TRIFOLIUM Linncei Gen. PL D iadelphia D ecandria.
Flores fubcapitati. Legumen vix calyce longius, non dehifcens,
deciduurn.
RaiiSyn. Gen. 24. . Herbæ flore papilionaceo s e u le.guminosæ.
TRIFOLIUM repens capitulis umbellaribus, leguminibus tetrafpermis, caule repente. Lin. Syft.
Vegetab. p. 572. Sp. PL p. 1080. Flor'. Suec. n. 665.
TRIFOLIUM caule repente ;. fpicis depreflîs ; fîliquis tetrafpermis. Haller Hiß. n. 367.
TRIFOLIUM repens. Scopoli Fl. Carniol.
TRIFOLIUM pratenfe album. C. B. Pin. 327.
TRIFOLIUM minus pratenfe, flore albo. Ger. emac. 1185. Parkinfon m o . Raii Svn. i . 021.
White-Flowered Trefoil. > ' ■ ' 1 ° ■
Hudfon Fl. Angl. cd. 2. p. 324.
Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 404.
RADIX perennis, fibrofa.
CAULES plurimi, repentes, late fparfi, teretes, fim- ]
plices, glabn, virides, feu purpurafcentes. ;
STIPULÆ ovato-lanceolatæ, venofæ, venis purpu- \
rafcentibus.
FOLIA terna, variabilia, nunc ovata, obtufa, nunc i
obcordata, emarginata; acute ferrata, viridia, i
feu purpurafcentia, maculâ lunulatâ albi- <
• ; • cànte plerumque notata. *:
I PEDUNCULI longiflimi, erefti, ftriati.
I FLORES plerumque albi, purpurafcentes etiam oc-
currunt, .glomerati, junioribus ere&is, ma- !
turis deflexis, fufcis.
| CAPITULA ma jufcula , præfertim in cu ltâ p lan ta , i
fphærica. «
K CALYX: P e r i a n t h iu m m o n o p hy llum , q u inq u e - \
dentatum, fæpius co lo ra tum , ftriis de c em i
elevatis notatum, dentibus feta ceis , duobus 1
fuperioribus p au lq -long io r ib u s , fig. 1 . \
I COROLLA p ap ilio nac ea , c a ly c e d u p lo lo n g io r ; \
V e x i l l u Ki o b lo n gum , fub emarg in atum, re- j
flexum, Jig. 2. A læ duæ, v e x illo multo <
breviores,. Jig. 3, C a r in a brev iflima , bafi î
bifida, fig. 4.
1 STAMINA: F i l a m e n t a diadelpha, fimplex et |
novem-fidum, Jig. 3, 6. A ntheræ parvae, I
K: • luteæ, f
IPISTILLUM : G e r m e n Oblongum, teretiufculum ; |
S t y l u s fubulatus, longitudine germinis ; f
I ■ S t ig m a flavefcens, capitatum, fig. 7. f
I. ERICARPIUM : L e g u m e n oblongum, teres, mu- 4
I or s, ,TX cronatum, torulofum, fig. 8. continens f
lo i. MINA duo ad, quatuor, fig. g.
; ROOT perennial and fibrous.
; STALKS numerous, creeping, fpreading wide, round,
unbranched, fmooth, greeh, or purplifh.
’ STIPULiE ovate and pointed, veiny, the veins
purplifh.
LEAVES growing three together, variable as to their
Ihape, being fometimes ovate and blunt,
fometimes inverfely heart-fhaped and notched
at the end, fliarply fa wed round the
, edge, of a green or purplifh colour, and ha-
| ving moft commonly'a whitilh mark in the
l centre.
■ r f JS w f5 'o STALK,? vei7 long, upright, and ftriated .
G R O W E R S g en e r a lly wh ite, b u t fometimes p u rp lifh ,
g row in g in a d u lle r , the y o u n g ones u p r
ig h t, the o ld ones h an g in g d ow n and b e-
> com in g b row n.
i HEADS large, efpecially in the cultivated plant, and
of a round fhape.
> CALYX : a P e r i a n t h iu m o f on e le a f, h a v in g ten
teeth, g en e r a lly co lo u red , m a rked with ten
ribs, the teeth b riftle-fhaped, the tw o u p pe r-
mo ft fom ew h at the lo n g e ft, fig. 1 .
COROLLA p ap ilio na c eou s , tw ic e the len g th o f the
c a l y x ; S t a n d a r d ob lo n g , flig h tly n o tch ed
a t the e x t rem ity , and turn ing b a ck , fig. 2.
W in g s tw o , much fhorter than the ftandard,
f i g ' 3- K e e l v e r y fhort, d iv ided at the bafe*
fig- 4-
STAMINA: ten F il a 'm e n t s , o ne fin g le , th e reft
u nited in to one b o d y , f i g . 5 , 6. A n t h e r s
fma ll, and y e llow . ’
PISTILLUM: G e r m e n o b long , ro u n d ifh ; S t y l e
tap er in g , the len g th o f the g e rm en ; S t i g m a
y e llow ifh , fo rming a little h ead, f i g . 7.
SEED-VESSEL : an o b lo n g , round, jo in ted p od ,figt
8. termina ting in a p o in t and co n ta in in g
SEEDS from tw o to fo u r , f i g . g .
nJ ^ r T e?!n? °r )? “ tch, ? lov<:r “ V blr confi<isred as one of our moll Valuable Britilh plants, the greateft
land hen T c ufed ‘.n this country is imported from Holland, where it is cultivated on account o f its feed
1 co„„,r”' ac<lulr=d the name of Dutch Clover ; as it is a plant which grows, naturally wild in this
I in ° y; fS s if fe gravelly, and indifferent foils it is probable it might alfo be cultivated for the fame purpofe
I Tl 1 * Part-S * & rettt-Bntam, where land and labour are cheap, and that togreat advantage " P
L h o dnqUa.n m y -0 f f ee,d f? ld aJtnuaI1y t" this country is aftonilhingly great, Meffrs. Go r o om and D e r m e r
|»lio do not particularly deal in this article, fell every year forty or fifty tons weight of it. '
l a n d a u aotanTof^ h ' 10° tS ° r „‘la.lks !'ave tha ad™ntage o f mod others in point o f growth,
l i t flourifhe. P ant.°t Ehls kind, growing naturally in a barren foil, comes to have the advantage of cultivation
io v e r mn“ amazlngly, fo does the Dutch Clover, a fingle feedling of which I have known in a garden T o
| ° X “ »re ground than a yard fquare, in one fummer. 8
I which h T T h‘S Plant H " 0t gr0W f° ,tail as f?rae others" 3,et * e vail number of Italics, leaves, and blolfoms
I H ou;- Prodaces a great bottom in a pallure, and thereby damps a particular value on it Bits producinp-hTh howeve,r wl’,ch mak“ anf g ^ t figure in the fpring, but its chief excellence confids in
»overt the cSij b -^e dfyjtttttmers, late m the feafon, when mod of the grades are burnt up it th-n
I There ; fie ds. ,wlth a beautiful verdure, and affords plenty of food to the cattle, or hay for a feconcl crop
1 " abundance“ M l i I>teva!ent among farmers, that alhes alone fpread on land will produce this plant
I only rendered’laT 7 dT T kn°W’ n°t beheVe, that the plant previoudyexided in the ground, and is
■ Of th T - r -r^cr an“ more confpicuous by the manure.
■ olourTnlt ‘ j™ rePens 1 have obferVed two remarkable varieties, viz. one with leaves o f a deep purple
■ growing out nTti, “ (1 gardensuas ,a? or" amental PIant. the other proliferous, having fmall heads o f leaves
H her fio"Trs- thls f.f0“ 1?11 Ibveral yehrs ago on the left-hand fide o f the canal, leadino- from
1 foil. ■ ° ; there are Iikewue feveral other varieties which depend on the richnefs and poverty of