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THE PEAFLOWER TRIBE. 



together at the summit of the stalk, ob- 

 ovate orobcordate, and toothed. Flowers 

 small, nearly white, solitary or 2 or 3 

 together in each axil, the lower ones 

 nearly sessile, the upper ones on stalks 

 of 2 to 4 or even 5 lines long. Calyx- 

 teeth slender. Petals remaining round the 

 pod, as in Clover. Pod slightly curved, 

 glabrous, containing 6 to 8 seeds. 



In dry sandy pastures, chiefly near the 

 sea, in western and southern Europe, 

 extending northward to Denmark. In several maritime counties of 

 England, Ireland, and southern Scotland. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 240. 



VIII. CLOVER. TEIFOLIUM. 



Herbs, with stipules adhering to the leafstalks. Leaves pinnately or 

 almost digitately trifoliolate ; the leaflets often toothed. Flowers red, 

 white, or yellow, in close heads. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals narrow, 

 often connected together by the claws, and usually remaining round 

 the pod after fading. Stamens diadelphous, the upper one entirely 

 free. Pod scarcely protruding beyond the calyx, containing from 1 to 

 4 seeds, and usually indehiscent. 



A very widely spread and numerous genus in the northern hemi- 

 sphere, both in the new and the old world, deficient in several tropical 

 regions, but reappearing in southern America and Africa. It is readily 

 distinguished from the MedicJcs and Trigonels by the pod, from the 

 Melilots by the compact heads of flowers. 



{Heads of flowers pedunculate in the axils of the leaves, or above the 

 last leaves of the stem 2 

 Heads of flowers closely sessile in the axils, or within the last leaves of 

 the stem 14 



„ ( Flowers yellow, reflexed and brown when faded 3 



i Flowers red, white, or cream-coloured 5 



r Flowers 30 to 40, in a compact head. Standard distinctly furrowed 



3 { when faded 18. Hop C. 



L Flowers not more than 20 in the head. Standard scarry striate . . 4 

 r Flowers usually 10 to 20 in the head, sessile or on very short pedicels. 

 j 19. Lesser C. 



j Flowers 2 or 3, rarely 5 or 6 in the head. Pedicels as long as the 

 I calyx-tube 20. Slender C. 



