LEGUMINIFER^. 45 



Hairs of tbc stem slightly spreading. Head of fruit elongated, 

 obloug- cylindrical. Calyx-teeth subulate -aristate, hairy to the 

 point of the awns. Corolla crimson-red. 



On the borders of fields and by roadsides where it has escaped 

 from cultivation. Perfectly naturalized in Jersey, but scarcely 

 so in Britain, although it frequently occurs both in England and 

 Scotland. 



[England, Scotland.] Annual. Early Summer. 



Stems 6 to 18 inches high. Leaflets f to 1^ inch long, nearly 

 as broad as long. Stipules f to J inch long, generally with the 

 terminal portion herbaceous ; below this there is a purplish band, 

 which, however, is terminal in the upper stipules, as these liave no 

 herbaceous point. Flower-heads spicate, 1 to 2 inches long, very 

 dense. Elowers ^ inch long. Calyx-teeth rigid, and spreading 

 like a star in fruit. Whole plant densely pubescent. 



The spicate heads of this clover distinguish it from all the other 

 species included in the British Elora. 



Crimson Clover. 



French, Trejle Incarnat, German, Inkarnat Klee. 



Of late years this species of Clover has been much grown in England, and has 

 long been cultivated in southern Europe as a fodder plant. It can be sown in the 

 early autumn as soon as the com is off the land ; the latter being simply harrowed so 

 as to loosen the surface. It grows with great rapidity, and yields a good crop early in 

 the spring, when other green fodder is scarce, and it may be removed in time to sow 

 corn. Sometimes it is sown in February and March, and can then be fed off and 

 ploughed in time for sowing the turnip-seed. This rapid growth renders it very 

 valuable to the farmer under certain circumstances, when he requires to raise a good 

 supply of fodder between the regular rotation crops. 



All cattle are fond of it when young and green ; but when in flower its stems 

 become hard, and it is not well adapted for hay. Like other similar plants, it is often 

 sown with Italian rye-grass. It ripens seed readily, but, when left for this purpose, 

 exhausts the ground considerably. 



Sub-SpeciesI II.— Trifolium Molinerii. Baih. 



Plate CCCLIII. 



Boreau, Fl. du Centre de la Fr. ed. iii. p. 182. 

 T. incarnatum, var. ji, Molinerii, Auct. Plur. 



Hairs of the stem adpressed. Head of fruit rather short, oblong. 

 Calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, aristate, the points of the a^^-ns 

 generally glabrous. Corolla whitish, turning to pale rose. 



" Among short grass near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. First 

 observed near Landewednack in 1838 by the Rev. W. S. Hore and 

 the Rev. C. A. Johns, and afterwards by the latter gentleman along 



