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XXVI. LEGUMINOS^ : TEIFOLIE^. [ TrifoUu 



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Salt-marshes on the east coast of England as far north as Norf li 

 and soutli coast as far as Somersetshire. Newport, Monmouthsl ' ' 

 Near Kilbaric church, Ireland. 0. 6, 7. ^^^^' 



6. T. 



* 



'ncarncitum L. (crimson C) ; heads ovate at leno-fj 

 cylin(3rical stalked solitary terminal, calyx hairy, the teetl! 

 lanceolate-subulate nearly equal shorter"^ than the corolla ' 

 fruit spreading, stipules ovate, leaflets ot)cordate. ^ 



reddish-purple. £. ^. >S. t. 2950.- 



— «. flowers 

 /3. flowers yellow. 



o. Naturalized in a few places in the south of England and Jersey 

 ^. Lizard point, Cornwall, ''decidedly indigenous." Rev. W S 

 Hore, O. 6, 7. — Mouth of the calyx hairy in fruit. 



7. T. * stelldium L. (starry -headed 7\) ; villous, heads ter- 

 minal globose stalked, calyx hairy, its tube closed with hairs 

 the teeth longer than the corolla setaceous at length dilated 

 veined and spreading, stipules broadly ovate crenate ribbed 

 leaflets obcordate, stem short spreading. ^. B, t. 1545. ' 



Searshore, Sussex, betAveen Shoreham harbour and the sea, in o-reat 



"" " " A singular and beautiful species, with Ion o- 



plenty. ©. 6 — 8. 



calyces, and, at first, straight, setaceous teeth, which conceal the small 

 cream-coloured corolla^ and then become greatly enlarged, spreadino* 

 in a stellated manner. ^ ' ^ 



8. T, arvense L. (Hare's-foot T.) ; heads very hairy soft 

 cylindrical terminal stalked, calyx-teeth longer than the corolla 

 permanently setaceous at length somewhat spreading, stipules 

 ovate-acuminate, leaflets lanceolate obtuse, stems erect much 

 branched. E. B. t. 944. 



Corn-fields and dry pastures, abundant. 0, 7 



Flowers very minute, almost white. 



inches high. 



8. — Stem 6—12 

 Remarkable for 



its numerous, subcylindrical, soft, hairy heads or spikes. 



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9. T. striatum L. (soft knotted T.) ; downy, heads terminal 

 and axillary ovate subsolitary sessile, calyx in fruit ventricose 

 striate very rigid hairy with unequal straight small setaceous 

 teeth, leaflets obcordate or obovate nearly entire, stipules ovate 

 cuspidate, stems ascending. E. B, t. 1843. 



Dry pastures and fields, frequent. 0. 6, 7. — Stem 4—8 or 10 

 inches long, more or less procumbent or reclined, pubescent. Leaves 

 in this and the next with the veins straight and at the margin not 

 thickened, F/ow;ers small, purplish-red. CaL deeply furrowed, oval, 

 a little swollen, with 5, almost setaceous, straight, not spreading rf; 

 its throat marked with a thick rin"-. 



10. T, Bocconi Savi (Boccones T.) ; pods terminal and axil- 

 lary sessile ovate-cylindrical, calyx cylindrical in fruit, the teeth 

 unequal subulate straight leaflets obovate or oblong-lanceolate 

 toothed glabrous above, stipules oblong with a long subulate 

 point, E. B. S. L 2868. 



