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*4. ^^. ind'ica (All.) : wings and keel equal but shorter 
than the standard, /xx/.s [liohiilar-ovoid 6/»<w< mucronate netted 
glabrous. Its. obovate serrate at the end. stip. awlshaped entire. 
— >>/. E. B. 344. M. jxirviriora (Desf.).— Slender. Smaller 
in all its parts than the other species, 6 — 15 in. high. Fl. 
very small, pale yellow ; cal. -teeth triangular. Pods olive 
green. — Waste places. A. VII. VIII. E. 
S. Trifo'lium Liiiu. em., Koch. Clover. 
* Fl. sessile ; cal. with an elevated thickened often hair]i I int or 
ring of hairs in itx throat, not inflated. 
1. T. praten'se (L.) : heads ovate dense sessile, cal. 10-veined 
hairy not half so long as the corolla, teeth setaceous ciliate, 
free part of stip. blunt orate abruptly bristle -pointed, ad- 
pressed, leaflets oval emarginate upper ones entire apiculate. — 
£. B. 1770. St. 15. 11.— Lts. of cultivated plant [var. 
sativum, Schreb.] usually all quite entire. Stip. adpressed to 
petiole ; veins much branched and anastomosing. Upper part 
of cal. usually hairy ; teeth 5, 4 nearly equal in length to the 
tube, the lower one twice as long. Heads of il. sometimes 
slightly stalked. Fl. purplish, sometimes white. St. erect. — 
/S. jjarviflorum ' ; head stalked, calyx-teeth as long as or longer 
than the corolla. — Fl. Dan. 2782. — Mountainous pastures, fields. 
/3 in dry places. P. V.— IX. Purple Clover. E. S. I. 
2. T. medium (L.) ; heads subglobose lax stalked, calyx 10- 
veined glabrous not half as long as the :;oroUa, teeth setaceous 
hairy, free part of stip. lanceolate acuminate spreading, leaflets 
elliptic or lanceolate apiculate. — F. B. 190. — Stip. spreading ; 
veins branching, parallel, scarcely at all joining. Cal. glabrous ; 
teeth ciliate, 4 of them as long or rather longer than the tube, 
the fifth ?; longer. Heads of fl. large. Fl. purplish. St. as- 
cending, zigzag. — Dry elevated pastures. P. Yl. — IX. E. S. I. 
3. T. ochrdexicum (Huds.) : heads subglobose dense stalked 
solitary terminal, cal. 10-veined pubescent about half as long as 
the corolla, teeth erect subulate lover one rather longer than the 
tube the others tiro-tkirds 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 
vein. St. li foot high, erect. Lower 1. on very long stalks. 
Fl. cream-coloured, at length turning brown. — Dry gravelly 
soils and clays of the East of England. P. VI. VII. £. 
1 Mr Barkiil(J. of B. ixxix. 1901, p. 235) considers this an abnormal state.— 
H. & J. G. 
