DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Trifolitjm. 861 
Strawberry-headed Trefoil. (Welsh: Meillionenfefusaidd. E.) Moist 
meadows. About London, frequent. Moist places near the sea in the 
county of Durham. Mr. Robson. (In Darnley Vale : upon the undercliff, 
Sandgate east, Kent. Mr. G. E. Smith. North Shore, Liverpool. Dr. 
Bostock. About Holyhead. Welsh Bot. Leith Links. Mr. J. T. Mackay. 
Hook. Scot. E.) P. July—Aug.* 
(5) (Hop Trefoils. Standard of the blossom incui'ved , permanent . 
T. procum'bens. (Heads oval, imbricated: standard deflexed, perma< 
nent, furrowed: stems procumbent: leafits obovate. E. Bot. 
E.Bot. 945. E.)— Curt. 161 ; T. agrarium — Vaill. 22. 3 —Biv. Tetr. 10. 1, 
T. lupulinum — Ft. Dan. 796— Wale. — J. B. ii. 381. 1— H. Ox. ii. 13. 1 
and 2, the uppermost of the 2 figures. 
(Stems leafy, hairy, from four to ten or twelve inches long, cylindrical 
below, angular when they turn upwards. Leafits notched, toothed, 
veiny, smooth, a little glaucous. Common foot-stalks always longer than 
the partial stalk of the central leaflet. Stipidas ribbed, often fringed. 
Flowers about fifty, bright yellow; standard finally deflexed, dry and 
membranous, sheltering the single-seeded, small, pointed, solitary 
legume. Sm. 
T. procumbens of Huds. Lightf. Curt., &c. is considered by Linnseus only a 
variety of T. filiforme. Afzel. the T. minus of Relh. Sm. E.) 
Hop Trefoil. (Yellow Suckling. Salisb. Welsh: Meillionen hoppy - 
saidd. T. procumbens. Linn. Willd. Sm. Hook. Grev. T. agrarium. 
Huds. Lightf. Curt. E.) Dry meadows and pastures. A. June—July.f 
T. filifor'me. Spikes oval, loosely tiled, few-flowered: stems trail¬ 
ing. 
( E. Bot. 1257. E.)— Ray 14. 4. 
Stems three to six inches long. Stipulce in pairs, oval-spear-shaped. Leaf, 
stalks very short. Leafits mostly heart-wedge-shaped, very entire at the 
base, serrated upwards, strongly veined, smooth, nearly sessile. Fruit- 
stalks from the bosom of the leaves smooth. Flowers when wild mostly 
three, seldom more than five. Pedicles extremely slender, from half to 
one line long. Floral-leaves awl-shaped, very minute, one at the base of 
the pedicle of the middle flower, none on the others. Calyx half as long 
as the blossom, with five scores; the two upper teeth shortest, the lower 
longer, the lowermost the longest. Blossom pale yellow ; standard egg- 
shaped, somewhat notched, keeled. Woodw. ( Seed one, rarely two. 
E.) 
Slender Yellow Trefoil. (Welsh: Meillionen felen eiddil. E.) Poor 
sandy heaths and pastures. A. May—July. 
Var. 2. Lesser Yellow Trefoil. ( T. filiforme (3. FI. Brit. Hull. T. procum¬ 
bens. Huds. Lightf. Curt. T. dubium. Smith. T. minus. Relh. Sm. 
Hook. E.) Spikes from eight to twenty-flowered. 
* (This Trefoil is eaten by cattle, but is not recommended for culture, its produce being 
late and inconsiderable. E. Bot. E.) 
+ (According to Mr. Salisbury this is a very useful plant, seeding freely, growing 
readily, and affording a fine bite for sheep and cattle. But its being an annual must 
diminish its value to the agriculturist, E.) 
