84 25. LEGTJMINOS^. 



— Mouth of fr.-oal. hairy. Stip. sometimes rather acute espe- 

 cially the lower ones. — a. hairs of stem patent, heads oblong, 

 tips of cal.-teeth slightly hairy, fl. reddish purple. — /3. T. Moli- 

 nierii (Balb.) ; st. with adpressed hairs, heads conical, cal.-teeth 

 glabrous, fl. nearly white. -E. B. S. 2950. — Var. a is often cul- 

 tivated. 13 is native near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. A. VI. 

 VII. , E. 



*5. T. stelldtum (L.) ; heads globose stalked terminal, calyx 

 10- veined hairy, teeth subulate from a broad base equal exceeding 

 the corolla patent in fruit i-veined and neUed, throat closed vrith 

 hairs, stip. ovate rather acute denticulate, leaflets obcordate, st. 

 spreading and together with the 1. and stip. villose. — E. B. 1545. 

 8t. 16. 5. — Fl. cream-coloured, small. Calyx of the fruit re- 

 markably large, its teeth spreading like a star. St. short. — 

 Shingly beach near Shoreham. A. VI. VII. £. 



6. T. arvetise (L.) ; lieads nearly cylindrical stalked very 

 hairy, cal. 10-veined, teeth subulate-setaceous hairy nearly equal 

 exceeding the cor. at length slightly spreading, stip. ovate or 

 lanceolate acuminate, leaflets linear-oblong. — jE. B. 944. St. 

 16. 3. — St. erect or, in & maritime form (Ray Sjn. 1. 14. f. 2.), 

 procumbent with globose heads ; st. and 1. finely hairy. Points 

 of the lower stip. sometimes very slender. Fl. small, almost 

 concealed by the very hairy calyx. Seeds oval, greenish yellow ; 



radicle not prominent. — Sandy fields. A. VII.— IX. Hare's- 

 foot Trefoil E. S. I. 



7. T. striatum (L.) ; heads ovate or oblong sessile terminal 

 and lateral solitary or the terminal in pairs, calyx 10-veined 

 haiiy, teeth stibulate unequal straight mucronate about equalling 

 the cor., tube ventricose in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets 

 obcordate or obovate, veins equal and straight at the margins. 

 —K B. 1843. St. 16. 6, 7.— St. procumbent, 4—10 in. long 

 and as well as the 1. silky. Stip. v^ith reddish veins. Fl. small. 

 Seeds oval, brownish yellow ; radicle not prominent. — /3. ej-ec- 

 ium (Leight.); st. erect, heads long suboonical lateral shortly 

 stalked, cor. longer than calyx. — Dry and sandy places. A. VI. 

 VII. E. S. I. 



8. T. scdbrum (L.) ; heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 

 solitary, cal. 10-veined hairy, teeth lanceolate mucronate about 

 equalling the cor. with 1 strong prominent vein at length patent, 

 tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obovate, 

 veins thickened and curved at the margins. — E. B. 903. — St. 

 procumbent, spreading. Fl. small. Cal. of the fruit very rigid. 

 Seeds oblong, reddish yellow ; radicle not prominent. — Dry 

 sandy places. A. V. — VII. E. S. I. 



9. T. Bocc&ni (Savi) ; heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 



