150 
25. LEGTTMIN0S2E. 
V. Lotoidea L. ; like the last section ; but fl. lax, distinctly 
stalked, subumbellate, mostly deflexed in fr., and pod 
2-6-seeded. 
17. T. REPENS L. Dutch or White Clover. 
Smooth dark full gr. ; st. creeping diffuse, their ends ascend- 
ing, solid ; lfts. obcordate obovate or oval, finely and minutely 
toothed, the veins excurrent ; heads at first hemispherical on 
long axillary ped. longer than the 1. ; fl. distinctly stalked and 
somewhat lax, subumbellate, in fr. deflexed ; pedic. of upper 
fl. as long as cal. ; cal. smooth, unchanged after fl., teeth lan- 
ceolate acuminate erect unequal not more than half the length 
of cor. ; pods linear sessile knobbed 3-4 -seeded. — Brot. ii. 103 ; 
H. Fl. Sc. i. 218; EB. t. 1769; Sm. E. Fl. iii. 299; Buch ! 
197. no. 404 ; DO. ii. 198, 9 (a and (3 ) ; Seub. Fl. Azor. 49. 
no. 376; Koch 191; Bab. 78. — Herb. per. Mad. reg. 1, 2, 3, c. 
Roadsides and waste ground everywhere about Funchal, the 
Mount, Camacha, &c. ; in the Curral das Freiras, Rib. Frio, &c. 
Nearly at all seasons, chiefly Febr.-July. — St. 6-12 in. long 
hard firm solid within, weak and loosely straggling, rooting 
here and there, their ends ascending. Efts, full gr., mostly 
pale- or dark-spotted. Stip. entire membranous ovate or ob- 
long, abruptly acuminate. Heads on long axillary curved 
ascending ribbed or angular light-gr. juicy stalks, at first flat- 
topped, presently subglobose. Fl. numerous lax rather con- 
spicuous, white or cream-col., often more or less deep pink 
or rose-purple ; standard much longer than the wings acute 
striate ; in fr. loosely deflexed. Bod included, sometimes mon- 
strously protruded like a horn or leaf. Seeds unequally ovoid 
tawny. 
VI. Lupulina L. ( Chronoscmium Ser. in DC.); throat of cal. 
in fr. not closed or inflated, simple and naked within. 
Standard in fr. enlarged dry membranous silicate or stri- 
ate deflexed over the stalked exserted 1-seeded pod. — 
Foliage smooth. Fl. y. 
18. T. PROCUMBENS L. Hop-Trefoil. 
Main st. erect, branches procumbent more or less hairy or 
pubescent; lfts. smooth obovate-wedgeshaped often slightly 
retuse, the middle one distinctly stalked ; heads rather large 
at first hemispherical then oblong-globose or oval and obtuse 
dense many-Jl. (20 40) axillary stalked ; ped. stiff straight 
erect or erecto-patent longer or snorter than the 1. ; fl. numerous 
crowded , deflexed and imbricated downwards in fr., their pedic. 
shorter than the cal. -tube ; style not half the length of the pod; 
standard considerably longer than the wings, strongly furrowed 
broadly rounded or scallop-shaped, flattened and not conduplicate 
