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tary terminal, cal. 10-nerved pubescent about half as long as the 
corolla : teeth erect in fruit subulate lower one rather longer than 
the tube the others two -thirds shorter, stip. lanceolate-subulate, 
leaflets elliptic-oblong the lower one emarginate or cordate. — 
E. B. 1224. St. 15. 15. — Cal. with acute teeth having 1 strong 
nerve, mouth with a thickened ring pubescent on its upper side 
within. St. 1-J foot high, erect. Lower 1. on very long stalks. 
Fl. cream-coloured, at length turning brown. — Dry gravelly soils 
in the cast of England. 1>. VI. VII. E. S. 
[4. T. incarnation (L.) ; heads ovate at length cylindrical stalked 
solitary terminal, cal. 10-nerved hairy not half as long as the 
corolla : teeth patent in fruit lanceolate-subulate nearly equal 
rather longer than the tube and shorter than, the cor., stip. ovate 
obtuse, leaflets obovate retuse or obcordate, st. erect and together 
■with the 1. and stip. villose. — St. 16. 4. — Fl. reddish purple. 
Mouth of the calyx hairy. — /3. Molinieri (R.) ; plant smaller, 
leaflets obcordate, rl. yellow. — Naturalized in a few places. /3. is 
said to be indigenous near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. A. VI. 
VII.] E. 
+5. T. stellatum (L.) ; heads ylobose stalked terminal, calyx 
10-nerved hairy : teeth subulate from a broad base equal longer 
than the corolla patent in fruit 3-nerved and reticulated throat 
closed with hairs, stip. ovate rather acute denticulated, leaflets 
obcordate, st. spreading and together with the Land stip. villose. 
— E. B. 1545. St. 16. 5. — Fl. cream-coloured, small. Calyx 
of the fruit remarkably large, its teeth spreading in a stellate 
manner. St. short. — Shinglv beach between Shoreham and the 
sea. A. VI. VII. E. 
6. T. arvense (L.) ; heads nearly cylindrical stalked very hairy, 
cal. 10-nerved : teeth subulate-setaceous hairy nearly equal nerve- 
less longer than the cor. at length slightly spreading, stip. ovate 
or lanceolate acuminate, leaflets linear-oblong. — E. B. 944. 
St. 16. 3. — St. erect, or in a maritime form (Ray Syn. t. 14. f. 2.) 
procumbent with globose heads, st. and 1. finely hairy. Fl. 
small, almost concealed by the very hairy calyx. Seeds oval, 
greenish yellow, radicle not prominent. Throat of the calyx 
thickened and glabrous within. — Sandy fields. A. VII. — IX. 
Hare's-foot Trefoil. 
7. T. striatum (L.) ; heads ovate or oblong sessile terminal and 
lateral solitary, calyx 10-nerved hairy : teeth subulate unequal 
straight mucronate about as long as the cor., tube ventricose in 
fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obcordate or obovate : veins 
equal and straight at the margins. — E. B. 1843. St. 16. 6. 7-— 
St. procumbent, 4 — 10 in. long and as well as the 1. silky. Fl. 
small. Seeds oval, brownish yellow, radicle not prominent. 
Throat of the calyx thickened within. — erectum (Leight.) ; st. 
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