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ally 2 together, oal. 10-veined hairy, teeth lauceolate-suhulate 

 mueronate about as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent 

 vein erect, tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long subu- 

 latepoint, leaflets oblong obovate or roundish obovate in the lower 

 leaves, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds with the 

 radicle slightly prominent.— i'. B. S. 2868.— St. 2—6 in. high, 

 erect. Fl. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 

 Heads dense, somewhat conical. — In dry places, near the Lizard 

 Point, Cornwall. A. VII. E. 



10. T.marit'imum (HuAa.); heads ovate-glohose st&^k&A texaa- 

 nal, cal. strongly veined, teeth ciliate at first subulate erect fall- 

 ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leafiihe acute spreading 1- 

 veined the lower one longest and 3-veined, tube hairy above ob- 

 conical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 

 obovate.— ^. B. 220.— St. spreading, usually procumbent. Fl. 

 pale red, small.— Muddy salt marshes. A. VI. VIL E. 



** Fl. sessile ; throat of the calyx naked within ; heads few- 

 flowered, at length producing thick stellate fibres {abortive 

 calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 



11. T. subterrdneiim (L.) ; heads 2 — 5-flowered erect deflexed 

 in fruit, calyx glabrous, teeth filiform hairy nearly equal shorter 

 than the corolla, tube inflated in fruit and at length split 

 longitudinally, abortive calyces many slender with 5 points, stip. 

 ovate pointed, leaflets oboordate. — K B. 1048. — St. prostrate 

 and as well as the 1. hairy. Fl. white, considerably longer than 

 the calyx. The abortive calyces are remarkably characteristic 

 of this species. — Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. E.I. 



**« Fl. sessile or stallied ; throat of the calyx naked within^ not 

 inflated; pods 2 — i-seeded. 



12. T. glomerdtum (L.) ; heads globose sessile terminal and 

 axillary, calyx sessile 10-veined, teeth ovate very acute veiny 

 nearly equal reflexed, stip. ovate taper-pointed, leaflets obcor- 

 date the upper ones obovate, seeds 2. — E. B. 1063. — St. pro- 

 cumbent. Fl. rose-coloured ; standard persistent, striate. Seeds 

 transversely ovate-reniform, radicle prominent. — Gravelly places 

 in the East and South of England, rare. Wicklow, I. A. VI. 



E.I. 



13. T. stric'tum (L.) ; heads globose axiUary, calyx sessile 

 10-veined, teeth subulate unequal somewhat spreading, stip. 

 broad pointed serrate, leaflets obovate the upper ones oblong, 

 seeds 2.—^. B. S. 2949.— St. diffuse, short. Fed. short. Pods 

 slightly projecting ; seeds ovate, radicle slightlyprominent. — 

 Jersey. Near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. A. VI. — ^VIII. E. 



