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*T. dLabima., Sibbh., Fl. Oxon. 231. Annual. Stems slender, wiry, prostrate 

 or ascending, 3in.-18in. long, glabrate or hairy. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets 

 obovate, emarginate, minutely serrate. Stipules ovate, acuminate. Peduncles 

 axillary, very slender. Heads small, dense. Flowers about 12, yellow. Pedicels 

 very short. Calyx short, half as long as the corolla; teeth linear-subulate. 

 Standard folded, furrowed, slightly exceeding the pod. 



Abundantly naturalised throughout the colony. Little yellow suckling. Oct. to March. 

 Europe. 



•T. filiforme, L., Sp. PL 778. Annual. Stems 2in.-6in. long, prostrate, very 

 slender, pubescent. Stipules ovate, acute. Leaflets emarginate. Peduncles axillary, 

 capillary, short. Mowers 2-6, very small, yellow. Pedicels as long as the calyx- 

 tube, at length reflexed. Standard folded, not furrowed, emarginate, about equalling 

 the pod. 



SOUTH Island : Dunedin ; Blufi Hill. Dec, Jan. Europe. 



• ANTHYLLIS, Linn. 

 Calyx tubular, inflated ; teeth 5, unequal; mouth oblique. Standard auricled at 

 the base ; wings and keel with the claws adnate to the staminal tube. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Ovules 2-4. Pod 1-3-seeded, dehiscent or indehiscent. Herbs, with 

 unequally pinnate leaves, and flowers in compact naked or involucrate cymes. 



•A. vulneraria, L., Sp. Pi. 719. Perennial. Stems 6in.-12in. high, silky. 

 Leaves simple or with 2-6 pairs narrow-oblong leaflets. Heads in pairs, peduncu- 

 late, with an involucre of linear leaflets. Calyx exceeding the petals, contracted at 

 the mouth ; teeth minute. Pod small, 1-seeded, upper suture curved outwards. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson; Dunedin. Sparingly naturalised. Kidney-vetch. Dec, Jan. Eu- 

 rope, North AJrioa, West Africa. 



•LOTUS, Linn. 



Calyx-teeth 6, nearly equal. Petals free from the staminal tube ; keel ascend- 

 ing, narrowed into a beak ; wings connivent at their upper margin. Alternate fila- 

 ments dilated upwards, upper free. Ovary sessile ; ovules numerous ; style kneed at 

 the base. Pod linear, many-seeded, imperfectly septate. Annual or perennial herbs 

 or undershrubs. Leaves pinnate or palmate. 



Stems decumbent. Heads 5-10-flowered . . . . . . . . . . * 7J. eorniculatus. 



Stems erect. Heads 8-12-flowered . . . . . . . . . . * L. uliginosus. 



Stems procumbent. , Heads 1-3-flowered . . . . . . . . . . * L. ang 



*L. eorniculatus, L., Sp. PL 775. Stems decumbent, 6in.-16in. long, gla- 

 brous or slightly hairy. Eootstock short. Petioles very short. Stipules ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. Leaflets obovate. Heads on slender axillary peduncles, depressed. Plowers 

 5-10, shortly pedicelled, yellow with red or crimson streaks. Calyx-teeth adpressed 

 in the bud, points of the two upper teeth converging. Corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx. Pod lin. long or more. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : sparingly naturalised, but often local. Bird's-foot trefoil. 

 Nov. to Jan. Europe. 



*L. uliginosus, SchkuJcr., Handbk. ii. 412, t. 211. Stems erect or ascending, 

 glabrous or hairy, 6in.-18in. high. Eootstock elongate. Leaflets obliquely obovate. 

 Heads on long peduncles, 8-12-flowered. Calyx-teeth spreading in bud, two upper 

 diverging. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : more plentiful than the preceding, but not common. Jan., 

 Feb. Europe, North Africa. 

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