8o FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



T. medium L. Zigzag Clover. Leaflets oblong-elliptical. Stipules with 

 free portion linear-lanceolate, away from the petiole. Calyx-tube glabrous, or 

 nearly so, lo-nerved ; teeth ciliate, setaceous, unequal, the lowest twice as long 

 as the tube. Flowers bright reddish-purple, very large, in large globose shortly 

 peduncled heads. Stem often zigzag. 



Mountain region of Alpes-Marit. May- July. 



T. alpestre L. Resembling the last but stiffer in habit. Leaves shortly 

 petioled ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, strongly nerved, finely toothed. Stipules 

 narrow, upper portion linear, entire. Flowers purple-red, in a globular, terminal 

 head, the head being sessile between the 2 upper leaves. Calyx hairy, with 20 

 nerves and with ciliate teeth, inferior tooth longer than the tube. 



Mountain woods, pastures, and Chestnut groves, rarely below 700 m. June- 

 July- 



T. rubens L. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, leathery, strongly 

 nerved. Stipules very large, with upper portions lanceolate-acute. Calyx-tube 

 almost glabrous, with 20 nerves ; teeth ciliate, setaceous, very unequal. Flowers 

 purple-red, very numerous, in long oblong erect heads. 



Wood clearings in the mountains and limestone hill-sides, local. May-July. 



T. ochroleucum Huds. Sulphur Clover. Leaflets obovate or oblong, tip 

 entire or notched, softly pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, adnate to the middle. 

 Flowers pale yellow, turning brown when old, in globose terminal heads. 

 Peduncles short. Calyx-teeth lanceolate-acuminate, very unequal, the lowest 

 curved. 



Mountain woods and uncultivated places. June-July. 



** Heads terminal, calyx hairy, with nearly equal ciliate teeth. 



T. angustifolium L. (Plate XI). Narrow-leaved Clover. Annual. 

 Leaves all alternate. Leaflets linear. Calyx-tube narrow, xo-nerved. Flowers 

 rose coloured, rather small, in oblong-conical heads which are shortly peduncled, 

 terminal and solitary. Calyx-tube hairy ; teeth ciliate, linear, subulate. 



Dry, sandy places, common. May-July. 



T. stellatum L. Starry Clover. Annual, covered with soft spreading 

 hairs. Leaves alternate, leaflets obcordate. Calyx zo-nerved, teeth lanceolate, 

 acute, longer than the tube. After flowering, the calyx is spread open like a star, 

 and, especially on very dry- ground, becomes dark crimson in the centre with 

 white eye a beautiful object. Flowers pinkish-white, in round heads. 



Dry places, common. April-June. 



T. Cherleri L. Annual, hairy. Upper leaves opposite. Leaflets small, 

 obovate- cuneate. Stipules ovate, acute. Calyx 2o-nerved; teeth long, equal, 

 covered with soft spreading hairs and expanding after flowering. Flower-heads 

 globose, with 3 very broad and enlarged stipules at base. Flowers whitish. 



Dry and sandy places, in the Olive region. May-June. 



T. lappaceum L. Annual, rather hairy and slender. Upper leaves op- 

 posite. Leaflets obovate ; free portion of stipules short, lanceolate-acuminate. 

 Flowers pinkish-white, in dense spherical heads. Tube of calyx campanulate, 

 2o-nerved, glabrous outside, thioat hairy, with long, ciliate, nearly equal, spreading 

 teeth. 



Fields and dry slopes. May-June. 



T. mnntimum L. Sea Clover. A stout annual, hairy. Upper leaves 

 opposite. Stipules linear. Leaflets oblong. Flowers pinkish, in solitary, rather 

 small spherical heads, peduncled or rarely sessile. Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 lo-nerved at base, throat closed by 2 glabrous lips ; teeth 3-nerved, lanceolate, 

 stiff spreading, the longest equalling the tube, ciliate. 



Maritime meadows and grassy places, very local. April-July. 



T. incarnatum L. (Crimson Clover) is cultivated for forage, and the 

 cream coloured var. T. Molinerii Balb., is occasionally seen. 



