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deep crimson, in solitary, terminal, stalked, cylindric //(((^/.v i — 3 

 in. long; calyx-teeth hairy, shorter than ^ the corolla, spreading in 

 the fruit. — A common ibdder crop, sometimes escaping. — Fl, 

 June, July. Annual. 



7. T. JLi/liierii (Large-headed 'White Trefoil).— Perhaps the 

 original wild form of the preceding, from which it differs in being 

 shorter, and in having adpressed hairs and white or pink floivers 

 in conical heads about i in. long.— Oa the cliffs at the Lizard, 

 Cornwall. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



8.* T. sfelldtiim (Starry-headed Trefoil). — A prostrate form with 

 terminal, stalked, globose heads of small cream-coloured Jlent'crs, 

 and hairy ea/vx-tee//i spreading remarkably in a star-like manner in 

 fruit. — (Jccurs as a casual on the shingle* near Shorehara, Sussex. — 

 Fl. June, July. Annual. 



9. T. arveinl' (Hare's-foot Trefoil). — Softly hairy, erect, branched; 



floivers small, pale pink, in terminal, stalked cylindric heads about 



I in. long, and almost concealed in the long, very soft, russet hairs 



of their cafyees. — A very distinct species,; common in sandy places. 



— Fl. July — September. Annual. 



■s--;h,!- Jjgads !/ia?iv-flowered, tcnnhial and axiUary 



t Tliroai of ra/vx -a'ith a ?-i/!i'; ofhaiis : pod i-seeded 



10. T. Boceiuiei {hocc one's Trefoil). — A small pubescent erect 



species, 2 — 6 in. high, with oblong sti/'dles with bristly points, and 



sessile dense conical heads, usually 2. together, of small white 



florceis. — Grrnvs in dry places at the Lizard. — I'T July. ^Vnnual. 



ir. T. striatum (Soft-Knotted Trefoil). — A prostrate, ascending, 

 silky species with small rose-coloured fleracrs in sessile, terminal 

 and axillary, ovate downy heads : and a ribbed ea/yx swelling after 

 flowering. — Dry places, especially near the sea ; frequent. — Fl. 

 June, July. Annual. 



12, T. Sidbriim (Rigid Trefoil). — A small downy, prostrate 

 plant, with inconspicuous white flowefs in sessile, dense, ovoid, 

 terminal and axillary tieads, which become prickly from the rigid, 

 spinescent, sijreading eatvx-teeth when ip fruit. — Dry places ; often 

 growing with the preceding, but less common. — Fl. JiLi)' — July. 

 Annual. 



I Tliraat af eatvx gtalir<iiis : pad 2 — .\-seeded 



I ;. T. s^Iomcratiiiii (Smooth KouiTd-hcaded Trefoil). — ^'ery 

 simiku' to the jireceding, fiut glabrous .lud with rounder heads of 

 [jurplish Jlowers and more lealy broad ealxx-teetli, which are 

 spinescent and rcllexed in fruit. — Gravelly places near the sea; 

 rare. i'"l. June. Annual. 



