168 THE PEAFLOWEB TETBE. 



Channel Islands and the Cornwall coast about the Lizard Point. Fl. early 

 summer. 



12. Clustered Clover. Trifolium g^loxueratum, Linn. 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1063.) 



A small, slender, spreading annual, glabrous or nearly so. Stipules 

 short, with a subulate point. Leaflets broadly obovate. Flower-heads 

 small, globular, closely sessile in the axils of the leaves or at the ends of 

 the branches. Calyx-teeth sliort, broad, very pointed, and rigidly recurved 

 as the pod ripens. Corolla of a bright pink, very small, although longer 

 than the calyx-teeth. 



On dry heaths, pastures, and . waste places, very abundant in southern 

 Europe to the Caucasus, and extending more sparingly along western 

 France to the southern and eastern counties of England. Fl. early summier. 



13. Suffocated Clover. Trifolium suffocatum, Linn. 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1049.) 



A very small tufted annual, with procumbent stems often scarcely deve- 

 loped, and seldom more than 2, or at most 3, inches long. Leaflets gla- 

 brous, obovate, on long, slender footstalks. Flowers small, closely sessile, 

 in httle dense heads, crowded along the short stems, close to the groimd. 

 Calyx thin, with fine recurved teeth ; the corolla very minute. 



In dry pastures and sandy or gravelly places, especially near the sea, in 

 southern Europe to the Caucasus, extending up western France to the 

 shores of the Channel. Rare in England, on the southern coasts, extending 

 eastward up to Norfolk, and westward to Anglesea ; not recorded from 

 Ireland, but perhaps overlooked from its small size. Fl. spring or early 

 summer. 



14. Reversed Clover. Trifolium resupinatum, Linn. 



(Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2789, not good.) 



A glabrous annual, with numerous stems, leafy and tufted at the base, 

 lengthened out to a foot or more. Stipules rather broad, with narrow 

 points. Flower-heads small, on short axiUary peduncles. Calyx glabrous 

 or nearly so, the teeth short, but after flowering the upper part becomes 

 very much inflated, arched, membranous and veined, with the 2 upper 

 teeth at the top, the 3 lower ones remaining at the base of the inflated 

 part. CoroUa small, pink, the standard turned outwards instead of in- 

 wards as in other Clovers. 



In meadows and pastures, especially near the sea, in southern Europe to 

 the Caucasus, and up western France to the shores of the Channel. Not 

 indigenous in Britain, but has occasionally appeared in some of the southern 

 counties of England. Fl. spring and early summer. 



15. Subterranean Clover. Trifolium subterraneum, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1048.) 

 A small, prostrate annual, more or less clothed with long spreading hairs ; 

 the stems usually sliort and tufted, but occasionally lengthened out to 6 or 

 8 inches. Stipules broad. Leaflets obovate, on long leafstalks. Flowers 

 white or pale pink, long in proportion to the plant, 2 or 3 together on 

 axillary peduncles, which lengthen considerably after flowering, and turn 

 down almost into the ground ; the fruiting calyx then turns back upon the 



