LEGUMINOSiE. 



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subiilato-filiform, equalling corolla. TuLe 

 hairless. Lts. obovate, denticulate. AU Stip. 

 acumiaate ; the upper not close to the head of 

 flowers, a. 5, 6. Dry. s. Eur. 



3. Cherleri. Diffuse. Teeth of Cal. weak, 

 filiform, exceeding coroUa, twice as long as 

 villous tube. Eracteate Stip. rounded, with 

 radiating nerves, generally without tails, close 

 to the head. a. 5, 6. Sanely, s. Em*. 



4. hirtuiu. Villous, diffuse. Teeth of Cal. 

 filiforni, nearly equalling monopctalous corolla, 

 three times as long as tube. Stip. with subu- 

 late tails ; the upj)er close to the globose head. 

 Lts. obovate. Seed 1, regularly ovate. M. 

 pu7'ple. a. 5, 6. rare. Mtp. Rous. It. 



5. villosuna. " Stem with adpi'essed hairs. 

 Heads globose, bracteate, solitary, termi- 

 nal. Teeth of Cal. setaceous, half as long as 

 corolla, very villous. Stip. ovate, awned. Lts. 

 obovate, denticulate. Fl. straiu-coloured. a. 

 5. Sandy fields. Fiume Grande near Termini." 

 — Guss./roOT Pkesl. 



6. diflFusum. Villous. Teeth of Cal. 

 shorter than monopctalous corolla. Stip. 

 narrow, with linear! -lanceolate tail. Lts. ovato- 

 lanceolate, obtuse. Head ovate. Leg. circum- 

 sciss. Seeds 2, irregularly obcordate. a. 7- 

 Sandy. Near Paris. — DC. 



b. Lowermost Tooth of Calyx at least twice 

 as long as others. 



7. araclinoideuin. Hairy. Lower Tooth 

 only twice as long as others, equalling co- 

 roUa-. Stip. acimiinate. Lts. obcordate, quite 

 entire, a. 5. Sandy. Hume Grande near 

 Tennini. 



8. alpestre. Lower Tooth three or four 

 times as long as others, shorter than mono- 

 pctalous coroUa; the four shorter hardly as 

 long as tube. Heads subglobose, often in pairs. 

 Stip. scariose, narrow, with a long, linear tail. 

 p. 7. Hills. G. 



9. rubens. (Cal. without glands, DC.) 

 Lower Tooth three or four times as long as 

 others, hardly equalling monopctalous coroUa ; 

 the four shorter not half as long as tube. 

 Spike oblong. Stip. large, leafy. TaU lan- 

 ceolate. Lts. obtuse, deeply denticulate, p. 6. 

 Shady hills, s. and m. Eur. Not in Sicily. 



ii. Calyx 10-nerved, 



a. Heads terminal, on a leafy stem or 

 ., branch. 



10. purpureum. Lower Tooth of Cal. 



much longer than others, but falling far short 

 of coroUa. Stip. narrow. Tail setiform. Lts. 

 lineari-lanceolatc, acute. Upper L. separate 

 from head. a. 6, 7- Dry. Port Juvenal 

 near Mtp. Scaudicci Alto near Florence. 



11. angustifolium. Teeth of Cal. nearly 

 equal, longer than tube, pungent, nearly equal- 

 ling corolla. Stip. very long and narrow. Lts. 

 lineari-lanceolatc, veiy acute. I'l. purple, a. 

 5, 6. Dry hills, s. Eur. 



12. intermedium. Tcc^h of Cal. nearly 

 equal, longer than tube, nearly equaUing coroUa, 

 not pungent. Stip. with short taUs. Lts. 

 lanceolate. Fl. vjhiie. a. 4-6. Sandy fields. 

 s. Sic. In appearance between T. angustifoHum 

 andT. arvense. 



13. mcarnatum. Teeth of Cal. nearly 

 equal, fiUformi-subulate, longer than tube, faU- 

 ing short of coroUa. Stip. broad and short, 

 somewhat sj)hacelate at tip. Lts. obcordato- 

 subrotund. Fl. scarlet, a, 5, 6. Meadovjs. 

 s. Eiu-. 



jS. ilolinieri. El. pale. Throat without 

 hairs. Stip. narrow, ovate, acute. 



14. Iiagopus. Very hii'sute. Cal. cylin- 

 drical. Teeth setaceous, equal to, not longer 

 than tube, shorter than coroUa. Stip. ovate, 

 prolonged. Lts. obovato-cuneate, denticulate. 

 a. SUa in Calabria. There is sometimes a 

 secondary head. 



b. Heads terminal, on a nearly naked 

 branch. [See observations in the tabular 

 view of the genus.] 



* Teeth reticidato-venose, somewhat %-nerved. 



15. stellatum. Teeth of Cal. equal, subu- 

 late, equaUing coroUa. Upper L. single, distant 

 from head. Stip. broad, obovate, serrulate. 

 Lts. obcordate. a. 6, 7- Barren, s. Eur. 

 In one place in England. 



** All Teeth of Caly.v i-nerved; lowermost 

 somewhat longer. 



16. maritimum. Teeth of Cal. rigid, 

 triangular ; lowermost somewhat deflexed, 

 shorter than tube. Tube conical, with a 

 caUous sweUing below the teeth. Stip. Kneari- 

 subulate. Lts. obovate. a. 5, 6. Meadoios 

 and batiks. 



17. Xatardii. Teeth of Cal. rigid, subu- 

 late, as long as tube in the flower, shorter in the 

 fruit. Heads ovate. Stip. smaU. TaU Uneari- 

 subulate. Lts. obovato-oblong. a. e. Pyi-. 

 Probably a var. ofT. maritimum. 



