PL ex. cah 63. LEGUMINOS^E. 366. Trifolium. 603 



1 6. Trifolium minus. Small trefoil. 

 Spike headed, hemispherical ; peduncles stiff; standard 



rather smooth ; ste7n procumbent ; leaflets reverse ovate, 

 middle leaflet petioled ; petiole lengthened above. 



Trifolium lupulinum alterum minus, Raii Syn.SSO, 17. 

 Trifolium luteum minimum, Ger.em. 1186,6; Park. 111. 

 Tiifolium procumbens, Hudson Fl.Ang. 328. 

 Trifolium dubium, Sibthorp FL Oxon. 231. 

 Trifolium miuus, Eng. Hot. 1250. 

 Little yellow trefoil. Small hop trefoil. 



Dry sandy pastures ; annual ; June to August. 



Stem prostrate; Zeat;e5 reverse heartshape, streaked ; sti- 

 pitles ovate, fringed; peduncles hairlike; spike 8 to 10-flow- 

 ered ; calyx-teeih unequal ; standard ovate, not bent in- 

 wards. 



17. Trifolium fil forme. Threadlike trefoil. 

 Spike headed, loose, few-flowered ; peduncles hairlike, 



bent; standard smooth; stem prostrate, very slender; leaf- 

 lets reverse heartshape, middle leaflet petioled. 



Trifolium hipuliaum minimum, Billen in Raii Syn, 331, 17 *. 

 Trifolium fili forme, Lin. S. P. 1088. 



Damp sandy places ; annual ; June and July. 



S^e?7z threadshape ; leaves toothed; stipules oyaXe ; pedun- 

 cles haii'like ; spike 3 to 5-flowered ; flowers small ; calyx 

 bald ; standard ovate, not inflected. 



VI. 367. MELILOTUS. Pliny. Melilot. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; keel simple, shorter than the 

 wings or standard ; legumen longer than the calyx. — Leaves 

 ternate ; flowers yellow, in loose racemes. 



Melilotus officinalis. Shop melilot. 



Legumens racemous, hanging, rather wrinkled, pointed ; 

 1 or 2-seeded ; stem upright ; leaflets ovate, oblong, toothed, 

 bald. 



Melilotus vulgaris, Raii Syn. 331, 1 ; Park. 719. 



Melilotus Germanica, Ger.em. 1205 |. 



Trifolium Melilotus officinalis, Lin. S. P. 1078. 



Melilotus officinalis, Willd. S. P. 



Trifolium officinale, Smith FL Brit. 18\. 



Common melilot. Plaister clover. Harts clover, Yorkshire. 



Fields and hedges ; annual; June and July. 



Stem 2 feet high, branchy; racemes close, many-flowered; 

 flowers gold-yellow, sometimes white, drooping; legumens 

 hairy. — When dry, fragrant, the distilled water, although 

 only slightly odorous, improves the flavour of other sub- 

 stances, ^-> 



