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Trifolium .'] xxvi. leguminos^e : trifoliete. 
fruit spreading, stipules ovate, leaflets obcordate. — a. flowers 
reddish-purple. E. B. S. t. 2950. — fS. flowers pale yellow. 
a. Naturalised in a few places in the south of England and Jersey. 
— fi. Lizard point, Cornwall, “ decidedly indigenous.” Rev. W. S. 
Hore. ©. 6, 7. — Mouth of the calyx hairy in fruit. 
7. T. * stelldtum L. {starry -headed T .) ; villous, heads ter- 
minal globose stalked, calyx hairy, its tube closed with hairs, 
the teeth longer than the corolla setaceous at length dilated 
veined and spreading, stipules broadly ovate crenate ribbed, 
leaflets obcordate, stem short spreading. E. B. t. 1545. 
Sea-shore, Sussex, between Shoreham harbour and the sea, in great 
plenty. ©. 6—8. — A singular and beautiful species, with long 
calyces, and, at first, straight, setaceous teeth, which conceal the small 
cream-coloured corolla, and then become greatly enlarged, spreading in 
a stellated manner. 
8. T. arvense L. ( Hare's-foot T.) ; heads very hairy soft 
cylindrical terminal stalked, calyx-teeth longer than the corolla 
permanently setaceous at length somewhat spreading, stipules 
ovate-acuminate, leaflets lanceolate obtuse, stems erect much 
branched. E. B. t. 944. 
Corn-fields and dry pastures, abundant. ©. 7 — 9. — Stem 6 — 12 
inches high. Flowers very minute, almost white. Remarkable for 
its numerous, subcylindrical, soft, hairy heads or spikes. 
9. T. striatum L. (soft knotted T.) ; downy, heads terminal 
and axillary ovate subsolitary sessile, calyx in fruit ventricose 
striate very rigid hairy with unequal straight small setaceous 
teeth, leaflets obcordate or obovate nearly entire, stipules ovate 
cuspidate, stems ascending. E. B. t. 1843. 
Dry pastures and fields, frequent. ©. 6, 7 . — Stem 4 — 10 inches 
long, more or less procumbent or reclined, pubescent or silky. Leaves 
in this and the next with the veins straight and at the margin not 
thickened. Flowers small, purplish-red. Cal. deeply furrowed, oval, 
a little swollen, with 5, almost setaceous, straight, not spreading teeth ; 
its throat marked with a thick ring. 
10. T. Bocconi Savi ( Boccone's T.) ; pods terminal and axil- 
lary sessile' ovate-cylindrical, calyx cylindrical in fruit, the teeth 
unequal subulate straight, leaflets obovate or oblong-lanceolate 
toothed glabrous above, stipules oblong with a long subulate 
point. E. B. S. t. 2868. 
Dry places in Cornwall, very rare. Cadgwith near Ruan Minor ; 
and Cathellian between the Lizard point and Kynance cove. ©. 7. 
— Stem 2 — 6 inches high. Calyx not ventricose in fruit as in the 
last, and not spreading as in the next species : its throat hairy within. 
11. T. sedbrum L. (rough rigid T.) ; heads terminal and 
axillary sessile ovate, calyx in fruit cylindrical, the teeth un- 
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