86 25. LEGUMiirosjB. 



8. T. sodbrum (L.) ; heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 

 solitary, cal. 10- veined iairy,- teeth lanceolate mucronate about 

 equalling the cor. with 1 strong prominent vein at length patent, 

 tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets o novate, 

 veins thickened and curved at the margins. — St. procumbent, 

 spreading. Fl. small. Cal. of the fruit very rigid. Seeds ob- 

 long, reddish yellow : radicle not prominent. — Dry aandv places. 



A.v.-vn. , 'i.s.i. 



9. T. Boccdni (Savi) ; heads ollong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 

 ally 2 together, ' cal. 10-veihed hairy, teeth lanceolate-subulate 

 mticronate about as long as the dor. with 1 strong prominent 

 «em erect, tube' cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long subiL- 

 faiepomi, leaflets dblong'-obovate roundish ob ovate in the lower 

 leaves, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds vsdth the 

 radicle slightly prominent.— .E. B. 8. 2868.— St. 2—6 in. high, 

 erect. Fl. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 

 Heads dense, somewhat conical. — In dry places, near the Lizard 

 Point, QornwaU. A. VH: E. 



10. T. marit'imum (Huds.) ; heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 

 nal, cal. strongly veined, teeth ciliate at first subulate erect fall- 

 ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leaflike acute Kpreadiiig 1- 

 veined the loiver one longest and S-veined, tube hairy above ob- 

 conical in frliit, stipi broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 

 obovate.. — St. spreading, usually procumbent. Fl. pale red, 

 small. — Muddy salt marshes. A. VI. VII. E. 



** Fl, sessile ; throat of the calyx naked imthin ; heads feie- 

 Jlowered, at length producing thick stellate fibres {abortive 

 calyces') from their centre tohich ultimately fold over the fruit. 



11. T. .subterrdneum. (L.) ; heads 2 — 5-flowered erect deflexed 

 in fruit, calyx glabrous, teeth filiform hairy nearly equal shorter 

 than the corolla, tube inflated in fruit and at length split longi- 

 tudinally, abortive calyces many slender with 5 points, stip. ovate 

 pointed, leaflets obcordate. — St. prostrate and as well as the 1. 

 hairy: Fl. white, considerably longer than the calyx. The 

 abortive calyces ai-e remarkably characteristic of this species. — ■ 

 Dry gravelly places. A. V. Yl. E. 



**• Fl sessile or stalked; throat of the calyx naked within, not 

 inflated; pods 2 — i-seeded. 



12. T. glomerdtum (L.) ; heads globose sessile terminal and 

 axillary, calyx sessile 10-veined, teeth ovate very acute veiny 

 nearly equal reflaxed, stip. ovate taper-pointed, leaflets obcor- 

 date the.upper ones obovate, seeds 2. — St. procumbent. Fl. rose- 



