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25. LEGTTMINOS^. 
seeds 2.—R JB. 1050. St. 16. 8.— St. creeping. Fl. jiurplish red. 
Heads large, remarkable when in fruit for their curious calyces 
inclosing the pods. — Damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 1. 
[ T. restipindtum (L.) ; heads hemispherical at length globose, 
peduncles axillary short, bracts minute, calyx of the fruit mem- 
branous netted woolly, stip. subvlate-lanceolate from an ovate 
hose, leaflets obovate minutely sen-ate, seeds 2. — E. B. S. 2789 
(bad). St. 16. 9. — St. prostrate or ascending. Fl. small, reversed 
in position. Pod included. — Introduced. Near Bristol, Poole, 
New Brighton and Everton. A. VII.] E. I. 
]. •**** Fl. stalked, yellmv ; throat of the calyx naked within, not 
inflated ; cor. persistent ; standard covering the jjod. 
18. T. prociim'hens (L.) ; heads oval dense with abotit 40 fl., 
ped. axillary equalling or exceeding the leaves, fl. at length re- 
flexed, standard dilated and deflexed {not folded) in front striate 
much exceeding the pod, style much shorter than tne pod, Btip. 
ovate acute entire, Its. obovate emarginate, central petiole long- 
est, seeds oval, radicle scarcely prominent. — E. B. 945. St. 15. 
15. — Primary stem erect, branches procumbent or ascending. 
Fl. turning tawny. Radicle causing a slight irregularity in the 
otherwise regularly oval seeds. [ T. patens (Schreb.), style . as 
long as the pod, radicle prominent through ^ the length of the 
seed, stip. half-cordate usually denticulate ; wiU probably be 
found in England.] — Dry pastures. A. VI. — VJII. E. S. I. 
19. T. minus (Sm.) ; heads close about 12-^., ped. axillary 
straight, pedicels very short, fl. at length reflexed, standard folded 
furrowed truncate covering the pod, style much shorter than 
the pod, stip. ovate falling short of petioles, Its. obcordate in- 
termediate one stalked. — E. B. 1256. T. Jiliforme Koch. — Dry 
places. A. VI.— VUI. E. S. 1. 
20. T.filifor'me (L.) ; fi. few (3 — 5) in lax racemes, ped. 
axillary flexuose, pedicels as long as the calyx-tube, fl. at length 
reflexed, standard folded not furrowed deephj notched scarcely 
covering the pod. — E. B. 1257. T. micranthum Koch. — St. 
prostrate, very slender. " Stip. not dilated below," usually ex- 
ceeding the petioles. Standard much narrower in proportion 
than in T. minm. — Dry places. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
8. Lo'tt7s Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 
1. L. comiciddtm (L.) ; claw of the standard obovate trans- 
versely vaulted, cali/.r-tcctk straight in the bud subulate from a 
triangular base, points of the 2 upper ones comber ging, heads 
5 — \Q-^x>wered.~E. B. 2090.— Glabrous or slightly hairy. St. 
ascending. Leaflets obovate. Stip. rather narrowly ovate. 
Angle between the 2 upper calyx-teeth rounded. — /3. villosut 
