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THE PEAPLOWER TRIBE. 



and globular. Flowers very small. Calyx 

 campanulate, the teeth subulate, quite 

 glabrous, and about the length of the 

 corolla. Pod ovoid, generally 1-seeded, 

 projecting from the calyx. 



In dry pastures and waste places, 

 scattered over central and southern 

 Europe, from the Atlantic to Transyl- 

 vania. In Britain, confined to the Chan- 

 nel Islands and the Cornwall coast about 

 the Lizard Point. Fl. early summer. 



12. Clustered Clover. Trifolium glomeratum, Linn. 



(Fig. 252.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1063.) 



A small, slender, spreading annual, 

 glabrous or nearly so. Stipules short, 

 with a subulate point. Leaflets broadly 

 obovate. Flower-heads small, globular, 

 closely sessile in the axils of the leaves 

 or at the ends of the branches. Calyx- 

 teeth short, broad, very pointed, and 

 rigidly recurved as the pod ripens. Co- 

 rolla of a bright pink, very small, al- 

 though longer than the calyx-teeth. 



On dry heaths, pastures, and waste 

 places, very abundant in southern Europe 

 to the Caucasus, and extending more 

 sparingly along western France to the 

 southern and eastern counties of Eng- 

 land. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 252. 



13. Suffocated Clover. Trifolium suffocatum, Linn. 



(Fig. 253.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1049.) 



A very small tufted annual, with procumbent stems often scarcely 

 developed, and seldom more than 2, or at most 3, inches long. Leaf- 

 lets glabrous, obovate, on long slender footstalks. Flowers small, 



