2949.
TRIFOLIUM strictum.
U p r ig h t R o u n d - h e a d e d T r e fo il.
DIADELPHIA Decandria.
Gen. Char. F lo w e r s more or less capitate. P o d
scarcely longer than the calyx, never bursting,
but falling off entire.
Spec. Char. Heads pedunculate, ebracteate, globose,
dense. Flowers sessile, without bracteoles.
Calyx at length campanulate, not inflated ; teeth
nearly equal, subulate, shorter than the corolla,
at length spreading. Leaflets glabrous, striate,
denticulate, elliptic-lanceolate; of lower leaves
obovate. Stipules connate, rhomboid, pointless,
fringed with glands. Pod slightly exserted ; keel
corky.
Syn. Trifolium strictum. L i n n . A m oe n . A c a d . v . 4.
285 ; S p . P I . e d . 2. 1079 (in part). W a l d s , e t
K i t . P I . H u n g . v . 1. 36. t. 37. D e C . F l. F r . v . 4.
520. D u b y B o t. G a ll. 133. L o is e l. F I. G a ll. v .2 .
118. A ll. F l. P e d . v . 1. 302. S e b . e t M a u r i F I .
R o m . 257. R e ic h . F I. jExc.491. K o c h S y n .e d .2 .
1020. B a b . M a n . e d . 2 . 78 (excl. syn.). C o ss. e t
G e r m . F I . P a r . 135. L l o y d F I. L o i r e - I n f . 63.
Trifoliastrum pratense, annuum, erectum, minimum,
&c. M ic h . N o v . G e n . 29. t. 25. f . 7.
JIL? AIL•ING to obtain a wild specimen fit for the purpose,
we have drawn a plant produced from seed brought from a
rocky bank, about one hundred yards from the sea, by the