110 THE PEAFLOWER FAMILY. _Reyfolam 
fade d . LT. procumbens 
Flowers not more than 20 in the head. Standard scarcely siete. 
| Flowers usually 10 to 20 in the head, sessile or on very pce? pedicels. 
} (ruc 30 to 40, in a compact head. Standard distinctly en wher 
Central leaflet usually raised above the others 6 4 9. T. minus. 
Flowers 2 or 3, rarely 5 or 6 inthe head. Pedicels as long as the calyx- 
Ai tube. Central leaflet usually sessile between the others 20. Z. sibel ag 
5 f Flowers pedicellate in the head, reflexed after vidsiaacs : * 6 
Flowers sessile, erect. P = - 7 
Stem creeping and rooting at the nodes 16. T. repens. 
62 Stem ascending or erect and branched, without roots at the nodes. 
43. 7 Neier 
” { Stem creeping and rooting at the modes or closely prostrate .  . 8 
Stem ascending or erect MN : 
Heads globular. Flowers amall. Calyx much inflated after flowering. 
8 15. 7. fragiferum 
Heads of few rather large flowers. Peduncles mae down into the ground 
after flowering . : . 14, TZ. subterraneum 
9 f Heads oblong or cylindrical when fully out : ‘ : 4 é : . 10 
¢ Heads ovoid or globular E , See . Shia 
10 § Corolla small, shorter than the long, fine calyx- teeth ‘ ; 2. T. arvense. 
(Corolla showy. Standard longer than the LE vee - 1, ZT. incarnatum. 
ia Corolla small, 1 to 3 lines long : 4 ; : 4 ; . 12 
? Corolla showy, 5 to 6 lines long or more . 2 : : . 13 
Calyx-teeth short, lanceolate, slightly ciliate - : "7, DT. mar itimum. 
Calyx-teeth short, subulate, glabrous . . 10. ZT. strictum. 
12 Gains softly hairy, the teeth longer than the corolla, ‘spreading after flower- 
re ng. . 3. ZT. stellatum. 
Calyx inflated after flowering. Standard turned outwards 4 LD. resupinatum 
13 Annual. Teeth of the calyx nearly equal . . T. incarnatum. 
Perennials... Lower tooth of the calyx ae than the others , . 14 
14 ¢Flowersred . pines es . 6. T. medium 
U Flowers cream-coloured woo ae ee Ue Be  ochrotemeemns 
15 { Corolla showy, 6 lines long or more : ; 2 : : : . ‘ . 16 
Corollasmall,1lto3lines . 4 ; A : ‘ ‘ : a F 
igf Flowersred . ° . 3 : : ; ; ' 5. T. pratense. 
? Flowers cr eam-coloured . ; ; 4, T. ochrolewcum. 
Heads ovoid or oblong when fully out. Calyx more or less hairy, withr rigid, 
erect or spreading teeth 
- { Heads globular. Calyx glabrous, ‘with short recurved teeth 
ig § Heads crowded at the base of the ver y short prostrate stems 12. 7. suffocatum. 
( Heads distinct or distant along the branches . 1l. 7. glomeratum. 
19 ( Calyx-teeth rigid and spreading after flowering, almost lanceolate . 20 
( Calyx-teeth shortly subulate, erect or slightly sdar et - ; . 21 
20 § Stems ascending or erect, a foot high or more . ; 7. 7. maritimum. 
( Stems spreading, seldom ‘above Ginches.. : ‘ . 9. ZT. scabrum. 
21 { Leaflets obovate. Upper stipules very‘broad . . 8. FZ. striatum. © 
Leaflets narrow-oblong or linear. Stipules narrow. " Stem erect. 
1. 7. incarnatum. 
1, T.incarnatum, Linn. (fig. 244). Crimson Clover.—A softly hairy 
annual, erect or nearly so, often perennial slender and starved-looking 
when wild, with ovoid or shortly oblong terminal flower-heads; but in rich 
soils, or when cultivated, attaining 13 to 2 feet in height, with oblong or 
cylindrical flower-heads sometimes 2 inches long. Stipules broad and 
membranous. Leaflets very broadly obovate or obcordate. Calyx softly 
hairy, with narrow pointed teeth nearly equal in length. Corolla of a rich 
crimson, or of a pale cream-colour, 4 to 6 lines long. 
In open places, especially near the sea, in southern Europe, and, having 
been long cultivated for fodder, has become naturalized in various parts of 
central and even northern Europe. In Britain, a pale yellow perennial form, 
T’. Bocconi, Savi (fig. 245), the most common in a truly wild state on the 
Continent, appears to be indigenous on the coast of Cornwall, near the 
