408 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



full of the seeds, that the plant springs up wherever, and whenever, circumit 

 ces are favorable to germination. It is rarely, if ever, cultivated, here • but 

 teemed an excellent j»asture, --though Mr. Elliott speaks unfavorably of it l n x\ 

 South. ' U,te 



4. T. agharium, Ls Stem ascending, with erect branches ; leaflets 

 obovutc-oblong, all subscstule ; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, smooth 

 often longer than the common petiole ; heads elliptic-ovoid, on l on 

 peduncles. Beck, Bot. p. 79. • 



Field Tiufolium. Vulgd — Yellow Clover. Hop Clover. 



Root annual. Stem 6 to 12 or 15 inches long, hard, rather erect, branchin* 



terete, striate, pubescent with appressed hairs. Leaflets half an inch to near a ? ' 



inch long, and 1 eighth to 1 third of an inch wide, ovale or obovate-oblong inch 



hiag to narrow-rhomboid, obtuse, often retuse, denticulate, smooth, all BUbeeastlei 



common petioles 1 fourth of an inch to an inch long] stipules linear-lanceolet ' 



scute, not ciliale, the upper om.s longer than the petioles. Heads of flowers half 



an inch to 3 quarters loilg, and about half an inch in diameter, mostly oval, en 



axillary peluncles 3 fourths of an inch to an inch and half long ; flutters sub'scs 



sile, finally retlexed, imbricated. Calyx subcampanulate, short, smooth ish ; tu* 



ments unequal, the 2 upper ones shorter. Corolla yellow, finally a chestnut brown" 



acarious, persistent; vexillum obcordate, striale-suleale. Legume short, 1-sccd! 



ed. 



JIab. Sandy grounds : not common. Fl. June-August. Fr. July -September, 

 Obs. This foreigner is occasionally to be found in the sandy grounds, and . 

 along roadsides, towards the Schuylkill ; but is yet somewhat rare. 



5; T. rnocuMBENs, L. Stems mostly procumbent; leaflets obcordate- 

 cuncate, the terminal one petiolate ; stipules lance-ovate, citiatc ; heads 

 roundish-ovoid, small, on rather short slender peduncles. Beck Bat 

 p. 79. ' ' 



Procumbent Tiiifolium, Vulgd — Yellow Clover. 



Root annual. Stem 2 or 3 to 6 or 8 inches long, often diffusely branched at base, 

 procumbent, or decumbent, (sometimes nearly erect) slender, hairy, often vllkwe. 

 Leaflets 1 fourth of an inch to hall' an inch long, and 1 eighth to one third of an 

 inch wide, denticulate towards the apex, smooth ish, the terminal one on a n^ 

 o7* about 2 lines long ; common petiole 1 fourth to near half an inch lon? ; stipules 

 lance-ovate, amplexicaul, ciliate. Heads of flowers smaller than in the preceding 

 suhglobose, on slender hairy axillary peduncles half an inch to an inch long 3 ;' 

 flowers crowded, subscssile. Calyx somewhat hairy; segme?its unequal, the J 



upper very short. Corolla yellow, resembling the preceding, but smaller. Leg. 

 ume 1-seeded. 



Hob. Dry, sandy soils ; roadsides: not common. FL May— Aug. Fr.. July— Sept' 

 Obs. This, also, is a foreigner, and is gradually extending itself in our County. 

 It has much general resemblance to the preceding. Eight or ten additional ape- 

 cies are enumerated in the U. States. 



Sub-Tribe 3. Leaves various, trifoliate, or odd-pinnate ; primordial ones op- 

 posite. Stamens mostly Diadelphous. Clitorije. DC. 



338. GALACTIA. Mx. JSTntt. Gen. 618. 

 [Greek, Gala, milk ; from the species being lactescent.] 



Calyx bibracteate, 4-cleft ; segments acute, nearly equal. Petals 



