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and prairies from Ohio west to Kansas, which is greedily eaten 

 by cattle. It should be given a trial in cultivation. 



Arkansas 

 Specime?is examined. — On railroads, Independence county, 

 Eggert, April 23, 1896. 



Kentucky 

 Lexington, Kellerman, May 10, 1882. 



Missouri 

 Centerville, Bush 561 ; Williamsville, Wayne county, Bush 

 2683, Eggerl, May 16, 1893; Crescent, Eggert, May 28, 1886. 



Nebraska 

 Bad lands, Hayden, July 14, 1853. 



Ohio 

 Cincinnati, E. James Spence 540 ; Lloyd^ May 25, 1S82, and 

 May 27, 1888; Fern bank, Ohio river. Short (no date) 



Trifolium reflexum L. Sp. PI. 766. 1753. 



The earlier descriptions of this species call for a pubescent 

 plant with handsome rose-red and white flowers. While going 

 over the herbarium material at hand, we discovered a large num- 

 ber of specimens that were decidedly glabrous with an instinct- 

 ive difference in the color of the dried flowers. 



It proved to be quite easy to separate the material into two 

 lots. Recourse to the literature indicated that Lojacono in his 

 revision had noticed this difference, and named the smooth one 

 with yellowish flowers 7". refiexum glabrwn. Among the speci- 

 mens examined was a part of the type material of this variety, 

 collected by Dr. Mead at Augusta, Illinois, in 1842. We 

 took occasion to prepare some slides of the floral parts from this 

 collection, and found that the calyx is glabrous, and the sinuses 

 at the base of the teeth wider, with a slight difference in the 

 shape of the vexillum, wings and keel. By the specimens we 

 were not able to be sure of the color of the flowers, although 

 Lojacono has "floribus pallide ochroleucis fere albescentibus." 

 The majority of the hairy specimens examined show red flowers; 



