Melilotus.] 
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1. 1VE. parviflora (small-flowered), Desf. Small-flowered Melilot. Stems 
slender, 1 to l^f't. high. Stipules linear-acuminate. Leaflets obovate or 
oblanceolate, retuse or emarginate. Flowering racemes close ; fruiting racemes 
1 to 2in. Calyx about ^ line, teeth deltoid. Corolla about 1 line long. Pod 1 
to 1^ line, obscurely reticulate-lacunose, usually 1-seeded. 
Hab.: Very common on low-lying land in the interior of Queensland. 
2. alba (white), Lam. White Melilot. A taller and more robust plant 
than M. parviflora. Stipules and leaflets similar. Racemes in flower about 2in., 
in fruit 4in. long. Calyx scarcely 1 line, the teeth lanceolate, shorter than the 
tube. Corolla always white, inodorous, 2 or 8 times the length of the calyx, 
sometimes scarcely larger than in M. parviflora. Pod 2-seeded, rather larger 
than the last. 
Hab.: A European plant sometimes met with in the cultivation paddocks of the Darling Downs. 
27. -TRIFOLIUM, Linn. 
(Referring to the leaves usually being composed of three leaflets.) 
Calyx-tube turbinate ; teeth mostly 5, subequal. Corolla adnate to the 
staminal tube and fading without falling ; standard and wings narrow ; keel 
straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; filaments more or less dilated ; anthers 
uniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate ; ovules few. Style filiform, incurved above 
the base ; stigma oblique. Pod minute, included, membranous, indehiscent, 1 or 
few'-seeded. — Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves with stipules adnate to the 
petiole and digitately 3-foliolate leaflets. Flowers small, copious, in dense 
axillary heads. 
Species numerous, mostly European and Oriental, American, and African. Often spread by 
cultivation, there being many excellent fodders amongst them. 
Calyx inflated after flowering ; standard turned outward 1. T. resupimita. 
Flowers usually 10 to 20 in the head, sessile or on very short pedicels ... 2 . T. procumbens. 
Flowers pedicellate in the head, reflexed after flowering 3. T. repens. 
1. T. resupinata (resupinate), Linn. The Reversed Clover. A glabrous 
annual with numerous stems, leafy and tufted at the base, lengthened out to a 
foot or more. Stipules rather broad, with narrow points. Flower-heads small, 
on axillary peduncles. Calyx glabrous or hairy on the upper side only ; the teeth 
short, but after flowering the upper part becomes very much inflated, arched, 
membranous and veined, with the 2 upper teeth at the top, the 3 lower ones 
remaining at the base of the inflated part. Corolla small, pink ; the standard 
turned outwards instead of inwards, as in other Clovers. — Benth. 
Hab.: Europe. Naturalised about Brisbane. 
2. T. procumbens (procumbent), Linn. The Lesser Clover. Annual, often 
only a few inches high, sometimes attaining 1ft. Stipules half-adnate, the 
points deltoid-acuminate. Petioles equalling the obovale-cuneate leaflets, which 
are about Mn. long, the central one stalked. Flowers in dense, round, stalked 
heads of 10 or more. Calyx pedicellate, % line long, 3 lower teeth lanceolate, 
reaching half-way down, the 2 upper ones much broader and shorter. Corolla 
2 lines long, bright-yellow ; the standard finally becoming 2 lines broad, flat, 
spoon-shaped, strongly veined, folded over the stalked, exserted, 1-seeded pod. 
Hab.: Europe. Naturalised about southern townships. 
3. T. repens (plant creeping), Linn. Dutch or White Clover. A glabrous 
or slightly hairy perennial, the stems creeping and rooting at the nodes. Stipules 
small. Leaflets obovate, distinctly toothed, and usually bearing a mark in the 
centre which has been compared to a horseshoe, the leafstalk often very long. 
