600 366.Trifolium. 63. LEGUMINOS^. lPl.ex.cal. 



6. Trifolium medium. Middle-size irefoil. 



Spike open, nearly globular, solitary; 3 lower teeth of 

 the calyx longest, shorter than the corolla ; stipules awl- 

 shape ; leaflets elliptic, very finely serrated ; stems branchy, 

 bent. 



Trifolium inediiiin, Lin. Fl. Suec. 558. 

 - Trifolium flexuosum, Jacquin Aust. 386. 



Trifolium alpestre, Hudson Fl. Jngl. 326, not of Jacquin. 

 Zigzag trefoil. 



Clalky and clayey pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Leaves rather glaucous beneath, edge hairy ; propagates 

 itself by the root. — Cattle not fond of it until the frost has 

 affected it. 



7» Trifolium incarnaium. Flesh-colour trefoil. 



Spike oblong, villous, blunt, leafless; leaflets roundish, 

 reverse heartshape, ovate, crenated, villous. 



Trifolium pratense purpureum minus foliis cordatis, Dillen in Rati Syn. 

 828, 6. 



Trifolium incamatum, Willd. S. P. 

 Trifolium pratepse 8, Smith FL Brit. 785. 



Damp pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Stem simple, stiff; upper leaves often opposite ; leaflets 

 small; stipules ovate, awned; peduncles long; calyx- teeth 4, 

 nearly equal ; flowers large, flesh-coloured. 



8. Trifolium ochroleucum. Yellowish^white trefoil. 



Spike villous, ovate, roundish ; stem nearly upright, 

 branchy, downy; leaflets oblong; lower leaflets reverse 

 heartshape; lowest tooth of the calyx much the longest. 



Trifolium pratense hirsutum majus, flore albo sulphureo, seu tSj^foXtuxy, 

 Mali Syn. 328, a. 



Trifolium ochroleucum, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2,233. 



Chalky and sandy dry pastures ; perennial ; June, July. 



Stem upright, rather branchy; leaves distant; upper 

 leaflets opposite, not in the least cut ; stipules linear, ribs 

 simple; ^6?Gfi^ terminal, peduncled, solitary; corolla sulphur- 

 yellow. 



e. Lagopodium. Calyx villous, not inflated ; corolla 

 5-petaledj flowers spiked.; roots annual. 



i). Trifolium arvense. Fallow trefoil. 



Spike very villous, nearly cylindrical ; calyx-teeth bristle- 

 like, equal, rather longer than the corolla; leaflets reverse 

 ovate, lanceolate* 



