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4 nearly equal in length to the tube, the lower one twice as long. 
Heads of fl. sometimes slightly stalked. FI. purplish, sometimes 
white. St. erect.—8. parviflorum; heads stalked, calyx-teeth as 
long or longer than the corolla.—Mountainous pastures, fields. 
8. in dry places. P.V.—IX. Purple Clover. 
2. T. medium (L.); heads subglobose lax stalked, calyx 
10-nerved glabrous not half as long as the corolla, teeth seta- 
ceous hairy, stip. linear-lanceolate acuminate, leaflets elliptical or 
laneeolate apiculate —E. B. 190. St. 15. 13.—Four of the calyx- 
teeth equalling, or rather longer than the tube, the fifth 4 longer. 
Heads of fi. large. FI. pe St. ascending, zigzag.—Dry 
elevated pastures. P. VI.—IX. 
3. T. ochroleucum (L.); heads subglobose dense stalked soli- 
tary terminal, cal. 10-nerved pubescent about half as long as the 
corolla, teeth erect in fruit subulate lower one rather longer than 
the tube the others two-thirds shorter, stip. lanceolate-subulate, 
leaflets elliptic-oblong the lower one emarginate or cordate.— 
E. B. 1224. St. 15. 15.—Cal. with acute teeth having 1 strong 
nerve. St. 1% foot high, erect. Lower 1. on very long stalks. 
Fi. cream-coloured, at length turning brown.—Dry gravelly soils 
and clays of the east of England. P. VI. VII. E. 8. 
4. T. incarnatum (L.); heads ovate at length cylindrical stalked 
solitary terminal, cal. 10-nerved hairy, teeth patent in fruit lan- 
ceolate-subulate nearly equal rather longer than their tube and 
falling short of the cor., stip. ovate obtuse, leaflets obovate retuse 
or obcordate, st. erect and together with the |. and stip. villose. 
—E. B. S. 2950.—Stip. sometimes rather acute especially the 
lower ones. FI. reddish purple on the cultivated, nearly white 
on (“T. Molinerii Bald.” T. noeanum R.) the wild plant. Mouth 
of the calyx of the fr. hairy.—Near the Lizard Pomt, Cornwall 
(with pale flowers). Rev. W. 8. Hore. A. VI. VIL. E. 
+5. T. stellatum (L.); heads globose stalked terminal, calyx 
10-nerved hairy, teeth subulate from a broad base equal exceeding 
the corolla patent in fruit 3-nerved and reticulated, throat closed 
with hairs, stip. ovate rather acute denticulated, leaflets obcordate, 
st. spreading and together with the |. and stip. villose—E. B. 
1545. St. 16.5.—FI. cream-coloured, small. Calyx of the fruit 
remarkably large, its teeth spreading in a stellate manner. St. 
short.—Shingly beach near Shoreham. A. VI. VII. E. 
6. T. arvense (L.); heads nearly cylindrical stalked very hairy, 
cal. 10-nerved, teeth subulate-setaceous hairy nearly equal nerve- 
less exceeding the cor. at length slightly spreading, stip. ovate 
or lanceolate acuminate, leaflets linear-oblong.— FE. B. 944. 
St. 16. 3.—St. erect, or in a maritime form (Ray Syn. t. 14. f. 2.) 
procumbent with globose heads, st. and 1. finely hairy. Points 
of the lower stip. sometimes very slender. Fl. small, almost con- 
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