78 25. LEGUMINOS*. 



*** Fl. sessile or stalked j throat of the calyx naked within, 

 not inflated j pods 2 — 4 — 8-seeded. 



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

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

 nearly equal reflexed, stip. ovate taper-pointed, leaflets obcordate 

 the upper ones obovate, seeds 2. — E.B. 1063. — St. procumbent. 

 Fl. rose-coloured ; standard persistent, striated. Seeds trans- 

 versely ovate-reniform, radicle prominent. — Gravelly places in 

 the east and south of England. A. VI. 



13. T. strictum (L.) ; heads globose axillary, calyx sessile 10- 

 veined, teeth subulate unequal somewhat spreading, stip. broad 

 pointed serrated, leaflets obovate the upper ones oblong, seeds 2. 

 —E. B. S. 2949.— St. difl'use, short. Ped. short. Pods slightly 

 exserted ; seeds ovate, radicle slightly prominent. — Jersey. Near 

 the Lizard Point, Cornwall. A. VI.— VIII. E. 



14. T. suffocatum (L.) ; heads roundish sessile axillary, cal. 

 sessile, teeth lanceolate acute falcate recurved longer than the 

 corolla, stip. ovate pointed, leaflets obcordate, seeds 2. — E. B. 

 1049. — St. short, usually buried in the sand. Fl. small, erect. 

 Cal. scarcely striated. Seeds roundish, radicle prominent. — 

 Sandy sea-shores, rare. A. VI. E. 



15. T. repens {h.) ; henAs roundish, peduncles axillary longer 

 than the leaves, fl. stalked at length deflexed, calyx glabrous half 

 as long as the corolla, teeth lanceolate unequal erect, stip. ovate 

 abruptly cuspidate, leaflets obovate or obcordate, seeds 4, stems 

 creeping. — E. B. 17'J9. St. 15. 6. — Fl. white, standard striated, 

 sometimes pink. L. often with a dark spot at their base. Pod 

 included. In damp seasons the pod is often protruded in the 

 form of a horn or changed into a small leaf. — Meadows and pas- 

 tures. P. V. — IX. Dutch or White Clover. 



16. T.f ornithopodioides (h.); clusters stalked axi[la.vy of 1 — 

 3 stalked fl., calyx glabrous, teeth slender acute nearly equal 

 erect, stip. ovate with long taper points, leaflets obcordate, seeds 8. 

 -—E. B. 1047.— St. prostrate. Fl. small, pet. all distinct. Pod 

 exserted, compressed, obtuse, transversely furrowed, slightly 

 hauy, cui-ved, longer than the calyx, opening with 2 valves. This 

 plant is scarcely a Trifolium or Trigonella. — Dry gravelly places. 

 A. VI. VII. 



**** Fl. sessile ; throat of the calyx naked within, inflated after 

 flowering and arched above. 



17. T. fragiferum (L.); heads globose, peduncles axillary 

 exceeding the leaves, involucre multifid equalling the calyx, calyx 

 of the fruit membranous reticulated downy, stip. ovate with a long 

 attenuated point, leaflets obovate emarginate minutely serrate. 



