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axillary equalling or exceeding the leaves, fl. at length reflexed, 

 standard dilated and defiexed in front (tiot folded) striate much 

 exceeding the pod, style much shorter than the pod, stip. ovate 

 acute entire, Its. obovate emarginate, central petiole longest, 

 seeds oval, radicle scarcely prominent. — i'. B. 945. St. 15. 16. 

 — Primary stem erect, branches procumbent or ascending. PI. 

 turning tawny. Radicle causing a slight irregularity in the 

 otherwise regularly oval seeds. — -Dry pastures. A. VI. — VIII. 



E. 8. 1. 



19. T. minus (Sm.) ; heads close about 12 fi, ped. axillary 

 straight, pedicels very short, fl. at length reflexed, standard 

 folded furrowed truncate covering the pod, style much shorter 

 than the pod, stip. ovate falling short of petioles, Its. obcordate 

 intermediate one stalked.— -E. B. 1256. T, filiforme Koch. — 

 St. wiry, ascending or prostrate. PI. turning dark brown. — Dry 

 places. A. VI.— Vni. E. S. I. 



20. T.fiUfar'me (L.) ; Jl.few (2 — 7) in lax racemes, ped. axil- 

 lary fiexuose, pedicels as long as the calyx-tube, fl. at length 

 reflexed, standard folded not furrowed deeply notched scarcely 

 covering the pod. — E. B. 1257. T. miiyranthum Koch. — St. 

 prostrate, very slender. Standard much narrower in proportion 

 than in T. minus. — Dry places. A. VI. VII. E. S. ? I. 



8. Palcai'itla Brot. 



1. JF". omithopodicfides (Bab.) ; clusters stalked axillary of 1 — 

 3 stalked Jl., calyx glabrous, teeth slender acute nearly equal 

 erect, stip. ovate with long taper points, leaflets obcordate, seeds 

 6— 8.— X B. 1047. Trigonetla DC— St. prostrate. PI. small, 

 pet. aU distinct. Pod compressed, blvmt, transversely furrowed, 

 slightly hairy, curved, longer than the calyx, opening with 2 

 valves. — ^Dry gravelly places, rare. A. VI. VII. E. I. 



9. Lo'iirs Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



1. L. corniculdius (L.) ; claw of the standard obovate trans- 

 versely vaulted, calyx-teeth adpressed in the hud subulate from a 

 triangular base, points of the 2 upper teeth converging, heads 5 — 10- 

 fiuwered. — E. B. 2090. — Glabrous or slightly hairy. St. ascend- 

 ing. Leaflets obovate. Stip. rather narrowly ovate. Angle 

 between the 2 upper calyx-teeth rounded. — ^. viUosus (Ser.) ; 

 upper part of st. 1. and caL hairy with long spreading hairs. — 

 y. crassif alius (Pers.) ; pilose, st. caespitose, leaflets obovate 

 fleshy, stip. ovate. — 8. L. tenuis (Sm.) ; gla,brous or slightly 

 hairy, st. filiform long procumbent or ascending, leaflets Imear 

 or linear-obovate, stip. J-ovate. E. B. 8. 2615. Perhaps a 

 distinct species. — Pastures, dry banks, &c. P. VI. — VHI. 



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