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T R I F O L I U M . TOURNEE., LINN. (excl. Meliloto TOURNEF.),
Juss.
CALYX campanulatLIS vel tubulosiis, l imbo q u i n q a e d e n t a t u s vel quinq
u e ü d u s , persislcns; dent e infimo sa;pe m a j o r e . COROLLA, papìlionacca,
p l e r u m q u e m a r c e s c e n s et p e r s i s t ens ; vexi l luna alas et bce carinani supel
a n t e s . STAMINA diadelpha. ANTHERS omn e s conformes. OVARIUM sessile,
i n t e r d u m s t ipi tatum , 2 -6-nvLi latum. STYLUS I. STIGMA o b t u s u m , inlerdmn
s i i b c a p i t c U a t u n i vel compresso-di lalatum. Discus tiullus. LEGUMEN pnrviil
u m , uniloculare, mono- , rariiis d i - t e t r a spe rmum , t e n u i s s ime membran
a c e u m , n o n debiscens, i r regular i ter riiptile, sessile et a tubo caljcino
s e e p e indurato vel inflato, ad faiicem consti-icto i n c l u s um, raiiiis sLipil
a t u m et e x s e r t nm. SEMINA s u b a l b umi n o s a . ILVUICULA uncinato-inflcxa.
H e r b a i , s a cpi s s ime c<espÌtosai e t p r o c i i m b e n t e s vel r e p e n t e s . Fol i a ternata,
i n T . L u p i n a s t r o quinala; petiolus c ommu n i s i n t e r d u m ultra Ibliolorum
l a t e r a l i u m originem productiis. Stipula) ima ; basi petioli adnatau. Flores
c a p i t a l i , dens e spicati v e l umb e l l a t i (umbe l l a c i n n o n n n i l i s d epaupe r a t a ; ) ,
b r a c t e a t i , axillares et snbter rninales. Corolla; purpurea^, violacea;, albjc,
o c b r o l e u c E C vel ilavce ; ala; e t car ina n o n n u n q u a m (?) per ungues tubo
s t a m i n e o adha^rentes.
I . TR1FÜL1ÜM IUVOLUCRATUM.
T . glabeiTÌmnin; caidibus slrialis, siibercclis ; l'oliolis approximalis, lineari-lanceo la l i s ,
denticulaLo-spinulosis} stipulis aciimiiiato-avjsiaiisj tapituiis semiglobosisj bractcis mulliildis,
involucraLis ; clenlilDus calycliiis subulatisj ovario slipiüilo, 5-6-ovulato.
Trifolium involucralura S//. pi. ed. fV. 3. p. ¡3'] 2. Plani. Icgum. p. 18Ö. t. 53.
Crescìt prape Falladolid iMexicauonun, alt. 1000 hex. o Fluret Septembri.
CACLES diffusi, 5-G-polIicares, inferne rauiulo uno altcrove instrucli, slriati, glabri, inferno slipuüs
approximalis obtecli. Foui alterna, peti ola l a , ternata. Folioia sutnmo pciiolo communi insideutia
(rhaclii nulla), lineari-lanceoJata, acuto-mucroaala, basi atutiuscuh et brevissime petiulata, margUie
argute denticulata, dcntieulis spinulosis, nervo subtus prominente, veni: laterulibus obsolctis, appruximatis,
subparallelis, membranacea, glabra, subcoucoloria; intermedium 9 - 10 lioeas longum, i -¡-i y lineai latum ;
laleralia paulo minora, 8 - 9 lineas louga. PETIOLES communis glaber, I-i4-pollicaris. SRIPUI.IE petiolarcs
geminE, hnccolatie, acuminato-aristala;, inlcgc-rriujB, reliculataj, mcmbranacex, virides, usque ad medium
petiolo comrnuui adnata;. CAPITULÌ terminalia, lardius axillaria, solitaria, longe pediineulala, creola, subsemiglobosa,
bracteisinvolúcrala, 5o-4o-ilora; pedunculo 2-2-l-pollicari, striato, glabro. Eraclea; ]atic,apice
irregulariter mullifidu3, lobis acuminato-aristaiis, reliculat®, virides, membranacea;, glabra, Uoribus dimidio
brcviores. FLOIIÌS brevissime pediceilati, 7 lineas loogi. CALVX campanulatus, qijini[uedeiilalus, decemncrvius,
tenuiter membranaccus, albidus, glaber; dentibus longissimi», subulatis, tubo duplo longiuribus,
tcinerviis, coloratis, subsqualibus. COROLLÌ pentapctala, papilionaeca, basi calycìs insoria, denles calycinus
supcraus; pelala purpurea, flabtlloio-nervosa, glabra; superius (vexillum) spatbulatum, obtusum, sessile,
iufcriie alas et carinam ampleelens, superne patcns ; duo laleralia (ala;) paulo breviuia, longissime unguieulala,
linearla, subfalcala, obtusa, semicordala, supra unguem gibba, carina; udpressa, per ungucm lubo