PI. esc. cal. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. 366. Trifolium. 603 
16. Trifolium minus. Small trefoil . 
Spike headed, hemispherical ; peduncles stiff; standard 
rather smooth ; stem procumbent ; leaflets reverse ovate, 
middle leaflet petioled ; petiole lengthened above. 
Trifolium lupuliumn alterum minus, Raii Syn. 330, 17. 
Trifolium luteum minimum, Ger.em. 1186,6; Park. 111. 
Trifolium procumbens, Hudson Fl.Ang. 328. 
Trifolium dubium, Sibthorp FL Oxon. 231. 
Trifolium minus, Eng. Hot. 1256. , 
Little yellow trefoil. Small hop trefoil. 
Dry sandy pastures ; annual ; June to August. 
Stem prostrate; leaves reverse heartshape, streaked; sti- 
pules ovate, fringed; peduncles hairlike; spike 8 to 10-flow- 
ered ; calyx-teeth unequal ; standard ovate, not bent in- 
wards. 
17. T r folium filiform e. Threadlike trefoil. 
Spike headed, loose, few-flowered ; peduncles hairlike, 
bent; standard smooth; stem prostrate, very slender; leaf- 
lets reverse heartshape, middle leaflet petioled. 
Trifolium lupulinum minimum, Dillen in Raii Syn. 331, 17 *. 
Trifolium filiforme, Lin. S. P. 1088. 
Damp sandy places ; annual ; June and July. 
Stem threadshape ; leaves toothed ; stipules ovate ; pedun- 
cles hairlike; spike 3 to 5-flowered; flowers small; calyx 
bald ; standard ovate, not inflected. 
VI. 367. MELILOTUS. Pliny. Melilot. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; keel simple, shorter than the 
wings or standard; legumen longer than the calyx. — Leaves 
ternate ; flowers yellow, in loose racemes. 
Melilotus officinalis. Shop melilot . 
Legumens racemous, hanging, rather wrinkled, pointed ; 
1 or 2-seeded ; stem upright ; leaflets ovate, oblong, toothed, 
bald. 
Melilotus vulgaris, Raii Syn. 331, 1 ; Park. 719. 
Melilotus Germanica, Ger. em. 1205 £. 
Trifolium Melilotus officinalis, Lin. S. P. 1078. 
Melilotus officinalis, Willd. S. P. 
Trifolium officinale, Smith Fl. Brit, 781. 
Common melilot. Plaister clover. Harts clover , Yorkshire. 
Fields and hedges ; annual; June and July. 
Stem 2 feet high, branchy; racemes close, manv-flowered; 
flowers gold-yellow, sometimes white, drooping; legumens 
hairy. —When dry, fragrant, the distilled water, although 
only slightly odorous, improves the flavour of other sub- 
stances. 5 
