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ON SEEDLINGS 



late, alternate, petiolate, minutely and sparsely pubescent, at least 

 when young ; stipules very shortly adnate to the petiole, one- or 

 two-toothed at the basal posterior side, with 

 a long, linear, subulate point. 



No. 1. Unifoliolate ; leaflet large, trans- 

 versely oval, apiculate, obsoletely crenulate ; 

 petiole like the others, subterete, chan- 

 nelled above, subamplexicaul at the base. 



No. 2, and the rest. Pinnately trifolio- 

 late; leaflets obovate, emarginate, with a 

 tooth in the notch, serrulate, except on the 

 basal third or half, rounded or emarginate 

 at the base, deep green above and obscurely 

 nerved, glaucous beneath, with parallel, 

 ascending nerves running into the serra- 

 tures ; rachis between the lateral and ter- 

 minal leaflets 3 mm. long. 



Trifolium subterraneum, L. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, petiolate. 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, radical and 

 cauline, villous on both surfaces as well as 

 the petiole, with ascending, parallel, simple, 

 or forked veins. 



No. 1. Unifoliolate, rotund, emargi- 

 nate, toothed in the notch, obsoletely 

 denticulate. 



No. 2. Trifoliolate ; leaflets rotund- 

 obovate, otherwise as in No. 1. 



Ultimate leaves pinnately trifolio- 

 late ; leaflets obovate, emarginate. 



FIG. 272. 



Trifolium Boissieri. 

 Half nat. size. 



TRIBE LOTEJB. 



Anthyllis Vulneraria, L. (fig. 273). 

 Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 

 pale green, 6 mm. to 1'7 cm. long. 



Cotyledons large, fleshy, glabrous, 

 obliquely oval, obtuse, suddenly nar- 

 FIG. zn.Anthyiiis Vulneraria. rowed at the base to a short petiole, 

 1-1-4 cm. long, 6-9'25 mm. wide; 



petiole shallowly grooved above, subperfoliate, about 3 mm- 

 long. 



