Trifolium. xxvi. legchinosjs : trifoliete. 
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8. Trigonella. Linn. Fenugreek. 
Cal. 5-tootlied; teeth nearly equal. Pet. distinct; Keel 
obtuse. Ovary many-seeded. Legume straight or slightly 
curved, many-seeded, much longer than the calyx, 2-valved. — 
Flowers in few or many flowered heads , or short racemes. Leaves 
trifoliolate. — Named from rpnc three, and yeivia, an angle ; on 
account of the corolla appearing triangular and tripetalous, 
most of the species having a minute keel. 
1. T. ornithopodioides DC. {Bird's- foot F .) ; peduncles 
about 3-fiowered, legumes compressed about 8-seeded nearly 
twice as long as the calyx, leaflets obcordate toothed at the ex- 
tremity, stems decumbent. Trifolium L. : E. B. t. 1047. 
Dry sandy pastures, mostly near the sea, not very general. ©. 
6, 7. — Stems spreading, 2 — 5 inches long. Flowers small. Wings 
considerably shorter than the standard and longer than the keel ; but 
the latter is longer than the calyx and cannot be called minute in this 
species : still the distinct petals and long legumes accord better with 
this genus than with Trifolium. 
9. Trifolium Linn. Trefoil. Clover. 
Cal. 5-toothed ; teeth unequal. Wings united by their claws 
to the obtuse keel, persistent. Legume 1 — 4-seeded, indehis- 
cent, about as long as the calyx by which it is enclosed. — 
Flowers capitate or densely umbellate. Leaves trifoliolate. — 
Named in allusion to its 3 leaves or leaflets. 
* Flowers, pedicellate {white or reddish), at length deflexed ; corolla at 
length scarious. 
1. T. repens L. {white T., or Dutch C .) ; heads on long pe- 
duncles, umbellate globose, legumes with 4 seeds, calyx-teeth 
unequal, leaflets obcordate serrulate, stems creeping. E. B. 
t. 1769. 
Meadows and pastures, frequent. 21 .« 5 — 9. — Peduncles longer 
than the leaves. Heads of Jiuwers white ; each flower is on a foot- 
stalk which becomes recurved after flowering, and then all the legumes 
are drooping and covered with the withered brown corollas. This 
trefoil is in great repute for pastures. The leaflets have often a dark 
spot at their base, with a white line bordering it near the middle. 
[Allied to this is T. Vaillantii Poir. and Sin. in Rees’s Cycl., 
T. elegans Savi, which has been met with in clover-fields in 
Surrey, introduced with seed. It has an ascending stem, short 
petiole, and 2-seeded legume.] 
