. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Okdeb 46.—leguminous PLANTS. 191 seeded, longer than the permanent calyx. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. Flowers in racemes. 1 M. officina'Us. Yellow M. Leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, dentate. Calyx half aa long as the yellow corolla. Pod 2-seeded. Steni 3f. 8 M. alba. White M. Leaflets ovate-oblong, square at end. Calyx not half as long as the white corolla. Pod 2-seeded. Height 4^6f. Very fragrant. 6. TEIFO'LIUM. Clover. TrefoU. Calyx 5-cleft, with bristly teeth
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Okdeb 46.—leguminous PLANTS. 191 seeded, longer than the permanent calyx. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. Flowers in racemes. 1 M. officina'Us. Yellow M. Leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, dentate. Calyx half aa long as the yellow corolla. Pod 2-seeded. Steni 3f. 8 M. alba. White M. Leaflets ovate-oblong, square at end. Calyx not half as long as the white corolla. Pod 2-seeded. Height 4^6f. Very fragrant. 6. TEIFO'LIUM. Clover. TrefoU. Calyx 5-cleft, with bristly teeth, persist- ent. Petals more or leas miited at the base, persistent and withering. Banner longer than the wings, which are also longer than the keel. Stamens 10, diadelphous (9 & 1). Legume short, membranous, often included in the calyx, 1-6-seeded, mostly indehis- cent. — Herbs with palmately trifoliate leaves. Leaflets straight-veined. Flowers in heads or spikes. * Flowers yellow, in small, dense, oval heads. Pod 1-seeded 1,2 * Flowers cyanic (not yellow) a a Flowers on little stalks (pedicels) and finally deflexed b a Flowers nearly or quite sessile, never de- flexed c b Heads small, on stalks some ten times longer,.. .3, 4 b large, on stalks two or three times longer 5, 6 c Calyx teeth feathery, longer than the whitish o Calyx teeth shorter than the purple or roseate corolla. 1 T. procum'bens. Yelhw G. Stipules much shorter than the petioles. Style 3 or 4 times shorter than the pod. Heads ovate, i in. thick. Stems prostrate. May. 2 T. agra'rium. Laigei' Yellow G. Stipules longer than the petiole. Style about as long as the pod. Heads oblong, i in. thick. Stems ascending. Jane^ July. 3 T. Carolinia'nnm. Southern C. Stipules leaf-like. Calyx teeth thrice longer than its tube. Legume 4-8eeded. Scarcely forms a turf. W. S. 4 T. repens. White G. ShaTnroclc. Stipules narrow, scale-like. Calyx teeth shorter than its tube. Pod 4-8eeded. Forms a de
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