Class and Order.
Diadelphia Decandria.
Generic Character.
Calyx ventricosus. Legumen subrotundum, tectum.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANTHYLLIS tetraphylla herbacea, foliis quaterno-pinnatis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 25. Hort. Kew. vol. 3. p. 25.
LOTUS pentaphyllos vesicaria. Bauh. Pin. 332.
TRIFOLIUM halicacabum. Cam. Hort. 171. t. 47.
An annual; the spontaneous growth of Spain, Italy, and Sicily, flowers in the open border in July, and ripens its seeds, in September.