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cealed by the very hairy calyx. Seeds oval, greenish yellow, 
radicle not prominent.—Sandy fields. A. VII—IX. Hare’s- 
foot Trefoil. 
7. T. striatum (L.); heads ovate or oblong sessile terminal and 
lateral solitary or the terminal in pairs, calyx 10-nerved hairy, 
teeth subulate wnequal straight mucronate about equalling the 
cor., tube ventricose in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leatlets obcor- 
date or obovate, veims equal and straight at the margins.—E. B. 
1843. St. 16. 6. 7.—St. procumbent, 4—10 in. long and as well 
asthel. silky. Stip. with reddish vems. FI. small. Seeds oval, 
brownish yellow, radicle not prominent.—f. erectum (Leight.) ; 
st. erect, heads elongated subconical lateral shortly stalked, cor. 
longer than the calyx.—Dry and sandy places. A. VI. VII. 
8. T. scabrum (L.); heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 
solitary, cal. 10-nerved hairy, teeth lanceolate mucronate about 
equalling the cor. with 1 strong prominent nerve 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. 
9. T. Bocconi (Savi); heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 
ally 2 together, cal. 10-nerved hairy, teeth lanceolate-subulate 
mucronate about as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent 
nerve erect ; tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long 
subulate point, leaflets oblong-obovate in the lower leaves 
roundish-obovate, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds 
with the radicle slightly prominent.—£. 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. 
10. T. maritimum (Huds.); heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 
nal, cal. strongly nerved, teeth ciliated at first subulate erect fall- 
ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leaflike acute spreading 
l-nerved the lower one longest and 3-nerved, tube hairy above 
obconical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 
obovate.—E. B. 220.—St. spreading, usually procumbent. FL. 
pale red, small.—Muddy salt marshes. A. VI. VII. E. I. 
** Fl. sessile; throat of the calyx naked within ; heads few- 
flowered, at length producing thick stellated fibres (abortive 
calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 
ll. T. subterraneum (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 longi- 
tudinally, abortive calyces numerous slender stellate with 5 points, 
