T l l I F O I . I ü M .
adluErcmia; duo inferiora (carina) ítem longissimc iinguiculaía oi [KT uii"-iicru lubo sli.mincn
adbwentia, alis breviora, late cultri/ormia, acutiuscula, semicordata, coDcaya, raarginibus conliguís superne
coba;R«MID. STAMINA dccem, diadelplia, ¡bidcm ioserta, apice adscendentia, io carina recondita. FU.AUKNTA
hoeari-capillacca, glabra; novem in tubum mcmbranaceucn compressum supra longitudinaiitcr Cssum
connata, superne libera, apice paulo dilatata ; decimum (superius) solutum. ANTUMÌ: oblongas, acutiusculai
basi rotundrta affixaj, eroctE. bilocuìares, glabra, longitudinaliter iutcrnc debiscciites, omnes conformes.'
OvAitiuM $lipitatum, parvum, compressum, sutura ovulifera arcuata, altera recta, apice iu styluui desiiiens,
glabriim, uniloculare; ovula 3 -6, sutura: vexillum spectauti affida, rcuiformia. STYLDS fiiifonnis, glaber,
longitudine staminum. Snoa* parrum, obliqunm, sublinearc, obsolete papillosum. FRIÌCTIS band'vidi.
Trifolio alpino aitine.
a . TUIFOLIUM AMABILIÌ. f Tal). DXCilf.
T . ca^spitosum; dilTusum; foliolis siihroluriclo-ovalis, clenticulatis, glaliùs; peiiolis, pecUmculis
calycibusqiie villosmsciiUs j iimLcllis axillai'ibus, 8- i4-0or Ì5, To lia superan ti b u s ; deulibus
calycinis acuminato-su bui a l i s , corolla brcviorlbus; leguminibus siiljaigiilosis, i-2-spermis.
Crescit in pmtis prope Toluccam, ah. i38o hex. {Regno ñlexicano.) % Floret Septem
bri.
CiDiBs ciEspitosi, diffusi, procumbentes, 3-6-poilicarcs, ramosi, sulcato-anguiati, superne nexuosi et viilosiusculi.
FOLIA alterna, petiolata, ternata. Foliola summo petiolo commuiii insidentia (rhachi nulla),
subrolundo-obovaia, basi cuneato-acuta et brevissime petiolata, apice retúndala et obsolete niucconata,
denticulata, flabellato-veuosa, aer^o snbtus prominente, meu.bcanacea, glabra, subtus vix pallidioca ;
intermedium tres lineas longum ; lateralia vix minora. PEIIOLUS communis »illosiusculus, S-7 lineas longus.
STIPUIÌE pctiolares gemiu<c. ovatie, acumiuato-mucronataj, nervosa:, glabrx, membraaacci^ viridcs, inferna
petiolo adnata:, A-A-F lineas longa:. DMBSILÌ axillares, solitario:, pedunculatai, folia superantes, 8-I4-
noia:; pedimculo 8-11 lii.eas longo, filiformi, villosiusculo. ' (/¡g. 1.) pedicelhti, dimidio minores
quam in T. procumbcDtc; pedicellis pilosiusculis, lineam longis, basi bractcatis; bracteissubulatis, longitudine
pcdicelloriim >el lis brevioribus. CALYX turbinato-campanulalus, quin-juedentatus, LO-nervius, nervis
prominenlibus, duobus inter dentes ires inferiores obsoietis, meuibranaccus, villosiuscuius. viridis, persistens
; deatibus tubo ìongioribus, acuminato-subulatis, subadscendentibus, sub « q u a lib us. COROLLA pentapetala,
papilionacea, basi calycis inserta, marcida, persistcns; pétala flabellato-nervosa, glabra; superius
(vexillum, fig. 2. 3. ) dentes calycinos vix duplo superans, oboratum, basi subcuncatum, non unguicuiatum,
superne patens; duo lateralia (al®, fig. 6.) breviora, longe unguiculata. oblique oblonga, subfalcata, apice
rotundata, semicordata, supra unguem iufcrioribus adbxrentìa, ungucliberoi duo inferiora (/ìg-. 5.) alls bre-
C/'S'-4-7')' laiecultriformia, longe unguiculata, apice rotundata, basi Line angulata, libera, nec inter se
ata-SIAIIWA (/?ér-8-)>o,diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, longitudine pctalorum duorum inferlol'iLAiuEBrAlineari
capillacea,di,-iphana:uoTemiu tubum compressum tcnuissime membranaceum, supra
longitudinaliter fissum connata, superne libera ; decimum (superius) solutum. AMUEB« aperto subrotunda;,
glabra:, omnes a^quales. Ov.ìriiìm (Jig. 9,) subsessUe. lineare, compressum, inferne angustatum, superne in
stylum desinens, glabrum, diapbanumjovulaa, sutura: vexiilum spcctauti affi.^a (fig.10.), superposita, reniformia,
medio afllxa. STY Li;sadscendens, longitudine
nullus. LEGOUEN (Jig-13.13.)
I, glabcr. STIGMA crassi u s cùlum.obtusum. Discus
Il rudimento stylimucronaium, basi
cuneatum, membranaceum. subrugulosum ?, glabrum, apice vix pilosiuscuium, viresccns, uniloculare
1-2-spcrmum (/ig;. 14. i5.), secundum suturam seminìferam bians, calyce, corolla marcida lìlamentisque
persistentibus obtectum (Jtg. 11.), sesquiliueam longum. SBIIINA (fig. J6-I8.} podospcrmììs brevissimis
suspeusa, subrotunda, compressiuscula, lajvia, fusea, glabra, opaca, magnitudine grani majoris papavcris
vel (in leguminibus monospermis) duplo inajora, hilo parvo marginali et sub boc macula oblonga castane!
notala. IKIÌGIIUENIUU simplex, membranaceum, interne endosperm io tenui gelatinoso byalino vestitum.
EMiinvo(^^. jg. 20.) uncinatus, lutescens. Coimno-NES elliptica:, pia no-convex a:, a:quales. RADICUIA in
exlremitatc .apicetu leguminis spectanto sita, intus curvata et Lilum spectans, teres, acutiuscula, cotyledonibus
brcvior. Pi.uuuu imperspicua.
fior. GEH. r.T SPEC.