398 PHANEROGAMIA. 



32. MELILOTUS, Tourn. 



1. Melilotus parviflora, Desf. 



Hab. Rio Negro, North Patagonia. Obrajillo, Peru. Introduced 

 from Europe. Now abundant in all the temperate and subtropical 

 parts of the New World that were colonized by Portugal and Spain. 



33. TRIFOLIUM, Tourn. 

 1. Trifolium fragiferum, Linn. 

 Hab. Madeira; on the coast east of Funchal. 



2. Trifolium filiforme, Linn. 



Hab. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Probably of recent and slight 

 introduction, as it is not mentioned by Dr. Hooker, in his Flora of 

 New Zealand. 



3. Trifolium Peruvianum, Vogel. 



Trifolium Peruvianum, Vogel, in Reliq. Meyen. p. 12. 



Hab. Near Banos, Andes of Peru. 



4. Trifolium Matthewsii, Sp. Nov. 



T. laxe hirsutum; caulibus procumbentibm ; foliolis obovato-cuneatis 

 retusis argute serratis glabratis ; stipulis membranaceis scariosis; 



