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lugumin6s.'e 



dense oval heads of about 40 yeWo^i flowers, resembling MediccU^o 

 lupuliiia in iiabit, but at once distinguislied when in fruit by the 

 tawny, hop-like heads of withered flowerg, the stavdaj-d petals per- 

 sisting and arching over the pods : styHe shorter than the pod. 

 Dry pastures ; abundant. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



21.* T. agrariuin, a closely-allied form with the style as long as 

 the pod and the Jieads larger, occurs as a casual. 



22. T,, di'ibiiim (Ijcsser Yellow 

 Trefoil), with much smaller Jieads 

 than T. proei'niit'e/n, 4 — 20- 

 flowered, turning dark brown, is 

 even more common in dry places. 

 — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



23. T. Jilif brine (Slender Yellow 

 Trefoil). — A small, prostrate, very 

 slender, sh'ghtly hairy species, with 

 very small 2 — 7-flowered loose 

 heads, is much less common. — Fl. 

 June, July. Annual. 



9. Anthylli.s (Kidney- Vetch). 



Herbs or shrubs ; leaves im- 

 paripinnatc ; Jlo-vers in capitate 

 cymes ; calyx inflated ; petals with 

 long cla\ys ; stamens raonadel- 

 phous ; pfid enclosed in the caly.x, 

 T-seeded., (Name of Greek origin.) 



I. .7. J 7////tvw7(7 (Kidncy-A'etch, 

 Lady's Fingers). — The only British 

 species, a handsome, herbaceous, 

 silky plaiit, with pinnate leaves 

 (the terminal leaflet largest), and 

 yellow pl'ivers, with pale inflated 

 ealyees. The dense, many-flowered 

 heads of flowTrs grow two together 

 at the end of each stalk, like the 

 two lobes of a kidney. There are 

 white and red-flowered varieties. Dry pastures. — Fl. June — 

 August. Perennial. 



iiCL:iir!E;.,'5(//,yi TrefoiD. 



10. Li'iTU.s (Cird's-loot Trefoil). — Herbs or undershrubs; leaves 

 of 4 or 5 leaflets ; stipules minute or absent ; Jlowers in long-stalked, 

 capitate or umbellate, cynics ; ealyx not inflated ; sfaiiiens diadel- 

 phous ; pod longer than the calyx, straighi, c)'lindric, many-seeded. 

 (Name of (Ireek origin.) 



