406 DIADELPH1A DECANDRIA 



long ; stipules mostly entite, tapering to a long slender point. Racemes ertct 

 axillary peduncles half an inch to an inch lotig ; pedicels 1 to 2 lines in /*J tk 

 ttith each a subulate bract at base as long as the pedicel. Calyx hairy ; sectne ' 

 nearly equal, subulate. Corolla violet-purple, nearly ttricc as long as the cat 

 Legumes cochleate or spirally coiled, reticulately vci/nd, someichat pilose, s c 

 eeveral. * 



Hab. Cultivated Lots: not common. Fl. June— July. Fr. August. 



Obs. IVtis has been occasionally cultivated, on a small scale , but it is not tnuk 

 esteemed by our farmers, ami is now generally neglected. There are no not 

 species in the U. Slates. e 



337. TRIPOLIUM. /,. Mutt. Gen. 604. 

 [Latin, Ties, three, and Folium, a leaf; characteristic of the genua.] 



Calyx tubular, persistent, 5-clef' ; segments subulate. Keel shorter 

 than the wings and vexillum. Legume small, scarcely dehiscent, 1 or 

 2- (rarely 3 or 4-) seeded, mostly included in the calyx. Flo-wen 

 densely spiked, or capitate. 



1. T. auvkxsk, L. Stem erect, branched, pilose; leaflets obovate- 

 linear, orcuneate-oblong, somewhat 3-toothed at apex ; stipules narrow* 

 hairy, terminating in a long subulate point ; spikes oblong, cylindric! 

 softly vi Hose, without bracts at base, pedunculate ; calyx-segments 

 equal, setaceous, plumosely villose, longer than the corolla. * Beck- 

 Bot. p. 79. 



Field Trifolium. Vulgo— Stone Clover. Welsh Clover. Kabbit foot. 

 Gall. — Pied de Lievre. Germ.— Der Hasenklee. His/).— Pic de Liebre. 

 Plant softly pilose. Root annual. Stem bio 12 inches high, terete, generally 

 much branched. Leaflets half an inch to near an inch long, and 1 to 3 or 4 line, 

 wide, subdentate near the apex, clause, mostly emarginate and mucronate, all 

 ■ubsessile ; common petioles I fourth of an inch to an inch long ; stipules adnati 

 to the petioles, membranaceous, nerved, with a long subulale-filif -rm acuminatum. 

 Spikes half an inch to an inch long, and 1 third to half an inch in diameter, cyl' 

 Indric, obtuse, v, ry villose, and of a pale tawney color, naked at base, on terminal 

 and axillary peduncles half an inch to an inch and half in length. Corolla small 

 inconspicuous, whitish, or pale pink, with a purple spot on the wings. Legumt 

 l-seedcd. Seed oval. 



Hab. Sterile, sandy old fields: frequent. Fl. June— August. Fr. August-Octo. 

 Obs. Sup|*>sed to be a native; if so, it is common to both hemispheres. It u 

 a worthless species,— and indicative of a poor soil, and neglected agriculture. 



2. T. pratexse, L. Stems ascending; leaflets oval, or oblong- 

 ovate, often retuse, or emarginate / stipules broad, terminati?ig in a 

 •ubulate point : heads ovoid, obtuse, dense-floivered, bracteate at 

 base, subsessile ; calyx-segments subulate-linear, sub-pilose, scarcely 

 half as long as the corolla, the lower one longer than the rest. Beck, 

 Bot. p. 79. 



Meadow Trifolium. Vulgo— Red Clover. Common Clover. 

 GaLIice— Trtjle des PreS. Gcrm.—Der Klee. Hisp.—Trebol. 



Root biennial ? (perennial Willd. DC. &c.) large, somewhat fusiform, branching 

 below. Steins several from the same root, 1 to 2 or 3 feet long, ascending, or *. 



