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1. L. COKNICULATUS, Linn. A small'variable perennial, decumbent to erect, a 

 few inches to 1 foot, glabrous to rather profusely hairy. Leaves of 5 leaflets, the 

 lower pair close to the stem ; leaflets acute, ovate to linear, mostly \-\ inch long. 

 Flowers in small, terminal, long-stalked umbels, yellow. Pod 1-1| inch long 



1 Very common; also in South Atistralia, Victoria, and Ne-w South Wales, 

 and in tempei'ate climates of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. Fl. 

 spring and summer. 



2. L. AUSTEALis, And. Similar to L. corniculatus in general habit. Leaflets 

 narrow, obovate to spathulate, f-1 inch long, blunt. Flowers pink or white. 



North Coast to George's Bav ; also throughout Australia and the Islands of 

 .South Pacific. Fl. Dec.-Feb. ' 



The following Papilionacea: have been introduced chiefly as weeds of 

 cultivation and fodder plants from Europe : — 



Ulex eubopbus, Linn. Erect, much-branched, very spiney shrub, with 



numerous bright yellow flowers. 

 Ononis arvensis, Linn. Procumbent spreading shrub. Leaves trifoliate. 



Flowers pink. 

 ViciA. A genus closely allied to the Pea. Pod oblong, flat, many-seeded. 

 Leaves with numerous opposite pairs of leaflets, usually terminating in 

 a tendril. 



V. sativa, Linn. Flowers rather large, nearly sessile, axillary, pinkish- 

 purple. 

 V. hirsuta, Koch. Peduncles elongated. Plant hairy. Pod 2-seeded. 

 V. tetraspei-ma, Moench. Peduncle elongated. Plant hairless or 

 nearly so. Pod 4-6-seeded. 



• Teifolidm. Herbs with trifoliate leaves and dense, usually spherical 

 flower-heads. Pods usually 1-seeded, enclosed in the calyx. 



T. pratense, Linn. Head 1-1| inch in diameter. Flowers pinkish- 

 purple. Calyx-teeth all equal. 

 T. medium, Linn. Stalk alternately curved. Lower calyx-teeth 



longest. 

 T. arvense, Linn. Erect, small. Flower-heads oblong. Calyx-lobes 



long, feathery. 

 T. repens, Linn. Creeping, flowers white. 

 T.re.mpinatum,'Lvim. Flowers small. Heads shortly stalked. Calyces 



inflated, white. Leaflets obovate. 

 T. fragiferum, Linn. Heads long-stalked. Calyces inflated, often 



pink. Leaflets oblong. 

 T. glomeratum, Linn. Heads small, sessile, axillary. Flowers pink. 

 T. agrarium, Linn. Heads small, shortly stalked. Flowers yellow, 



persistent, the standard longitudinally furrowed. 

 T. procumbens, Linn- Similar to the last, only flower-heads smaller, 



and standard scarcely furrowed. 



Mblxlottjs. a genus very similar to. Trifolium, but the flowers are 

 arranged in more or less elongated spike-like racemes. 



M. officinalis, Linn. Flowers yellow. Usually 2-4 feet high. Pod 



irregularly veined. 

 M. arvensis, Willd. Very similar, usually smaller. Pod transversely 



wrinkled. • ' 



M. parviflova, Desf. Seldom a foot high. Leaflets narrow, truncate, 



otherwise similar to the last. 

 M. alba Linn. Flowers white. Tall, sometimes 9 feet high. 



