerved, pectinately-fringed ; heads of flowers on long 

 peduncles ; involucrum shorter than the flowers, multifid, awned ; 

 calyx campanulate, the segments tridentate and awned, the mid- 

 dle tooth longer than the rest, about equal in length to the 

 corolla. 11 . H. Native of Chili, about Conception. Nearly 

 allied to T. fimbratum of Lindl. in bot. reg. 1070. 



Chili Trefoil. PL diffuse. 



129 T. UNIFLORUM (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 285. spec. 1085.) plant 

 tufted, creeping ; stems very short ; leaflets 3, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, toothed, nerved ; stipulas sheathing, ending each in a long 

 acumen ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short peduncles ; calyx 

 cylindrical, striated ; the segments short, subulate, and nearly 

 equal ; corolla very long, much longer than the calyx ; legume 

 2-seeded ; seeds ovoid, apiculated. If. . H. Native of Syria, 

 Provence, and Italy. Buxb. cent. 3. p. 17. t. 31. f. 1. T. 

 Buxbaumi, Sternb. in flora. 1820. p. 600. Flowers having the 

 vexillum blue, and the keel and wings purple. 



Far. fl, Sternbergianum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 203.) 



