300 DIADELPHIA— DECANDRI'A. Trifolium. 



Cornp. ed. 4. 124. Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1049. Tr. of Linn. Soc. 

 V. 2. 357. Jacq. Hort. Find. v. 1 . 24. t. 60.' 

 T. minimum supinum, flosculorum et seminum globulis plurimis 

 confertim ad radicem nascentibus. Rail Hist. v. 1 . 942. 



On the sandy sea coast. 



In the loose sand of the beach at Yarmouth. Mr. Wigg. At Lowes- 

 toft. Miss Temple. At Landguard Fort plentifully. Sir T. G. 

 Cullum Bart, and Mr. TV. R. Notcutt. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root tapering. Whole herb, except a few leaves, generally bu- 

 ried in the loose dry sand. Stems several, horizontal, short, zig- 

 zag, leafy, round, smooth. Leaves on long footstalks, with a 

 pair of large, ovate, combined, pale, spreading-pointed stipu- 

 las; leaflets wedge-shaped,' smooth, finely toothed. FL nume- 

 rous, in many round axillary heads. Tube of the calyx slightly 

 hairy ; teeth lanceolate acute, reflexed, scarcely enlarged after 

 flowering. Cor. pale pink, much shorter than the calyx-teeth, 

 closed, sheltering the organs of impregnation beneath the sand. 

 Legume linear-oblong, containing 2 roundish, rather distant, 

 yellowish seeds. 



* * * Seeds smgle. Calyx generally hairy. 



5. T. subte7^raneum. Subterraneous Trefoil. 



Heads hairy, of about four flowers. Involucrum central, 

 reflexed, rigid, starry, embracing the fruit. 



T. subterraneum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1080. H'dld. v. 3. 1361 . Fl. Br. 

 783. Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1048. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 54. Riv. 

 Tetrap.Irr.t.VS.f. 1. 



T. pumilum supinum, flosculis longis albis. Raii Syn. 327. t. \3, 

 f.2. 



T. blesense. Dodart Mem. 4to ed. 623. t. 34./. 2. 



T. album tricoccon subterraneum Gastonium reticulatum. Moris, 

 V.2. \38. sect. 2. 1. 14. f. 5. 



T. pratense supinum Ko.rujtXs^, seu capite humi merso. Barrel, 

 let. 881. 



In dry gravelly pastures, and barren heathy situations. 



Annual. May. 



Root fibrous, with fleshy tubercles. Stems pressed close to the 

 ground, spreading, round, hairy, leafy, from 3 to 6 inches long. 

 Leaflets inversely heart-shaped, hairy on both sides, entire. 

 Stipulas large, ovate, pointed, membranous, white or reddish, 

 with green ribs. Fl. 3 or 4 on each stalk, at first erect, but be- 

 fore the fruit is perfected each stalk is bent to the earth, throw- 

 ing out from its extremity, between the flowers, several thick 

 white fibres, starry at their tips, which partly fix themselves in 

 the ground, turning upwards to embrace the fruit. Calyx-teeth 

 slender and hairy. Pet. much longer, white, slender, all united 



