104 Xxill. LEGUMINOSAE. {Trifolium. 



"T. scabrum, L., Sp. PI. 770. Annual. Stems pubescent, rigid, flexuous, 

 3in.-10in. high. Leaves on very short petioles. Leaflets obovate or narrow-obovate, 

 strongly nerved, minutely toothed. Stipules ovate- cuspidate. Heads ovate, solitary, 

 sessile, terminal or axillary. Flowers small. Galyx-tube strongly veined ; teeth erect, 

 equalling the corolla, spreading in fruit. 



NORTH Island : naturalised, Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, &o, Nov. to Jan. 

 Europe. 



*T. glomeratum, L., Sp. PL 770. Annual. Stem 2in.-10in. long, prostrate, 

 spreading, glabrous, obovate or obcordate. Stipules ovate-acuminate, toothed. 

 Heads sessile, terminal and axillary. Mowers reddish-purple. Calyx-teeth ovate- 

 acute, reflexed. Standard persistent, striate. 



NOETH Island: naturalised in various localities, especially in Auckland and Wellington. 

 Nov., Deo. Europe. 



*T. hybridum, L., Sp. PL 776. Perennial. Stems erect, 12in.-18in. high, 

 almost glabrous, flexuous, fistulose. Stipules ovate-lanceolate. Leaflets obovate- 

 oblong or lanceolate. Heads axillary. Peduncles longer than the leaves. Pedicels 

 half as long as the corolla, ultimately deflexed. Flowers white or pinkish. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate ; teeth subulate, nearly equal. Seeds 2-4. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands : naturalised in many localities. Ascends to 3,000ft. Alsike 

 clover. Jan. to March. Europe. 



*T. repens, L., Sp. PL 767. Perennial. Stems 3in.-18in. long, creeping, 

 glabrous. Leaflets obovate or obcordate, often with a dark spot. Stipules ovate, 

 cuspidate, or acuminate. Peduncles axillary, greatly exceeding the leaves. Flowers 

 white. Pedicels ultimately reflexed. Calyx-tube half the length of the corolla, 

 gibbous ; teeth lanceolate, unequal. Pod 2-4-seeded. 



Naturalised throughout the colony. White ov Dutch clover. Oct. to March. Europe, North 

 Africa. 



* T. resupinatum, L., Sp. PL 771. Annual. Stems prostrate, often ap- 

 pressed to the ground, 2in.-10in. long. Stipules lanceolate, subulate. Leaflets 



.obovate, minutely serrate. Peduncles short, axillary. Heads dense, globose. 

 Flowers reversed. Calyx ventricose, netted, woolly; teeth short. Pod wholly 

 included, 2-seeded. 



NORTH Island : naturalised in many localities, and increasing. Hare's-foot trefoil. Oct. 

 to Jan. Europe. 



* T. agrarium, L., Sp. PL 772. Annual. Stems erect, 4in.-12in. high, 

 sparingly branched, glabrate, pubescent or almost pilose. Leaves on short petioles, 

 digitately 3-foliolate ; leaflets narrow-obovate, oblong, obtuse or truncate. Stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Peduncles slender, axillary. Flowers on short pedicels, 

 yellow, drooping. Calyx-tube one-third the length of the corolla ; teeth unequal, 

 short. 



SOUTH Island: naturalised, Broken River Basin, Canterbury. Dec, Jan. Central Europe. 



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*T. procumbens, L., Sp. PL 727. Annual. Stems spreading or ascending; 

 • 6in.-15in. long, pubescent. Stipules ovate, acute, hairy. Leaves pinnately 3 

 foliolate ; leaflets narrow, cuneate-obovate, refuse or emarginate, minutely toothed. 

 ■ Heads on slender axillary peduncles, very dense. Flowers about 40, on short 

 pedicels, ultimately reflexed. Calyx small, campanulate ; teeth very short, unequal. 

 Standard dilated, reflexed in front. Pod much shorter than the standard. 

 Naturalised throughout the colony. Hop trefoil. Nov., Feb. Europe. 



