PAP1LIONACE.33. 



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closely sessile, in little dense heads, 

 crowded along the short stems, close to 

 the ground. Calyx thin, with fine re- 

 curved teeth ; the corolla very minute. 



In dry pastures and sandy or gravelly 

 places, especially near the sea, in south- 

 ern Europe to the Caucasus, extending 

 up western France to the shores of the 

 Channel. Bare in England, on the 

 southern coasts, extending eastward up 

 to Norfolk, and westward to Anglesea ; 

 not recorded from Ireland, but perhaps 

 overlooked from its small size. Fl. 

 spring or early summer. 



Fig. 253. 



14. Reversed Clover. Trifolium resupinatum, Linn. 

 (Fig. 254.) 



(Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2789, not good,) 



A glabrous annual, with numerous 

 stems, leafy and tufted at the base, 

 lengthened out to a foot or more. Sti- 

 pules rather broad, with narrow points. 

 Flower-heads small, on short axillary 

 peduncles. Calyx glabrous or hairy on 

 the upper side only, the teeth short, 

 but after flowering the upper part be- 

 comes very much inflated, arched, 

 membranous and veined, with the 2 up- 

 per teeth at the top, the 3 lower ones 

 remaining at the base of the inflated 

 part. Corolla small, pink, the standard 

 turned outwards instead of inwards as 

 in other Clovers. 



In meadows and pastures, especially 

 near the sea, in southern Europe to the 

 Caucasus, and up western France to the 

 shores of the Channel. JN T ot indigenous Fl S # 254 ' 



in Britain, but has occasionally appeared in some of the southern coun- 

 ties of England. Fl. spring and early summer. 



