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5. T. arvense, spikes cylindrical, very hairy ; stipulas lanceo- 

 late, bristle-pointed; calyx-teeth longer than the corolla, per- 

 manently bristle-pointed ; leaflets linear-obovate ; stem erect, 

 much branched. Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



Hob. Sandy barren fields. Heugh, Holy Island. Cha- 

 pel-hill, Belford, and heights between it and Bambo- 

 rough. Bed of Wooler Water, Thomp. " Banks of 

 the eye opposite Netherbyres," Rev. A. Baird. July, 

 Aug. 



6. T. scabrum, heads sessile, axillary, ovate ; calyx-teeth un- 

 lequal, lanceolate, rigid, finally recurved ; stems procumbent, 

 rigid. Rough Trefoil. 



Hal. Rocks in Holy Island, Winch. June. 



7. T. striatum, heads sessile, axillary and terminal, ovate ; 

 calyx elliptical, furrowed, hairy, with straight bristle-shaped 

 teeth ; stems procumbent, pubescent. Soft-knotted Trefoil. 



Hob. Dry pastures. On rocks at Holy Island. Heights 

 from Kyloe to Bamborough. June. 



* * * * Standards persistent, dry and membranous. Flowers yellow. 



3. T. procumbens, heads oval, many-flowered ; standard finally 

 deflexed, furrowed ; stems spreading or procumbent ; common 

 footstalk longest at the base. Hop Trefoil. 



Hab. Dry gravelly fields. June, July. 



9. T. minus, heads hemispherical, with 12-15 flowers; flower- 

 stalks straight, rigid ; standard nearly even ; stems prostrate ; 

 common footstalk very short. Lesser Trefoil. 



Hab. Dry gravelly fields. June, July. 



225. LOTUS. 



1 . L. corniculatuS) stems recumbent, pithy ; heads depressed, 

 of 2-5 yellow flowers ; claw of the standard obovate ; filaments 

 all dilated ; legumes spreading, nearly cylindrical. Common 

 Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



Hab. Grassy pastures, common. June Sept. If. 



