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XXX. LEGUMINOSiE 
staminal tube ; keel obtuse. Upper stamen free, others united. 
Style slightly curved, glabrous ; stigma minute. Pod very small, 
indehiscent, enclosed within the brown, deflexed, withered corolla ; 
seeds 1 or 3-4. 
Heads f-1^ in. diam. Terminal leaflet sessile. 
Flowers red-purple. Pod 1 -seeded . . . .1. T. pratense. 
Flowers white or tinged with pink. Pod 3-4-seeded . 2. T. repens. 
Heads J in. diam. or less. Terminal leaflet stalked. Flowers 
very small, yellow . . . . . . . . 3. T. minus. 
1. Trifolium pratense, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 86. Perennial, 
hairy ; stems decumbent or nearly erect. Leaflets ovate or oblong, 
entire or toothed, tip obtuse or notched ; terminal leaflet sessile. 
Stipules large, broadly ovate, veined, long-pointed, much shorter 
than the leaf -stalks. Heads ovoid or globose, £-l| in. diam., 
with 1 or 2 leaves near the base. Flowers red-purple, nearly 
sessile. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, narrow, longer than the tube. 
Pod 1 -seeded. 
Simla, common ; April-July. — W. Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. — Temperate 
Asia, Europe (Britain, Purple Clover). — Widely colonised. 
2. Trifolium repens, Linn. ) FI. Br. Ind. ii. 86. Perennial, 
glabrous or slightly hairy ; stems slender, procumbent, rooting at 
the joints. Leaflets obovate, toothed, veins prominent, tip 
notched ; terminal leaflet sessile. Stipules narrowly oblong, much 
shorter than the leaf-stalk. Heads globose, £-l£ in. diam. 
Flowers white or tinged with pink, shortly stalked. Calyx-teeth 
lanceolate, nearly equal, shorter than the tube. Pod 3-4-seeded. 
Simla, common ; April-July. — Temperate Himalaya. — Asia, Europe (Britain, 
Dutch Clover). — Widely colonised. 
3. Trifolium minus, Smith ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 86. Annual, 
nearly glabrous ; stems trailing. Leaflets obovate, finely toothed ; 
terminal leaflet shortly stalked. Stipules broadly lanceolate, 
nearly or quite as long as the leaf-stalk. Heads ovoid, \ in. 
diam., or less. Flowers yellow, shortly stalked. Calyx-teeth 
narrow, acute, the 2 upper much shorter than the tube, the 3 
lower longer. Pod obovoid, 1 -seeded. 
Simla, common ; an introduced weed, now naturalised ; April, May. — 
Europe (Britain, Lesser Clover). — Commonly called the Shamrock. 
6. PAROCHETUS. From the Greek para, near, and ochetos, a 
stream, referring to the usual habitat. — A genus of only one species. 
Parochetus communis, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 86. A hairy 
herb ; stems long, thread-like, prostrate, rooting at the joints. 
Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, obcordate, entire or minutely toothed. 
Stipules lanceolate, acute, nearly free. Flowers deep violet-blue, 
