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hairy, with short, subulate teeth, which remain erect after 

 flowering ; corolla very small and pale red. Dry pastures, 

 banks, and waste places. Fl. June, July. 



T. fragiferum : stem creeping ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, 

 finely serrated ; stipules ovate, with a long point ; flower-head 

 globose on long axillary peduncles, very compact, often assum- 

 ing a pink tint, so as to have been compared to a strawberry ; 

 corolla small and red ; calyx, after flowering, much inflated - 

 Dry meadows and pastures. Fl. July, August. 



** Flowers white or whitish. 



T. arvense : annual ; stems slender, branching, erect, seldom 

 reaching a foot in height, clothed with short soft hairs ; sti- 

 pules and leaflets narrow; flowers small, in pedunculate heads, 

 which are at first nearly globular but soon become oblong or 

 cylindrical, appearing very soft and feathery owing to the fine 

 hairy teeth of the calyx projecting beyond the corolla. 

 Sandy cornfields. Fl. July to September. 



T. scabrum : stems procumbent, less hairy than T. striatum; 

 leaflets obovate ; stipules ovate, with a fine point; flower-heads 

 ovate, sessile, terminal, and lateral ; the flowers small, whitish ; 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate, spreading or recurved after flowering. 

 Dry pastures and waste places. Fl. May to July. 



T. repens ; stems creeping and rooting, glabrous ; stipules 

 small ; leaflets obovate, distinctly toothed, usually marked in 

 the centre, the leafstalks often very long ; peduncles axillary, 

 long, and erect, bearing a globular head or umbel of white 

 flowers, the pedicels recurved after flowering. Dutch Clover. 

 Meadows and pastures. Fl. May to September. 



*** Flowers yellow. 

 T. agrarium (procumbcns of authors) : annual ; stems 



