LEGUMINOS.E. LXX. TRIFOLIUM. 



193 



1. fasc. 16. with a good figure. Savi, obs. trif. p. 112. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 557. Flowers yellow ; the vexillum tending to a fer- 

 ruginous colour. 



1'iir. ft, ramosissimum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 205.) 

 stem much branched; heads of flowers numerous. 



C/iesnut-broji<n-co\onrcd-Rowered Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. 

 Clt. 1778. PI. | foot. 



142 T. CILIA'TUM (Clark, itin. 3. ex Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 

 159.) leaflets obcordate, denticulated; stipulas ciliated, rather 

 large; heads ovate-hemispherical, few-flowered; teeth of calyx 

 subulate, ciliated, unequal ; corolla scarious, rather large ; petals 

 denticulated. Q. H. Native of Abercromby Island, formerly 

 called Lagusa. Flowers yellow. 



('iliatc(l-ca\yx.ed Trefoil. PI. procumbent. 



143 T. DECI'FIEXS (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 719.) stem erect; 

 leaflets oval, sessile, mucronate ; heads of flowers oval ; vexillum 

 somewhat deflexed, permanent ; calyx 3-toothed ; teeth awl- 

 shaped, pilo-e. Q. H. Native of? Very like T. spadiceum, 

 Horn. Flowers bay-coloured. 



Deceiving Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. | foot. 



144 T. SPECIOSUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1382.) plant rather vil- 

 lous ; stems prostrate ; leaves hardly stalked ; leaflets obovate, 

 denticulated, on very short stalks ; stipulas lanceolate, ciliat- 

 ed, large ; heads of flowers oblong-cylindrical, bay-coloured, 

 on long peduncles ; vexillum obovate, very broad, somewhat 

 denticulated ; calyxes glabrous, the segments unequal, the 2 supe- 

 rior ones smallest ; legume somewhat globose, on a long stipe, 

 1-seeded; seed oblong, shining; radicle hardly prominent. O- 

 H. Native of the islands ofCandia, Cyprus, and Zant. Flowers 

 bay-coloured. In Zant this is the only plant made into hay. It 

 might perhaps be tried in the south of England in dry open parts. 



Shewy Trefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. PI. procumbent. 



145 T. BILLARDIE'IUI (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 211.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; heads of flowers oblong ; leaflets obovate-oblong, ciliated ; 

 stipulas denticulated; upper calyxes sterile; the teeth subulate, 

 ciliated, and unequal ; vexillum orbicular, nerved, permanent, 

 deflexed. Q. H. Native of Syria. T. comosum, Labill. syr. 

 dec. 5. p. 15. t. 10. Flowers yellow. 



La Dillardicrs Treibil. PI. 1 foot. 



146 T. TROCU'MBENS (Lin. spec. 1088.) stems procumbent; 

 leaves on short stalks; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denticu- 

 lated, terminal one on a short stalk ; stipulas half ovate, ciliated, 

 shorter than the petiole ; heads of flowers axillary, oval, dense ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves, or equal with them; 

 calycine segments unequal, two superior ones very short; 

 vexillum finally deflexed ; legume 1-seeded ; seed kidney- 

 shaped, yellow ; radicle hardly prominent. Q. H. Native of 

 Europe, in gravelly fields and pastures ; plentiful in Britain. 

 Smith, eng. bot. 945. T. campestre, Schrcb. in Sturm, deutschl. 

 1. fasc. 15. T. pseudo-procumbens, Gmel. fl. bad. 3. p. 240. T. 

 agrarium, Huds. ang. 328. Curt. lond. 3. t. 45. Mart. fl. rust. 121. 

 Mill. diet. no. 3. Flowers yellow. This plant is called Yellow or 

 Hop Trefoil ; the latter name is bestowed on it with much pro- 

 priety, the heads being larger, and more resembling the hop than 

 any of the rest of the species. It is common on borders of fields 

 in dry gravelly soils. In some meadows it forms a considerable 

 part of the crop, and makes excellent fodder ; and it is now very 

 generally used for pasture with or without the white clover. The 

 manner of sowing the seeds and after culture of yellow clover 

 are the same as that for red clover. See Trifolium protease. 



Procumbent Trefoil, Yellow Clover, or Hop Trefoil. Fl. June, 

 Aug. Britain. PI. procumbent. 



147 T. PARISIK'NSE (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 562.) stems procum- 

 bent ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denticulated, the terminal 

 one usually petiolulate ; peduncles filiform, very long; heads of 

 flowers somewhat umbellate, few-flowered; calycine segments 



voi, it. 



unequal, the two superior ones very short, longer than the tube ; 



legume pedicellate, 1-seeded; seeds elliptic ; radicle prominent. 



. H. Native of Europe, in fields, particularly in France. T. 



patens, Schieb. in Sturm, deutschl.fl. 1. fasc. 16. Flowers yellow. 

 Var. fi,pygmce'um (Ser. mss.) stems branched, short, 

 Paris Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. PI. procumbent. 



148 T. SEBASTIA'NI (Savi, in diar. med. Flajani, 1815.) stems 

 diffuse ; leaflets obovate, sessile, denticulated ; stipulas narrow, 

 longer than the petiole ; peduncles short, firm ; flowers some- 

 what umbellate, pedicellate ; tube of calyx very short; the seg- 

 ments long, setaceous, and equal ; legume stipitate, 1-seeded ; 

 seed ovoid-elliptic. Q. H. Native of Italy, about Rome. 

 Sebast. pi. rom. fasc. 2. p. 14. t. 4. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Sebastiani's Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. diffuse. 



149 T. FLAVE'SCENS (Tineo, pug. 1. p. 15.) stems rather erect, 

 branched, dichotomous, glabrous ; the two superior leaves op- 

 posite, approximating the head of the flowers ; leaflets obovate, 

 denticulated ; stipulas membranous, nerved, pilose, subulate ; 

 heads of flowers roundish ; calyx nerved, pilose ; the segments 

 ciliated and unequal, longer than the tube. Q.? H. Native of 

 Sicily, on the Nebrodes. Schrank, in flora. 1819. p. 386. 

 Flowers yellow. 



1 'ellowixh -flowered Trefoil. PI. foot. 



150 T. FILIFORME (Lin. spec. 1088.) stems prostrate; leaf- 

 lets obovate or obcordate, somewhat denticulated, nearly sessile ; 

 stipulas small, ovate, length of petiole, a little fringed ; peduncles 

 filiform, long; flowers somewhat racemose, leaning all one way, 

 on short pedicels ; calycine segments unequal, 2 superior ones 

 shorter than the tube ; vexillum even ; legume 1-2-seeded, on a 

 short stipe; seeds oblong-ovate, bay-coloured. O- H. Native 

 of Europe, in dry or moist grassy meadows, pastures, borders 

 of fields, and on dry gravelly soils common ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Flowers yellow. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 16. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1257. Cattle and sheep are so fond of this 

 trefoil that a specimen of it can scarcely be had in any pasture to 

 which they have access. 



Filiform Hop Trefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Britain. PI. procumbent. 



151 T. MI'NUS (Relh. 290. Smith, engl. bot. 1256.) stems 

 procumbent ; leaflets obcordate, toothed, lateral ones almost ses- 

 sile, middle one stalked ; stipulas half ovate, acute ; peduncles 

 straight, rigid ; heads of flowers hemispherical ; vexillum nearly 

 even ; calycine teeth unequal, hairy towards the points ; legume 

 1, rarely 2-seeded. Q. H. Native of Europe, in gravelly 

 fields and pastures ; plentiful in Britain. T. filiforme, Ehrh. 

 beit. 49. T. prociimbens, Huds. ang. 328. Curt. lond. fasc. 5. 

 t. 53. T. dubium, Sibth. 231. Flowers yellow. 



Vur. 0, microplnjllum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 206.) 

 plant small ; leaves very minute ; heads few-flowered. T. con- 

 traversum, Jan. pi. exsic. ital. sup. cent. 10. Heads generally 

 3-flowered. 



Lesser Yellow Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. proc. 



152 T.MICRA'NTHUM(VI'V. fl.libyc. p. 45. t. 19. f. 3. )stems dif- 

 fuse ; racemes few-flowered, disposed in loose pedunculate heads; 

 legume 1-seeded, shining, spherical ; leaflets cuncate-obovate ; 

 stipulas ovate, ciliated. O- H. Native of Cyrenaica, on moun- 

 tains. Plant very like T. minus ft, microphyllum. Flowers yellow. 



Small-Jlon-cred Trefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. proc. 



153 T. VOLU'BILE (Lour. coch. p. 445.) stem elongated, slen- 

 der, twining ; leaflets roundish, quite entire, tomentose ; heads 

 many-flowered, axillary ; legume 2-seeded, glabrous. O- ? H. 

 Native on the eastern coast of Africa. Flowers yellow. 



Twining Trefoil. PI. procumbent. 



f Species not so sufficiently known as to be placed in either of 

 the abone sections. 



154 T. MI'NIMUM (Bart. fl. phil. 2. p. 74.) stems somewhat 

 C c 



