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*4. M. ind'ica (All.) ; wings and keel equal but shorter 

 than the standard, pods globular-ovoid blunt mucronate netted 

 glabrous, Its. obovate seriate at the end, stip. awlshaped entire. 

 &;//. E. B. 344. M. parviflora (Desf.) ed. viii. Slender. 

 Smaller in all its parts than the other species, 6 15 in. high. 

 Fl. very small, pale yellow ; cal. -teeth triangular. Pods olive- 

 green. Waste places. A. VII. VIII. E. 



8. TRIFO'LITJM Linn. Clover. 



*2*7. sessile ; cal. with an elevated thickened often hairy line or 

 ring of hairs in its throat, not inflated. 



1. T. praten'se (L.) ; heads ovate dense sessile, cal. 10-veined 

 hairy not half so long as the corolla, teeth setaceous ciliate, 

 free part of stip. blunt ovate abruptly bristle-pointed, ad- 

 pressed, leaflets oval emarginate upper ones entire apiculate. 

 E. B. 1770. St. 15. 11. Lts. of cultivated plant [var. 

 sativum, Schreb.] usually all quite entire. Stip. adpressed to 

 petiole ; veins much branched and anastomosing. Upper part 

 of cal. usually hairy ; teeth 5, 4 nearly equal in length to the 

 tube, the lower one twice as long. Heads of fl. sometimes 

 slightly stalked. -Fl. purplish, sometimes white. St. erect. 

 (3. parviflorum 1 ; head stalked, calyx-teeth as long as or longer 

 than the corolla. FL Dan. 2782. Mountainous pastures, fields. 

 j8 in dry places. P. V. IX. Purple Clover. E. S. I. 



2. T. medium (L.) ; heads subglobose lax stalked, calyx 10- 

 veined glabrous not half as long as the corolla, teeth setaceous 

 hairy, free part of stip. lanceolate acuminate spreading, leaflets 

 elliptic or lanceolate apiculate. E. B. 190. Stip. spreading ; 

 veins branching, parallel, scarcely at all joining. Cal. glabrous ; 

 teeth ciliate, 4 of them as long or rather longer than the tube, 

 the fifth -- longer. Heads of fl. large. Fl. purplish. St. as- 

 cending, zigzag. Dry elevated pastures. P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



3. T. ochroleucon (Huds.) ; heads subglobose dense stalked 

 solitary terminal, cal. 10-veined pubescent about half as long as 

 the corolla, teeth erect subulate lower one rather longer than the 

 tube the others tivo-thirds shorter, stip. lanceolate-subulate, 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong the lower one emarginate or cordate. 

 E. B. 1224. St. 15. 15. Cal. with acute teeth having 1 strong 

 vein. St. 1J foot high, erect. Lower 1. on very long stalks. 

 Fl. cream-coloured, at length turning brown. Dry gravelly 

 soils and clays of the East of England. P. VI. VII. E. 



1 Mr. Burkill (J. of B. xxxix. 1901, p. 235) considers this an abnormal 

 state. H. & J. G. 



