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seeds 2. E. B. 1 050. St. 16. 8. St. creeping. Fl. purplish red. 

 Heads large, remarkable when in fruit for their curious calyces. 

 Pod included. Damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. 



[18. T. resupinatum (L.) ; heads hemispherical at length glo- 

 bose, peduncles axillary short, bracts minute, calyx of the fruit 

 membranous reticulated woolly, stip. subulate-lanceolate from 

 an ovate base, leaflets obovate minutely serrate, seeds 2. E. B. 

 S. 2/89. (bad) St. 16. 9. St. prostrate or ascending. Fl. small, 

 resupinate. Pod included. Near Bristol, Poole, New Brighton 

 and Everton. A. VII.] E. I. 



***** Fl. stalked; throat of the calyx naked within, not inflated; 

 cor. persistent ; standard dejiexed and covering the pod. 



19. T. procumbens (L.) ; heads oval dense with about 40 fl., 

 ped. axillary equalling or exceeding the leaves, fl. at length re- 

 flexed, style much shorter than the pod, stip. ovate acute entire, 

 Its. obovate emarginate, central petiole longest, seeds elliptical, 

 radicle scarcely prominent. E. B. 945. St. 15. 15. Primary 

 stem erect, branches procumbent or ascending. Pod pointed at 

 both ends. Peduncles sometimes shorter at others longer than 

 the leaves. Fl. yellow. Radicle causing a slight irregularity in 

 the otherwise regularly elliptical seeds. [T. patens (Schreb.), 

 style as long as the pod, radicle prominent through i the length 

 of the seed, stip. half-cordate usually denticulate ; will probably 

 be found in England.] Dry pastures. A. VI. VIII. 



20. T. minus (Sm.) ; heads close about 12-flowered, peduncles 

 axillary, pedicels very short, fl. at length reflexed, standard fur- 

 rowed truncate quite covering the pod, style much shorter than 

 the pod, stip. ovate, leaflets obcordate intermediate one stalked. 

 E. B. 1256. T.Jiliforme Koch. Dry places. A. VI. VIII. 



21. T.Jiliforme (L.); fl.few (3 5) in lax racemes, peduncles 

 axillary, pedicels as long as the calyx-tube, fl. at length reflexed, 

 standard not furrowed deeply notched scarcely covering the pod. 

 E. B. 1257. T. micranthum Koch. Standard much narrower 

 in proportion than in T. minus. See Phyt. i. 293. Dry places 

 near the sea. A. VI. VII. 



8. LOTUS Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



1. L. corniculatus (L.) ; claw of the standard obovate trans- 

 versely vaulted, calyx-teeth straight in the bud subulate from a 

 triangular base, points of the 2 upper ones converging, heads 

 5lQ-floweredE. B. 2090. Glabrous or slightly hairy. St. 

 ascending. Leaflets obovate. Stip. ovate. Angle between the 

 2 upper calyx-teeth rounded. j3. villosus (Ser.) ; upper part of 



