The author mentions a not generally known difference in the leaves of Trifolium repens L. and T. fragiferum L.: 1. All the leaflets of the trifoliolate leaf somewhat shining beneath (fig. 1, a) ..... T. repens 1¹. Terminal leaflet and the acroscopic half of the lateral leaflets dull beneath, the basiscopic half shining (fig. 1, b) .............................. T. fragiferum