98 LEGUMINOS^. [TRIFOLIUM. 



T. incarnatum proper; stem villous with spreading hairs, flowers scarlet. 

 Naturalized only. VAB. T. Molinerii, Balbis ; hairs of stem appressed, heads 

 shorter, calyx-teeth glabrous at the tips, flowers pale white or rose. Lizard 

 Point and Kynance Cove, amongst short grass. Probably the original form, 

 of which incarnatum is the cultivated state. 



** Heads ovoid or c/lobose. 



4. T. ochroleu'cum, L. ; softly pubescent, leaflets obovate or oblong, 

 heads terminal globose at length ovoid, peduncles short subtended by 

 opposite leaves, calyx- teeth spinescent spreading and recurved in fruit, 

 lowest much longest. 



Dry pastures, local; E. counties, Norfolk and Bedford to Essex; Channel 

 Islands; fl. June- Aug. Perennial. Stems ascending, 6-18 in. Leaflets |-1 

 in., tip entire or notched ; stipules lanceolate, adnate to the middle. Heads 

 -1 in. broad. Flowers pale yellow, brown when old. Calyx ribbed, half as 

 long as the corolla. Pod s.triate, opening by the conical top falling away. 

 DISTRIB. From Belgium southd., W. Asia. 



5. T. praten'se, L. ; more or less pubescent, leaflets oblong, stipules 

 membranous free portion appressed to the petiole, heads terminal sessile 

 globose at length ovoid subtended by opposite leaves with much-dilated 

 stipules, calyx- teeth slender setaceous erect or spreading in fruit, the lowest 

 longest, lied or Purple Glover. 



Pastures, roadsides, &c., N. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,900 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Sept. Annual or perennial. Stems 

 6-24 in., solid or fistular, robust or slender. Leaflets f-2 in., often with a 

 white spot or lunate band, finely toothed ; stipules often 1-1^ in., with long 

 setaceous points. Heads J-l| in. diam., pink purple or dirty white. Flowers 

 proterandrous. Calyx strongly nerved, throat with a 2-lipped contraction ; 

 teeth not exceeding the corolla, very slender, unequal. Pod opening by the 

 top falling oft 7 . DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, 

 India; introd. in N. America. Cultivated for fodder ; also wild in, a small 

 form with a shorter corolla (var. parviflora, Bab.). 



6. T. me'diumj Huds. ; slightly hairy, leaflets oblong obtuse or acute, 

 stipules herbaceous free portion spreading, heads terminal subglobose shortly 

 peduncled subtended by opposite leaves, calyx- teeth setaceous spreading 

 in fruit, lowest a little longest. Meadow Clover. 



Pastures, meadows, &c., from Ross southd.; ascending to 1,300 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; fl. June-Sept. Perennial. Stems straggling, flexuous. 

 Leaflets 1-2 in., rather rigid almost quite entire, ciliate. Heads 1-1J? in. 

 diam. Flowers f in., rose-purple, proterandrous. Calyx-throat with a ring 

 of hairs, tube 10-nerved, glabrous ; teeth reaching half-way up the corolla. 

 Pod dehiscing longitudinally. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia; 

 introd. in N. America. 



7. T. marit'imum, Huds. ; pubescent, leaflets narrowly obovate- 

 oblong obtuse or acute, stipules herbaceous free portion linear-subulate 

 spreading, heads terminal ovoid very shortly peduncled subtended by 

 opposite leaves, calyx-teeth short triangular-subulate spreading and her- 

 baceous in fruit, 4 upper shorter than the tube. 



