124 leguminoSjE. [Trifolkim. 



In rather moist meadows and pastures ; common. Fl. June — August. If. 

 Abundant about E}'de, Freshwater, &c. 



B. Flowers yellow. 



11. T. procumbens, L. Hoi) Trefoil. Vect. Yellow Clover. 



," Heads broadly oval many-flowered dense, pedicels much shorter 



than the calyx, standard at length deflexed furrowed, leaves 



stalked, leaflets obcordate, central one on a longer stalk." — Br. 



Fl. p. 103. E. B. t. 945. 



In fields, meadows and pastures, and in dry waste sandy or gravelly places, by 

 roadsides, &o. ; abundantly, i^/. May — August. 0. 



This plant is not unfrequently cultivated in this island as the Yellow Clover, 

 but being annual is not so valuable as the more common white or purple kinds. 



13. T. minus, Sm. Lesser Yellow Trefoil. " Heads of 8 — 15 

 close flowers on rigid peduncles, pedicels rarely half the length of 

 the tube of the calyx, upper calyx-teeth about ^ of the length of 

 the lower, standard truncate obscurely furrowed much broader than 

 and quite covering the mature legume, lower leaf-stalks much 

 longer than the stipules, leaflets obcordate central one on a longer 

 stalk, stems decumbent hairy." — £r. Fl. p. 103. E. B. t. 1256. 

 W. Wilson in Phytol. No. 15, p. 293. 



In dry barren places, fields, pastures, waste ground, and by roadsides ; frequent. 

 Fl. June, July. 0. 



13. T.filifofme,Ij. Slender Yellow Trefoil. " Heads on capil- 

 lary peduncles of 2 — 5 lax racemed flowers, pedicels longer than 

 the tube of tlie calyx, upper calycine teeth half the length of the 

 lower ones, standard even deeply notched as narrow as and not 

 covering the ripe legume, leaf- stalks scarcely the length of the 

 stipules, leaflets obcordate equally stalked, stem glabrous." — Br. 

 Fl. p. 104. E. B. t. 1257. T. micranthum, Viv. 



In similar places with the last, from which it is perhaps not really distinct. 

 /^/. June, July. 0. 



T. incanialum (Scarlet Trefoil or Clover) occurs here and there, the remains of 

 previous cultivation. 



X. Lotus, Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



" Calyx 5-toothed ; teeth nearly equal. Keel ascending, much 

 acuminated. Legume cylindrical, somewhat spongy within, and 

 imperfectly many-celled. — Flovv'ers umbellate : peduncles bearing 

 a leaf at their aiMx. Leaves trifoliolate." — Br. Fl. 



1. Jj. corniciilatus, L. Common Bird' s foot Trefoil. "Heads 

 depressed umbellate 5 — 10 flowered, peduncles very long, calyx- 

 teeth of the flower-bud straight, the two upper ones always con- 

 verging, claw of the standard obovate and inflated above, stems 

 decumbent. — a. vulgaris; leaves obovate nearly glabrous." — 

 Br. Fl. L. corniculatus, L. : E. B. t. 2090. 



/3. Clothed with fine spreading silky hairs. /3. villosus, Br. Fl. p. 104. L. 

 villosiis, ThuiJl. 



