52 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



' • » Flowers not papilionaceons ; polygamous. I'rees. 



24. <;io<]n'.s('liia> Thorny trees, with ahruptly once- or twice-pinnate 



leaves. Flowers greenish, inconspicuous, in small spikes. 

 Stamens sep.irate, St-IO. 



25. GyiiiiLOc'la)Ins. Not thorny. Large trees with doubly pinnate 



leaves, the le.aiiets vertical. Pod vei-y long and broad. Stamens 

 10. Petals on the summit of the long calyx-tube, whitish. 



1. LIIPI'NIIS, Tourn. LDPINE. 



1. L. peren'nis, L. (Wild Ldpine.) stem erect, some- 

 what hairy. Leaflets 7-9, ohlanceolate. Calyx deeply 

 2-lipped. Pods hairy. — Sandy soil. 



2. L. argen'teus, Pursh., var. argophyl'lus, Watson, 

 occurs in the far -west. The petals are blue or cream- 

 coloured, and the calyx is decidedly spurred at the base. 

 Plant hoary-pubescent. 



3. L. King'ii, Watson (L. pusillus, Pursh.), ,is also a 

 N.W. species. Seeds only 2 or 3. Plant low, villousi with 

 white soft hairs. Eacemes short, few-flowered, on long 

 slender peduncles. 



a. TUIFO'LIVIH, L. Clovek. Trepoii. 



1. T. arvense, L. (Eaebit-foot or Stone Clover.) Stem 

 erect, 4-12 inches high, branching. Heads of whitish 

 flowers oblong, very sUTcy and soft. Calyx-teeth fringed 

 with long silky hairs. — Dry fields. 



2. T. pratense, L. (Eed_C.) stems and leaves some- 

 what hairy, the latter marked with a pale spot on the upper 

 side. Fl(ft\'ers purplish, in dense sessile heads. — Pastures. 



3. T. medium; L. (Zigzag C.) Like the last, but 

 smoother, and the leaves without the pale spot. Heads 

 mostly stalked. — Atl. Prov. 



4. T. repens, L. (White C.) Smooth, creeping. Heads 

 of white flowers rather loose. — Fields everywhere. 



5. T. hy'bridum, L. (Alsike C.) Eesembles the last, but 

 the flowers are rose-tinted, and the stems erect or ascending. 



6. T. reflexum, L. (Buffalo C.) Only in south-western 

 Ontario, in the neighbourhood of the Detroit river. Heads'^ 



