In TRIFOLIUM Linn. Gen. P i. ÎDi a De l p h i a D e c a n d r i a .
Flores fubcapitati; Capfuta vel Legumen vix calyce longius, non de-
hilcens, deciduum.
Raii Syn. Gern 23* H ë r b æ f l o r e p a p i l i o n a c e o s e u l e g u m in o s æ .
TRIFOLIUM fcabrum capitulis feffilibus Iateralibus ovatis, calÿcibus inæqualibus rigidis perfiflentibus
Linn. Sp. PI. ed. $. p. 1084. r
TRIFOLIUM fcabrum capitulis feffilibus Iateralibus ovatis, calycis laciniis inæqualibus rigidis recurvis.
Linn. Sy/l. Vegetab. ed. 14 . Murr. Scopoli F l. Carn. ed. 2. p. 8 1 . Hudf F/. Angl. ed. 2.
TRIFOLIUM caulibus proftratis, capitulis ovatis, in alis feffilibus, calÿcibus rigidis, fegmentis redis
Hall. Hiß. Helv. n. 1. ' 5
[ TRIFOLIUM flofculis albis, in glomerulis oblongis afperis, cauliculis proxime adnatis. Rail Svn
ed. 3. p. 329. Vaill. Par. t. 3 3 . f . 1 . J
RADIX annua, fibrofa.
HLJLES ex eadem radice plures, procumbentes,
triunciales ad femipedales et ultra in planta
H; culte, teretes, flexuofi, pilis longis fubappreffis
[ veftiti, ramofi.
llpIA in eadem planta varia, inferiora plerumque
I l obovata, obtufa, fuperiora ovata, acuta, uti
[ caulis pilofa, mucrone terminata, fubdenti-
1 culata, venis, ad marginem fuperne præter
[ morem prominentibus.
HpULÆ nervofæ, acuminatæ, rubro ftriatæ.
LORES albi, parvi, angufti, capitati, capitulis ovatis,
H feffilibus, Iateralibus.
■ YX: P e r ia n t h iu m monophyllum, tubulatum,
quinquefidum, villofum, in flor.efcente planta
| rubedine tindum, laciniis majufculis, lanceo- '
t Iatis, rediufculis, duabus fuperioribus minori- (
I bus, perada florefcentia reflexo-patulis, rigi- 1
t dulis, tubus fulcatus, fig. 1. <
jROLLA papilionacea ; V e x i l l u m red iu fcu lum ,
I obtufum ; A læ v e x illo p au lo b revio res, ob -
I tufæ; C a r in a long itu d in e feré a l a r u m ,^ . 2.
■ MINA: Fïl a m e n t a 10, capillaria, alba; A n- I theræ flavæ.
B L L U M : G e r m e n o b lo n gum , v ir id e ; S t y l u s
K longitudine ftaminum ; S t i g m a capitatum;
■ NA intra - calycem nervofum folitaria, lutea, |
B ovaiia, nitida. a
) ROOT annual and fibrous.
1 STALKS many from the fame root, procumbent,
from three to fix inches in length or more
, in the cultivated plant, round, crooked, co-
1 vered with long hairs fomewhat preffed to it,
1 branched.
1 LEAVES various in the fame plant, the lower ones
for the moft part inverfely ovate, obtufe, the
upper ones ovate, and pointed, hairy like the
ftalk, terminating in a ffiort point, flightly
1 toothed,, v eins ne ar the ma rgin o n the u p p e r
fid e unu fu a lly prominen t.
ST IPU LE rib’d, long-pointed, ftreaked with red.
FLOWERS fmall, white, narrow, growing in little
heads, which are ovate, feffile, and lateral.
CA L YX : a P e r i a n t h iu m o f on e le af, tubula r, div
id ed in to fiv e fegments, v illou s , in the
flow e rin g p lan t co lo u red w ith red, the fe g ments
fom ew h at la rg e , lanc eo la te , n e a r ly
ftra ight, the tw o u p pe rmo ft ones fma lleft,
w h en th e flow e rin g is o v e r fp re ad in g and
fom ew h at b en t b a ck , a little r ig id , the tube
g ro o v e d , Jig. 1.
COROLLA p a p ilio n a c e o u s ; S t a n d a r d n e a r ly
ftra ight, o b tu fe ; W in g s a little fliorter than
the ftandard, o b tu fe ; K e e l the leng th n e a r ly
; o f the win gs , Jig. 2.
STAMINA:' ten w h ite ca p illa r y F i l a m e n t s ; A nther
y e llow .
PISTILLUM: G e r m e n o b lo n g , g r e e n ; S t y l e th e
len g th o f the ftamina; S t ig m a form in o- a
lit t le head.
SEEDS one within each rib’d calyx, yellow, oval, and
glofiy.
■ L r J f e ls a Pound m many parts of Europe, growing in open fituations, and particularly
Hon - n rJi or calcareous foils; we have not obferved it nearer London, than thé neighbourhood of
pus parts ofthe kingdom 7 S J É 106 ° f Shepey; is found aIfo between Northfleet and Gravefend, and in
^takesits name ok fcabrum from the roughnefs of its heads, a character not altogether peculiar to this
Wooers in June and July, and grows readily from feeds.
Bthe Ip lI I are dnSed with red when the Rhe fenn:“’ T unSea Wltn rea wnen ttie Ppl,aanntt 1isS imin fflloowweerr,, bbeeccoommee aafftteerrwwaarrddss ggrreeeenn..
I I y f ! npartlfear> ■ le Plant is y?U1p- the foliase is remarkably pretty; the veins on the upper
• Inc the ™argln> V«ich are unufually prominent, being then moft confpicuous.
P a rirVh ^ ■ ° Ut the' le a d in g f acumen; V a il l an t js- t_ “ ;/• nas Pivf*n -n rennA _r_ . i_ . n n • > ^ . A
S flc d .
■ iffer.
V ars; in tbe giomeratum the heads are rouncf, in’ the fcabr
B . Pa7;/h*T™ OUC tne features o f this plant with his "ufual acumen;‘ and V a il l a n t , in his
jlffed. J' Slven a good bs ure of 115 the hairinefs on the ftalk is, however, fomewhat too ftrongly
S u l a r s - ^ rif olium giomeratum, a l r e a d y f ig u r e d (w i t h w h i c h i t h a s T o m e a f f in i t y ) in a v a r i e t y o f
K fmooth th p ^ e ? d - a r e ^und, in t h e fcabrum th e y a r e o v a t e ; in t h e giomeratum t h e w h o l e
hfvtnm the ls ha,i r y , ; th e f lo w e r s a r e r e d , in th i s t h e y a r e w h i t e ; in t h e
» gm e n t s o f thT ^ j g j ^ B t e ^ P S h e r e t h e y a r e F a in t ly lo; t h e r e ' is a c o n f id e r a b l e d i f f e r e n c e a l f o in
» u s taken WhlGh d e le r v e s a P a r t l c u l a r a t t e n t io n , a s t h e f p e c i f i c d e f e r ip t io n o f H a l l e r a n d
H h e y differ S S l B P art,ar5 a t v a r i a n c e ; t h e fo rm 'e r d e f e r ib e s th em a s .f t r a i g h t (rectis) o b f e r v in g
m , when the ■ , ;i S I . r ? m tbo Pe o f t h e giomeratum; t h e l a t t e r d e fe r ib e s t h em a s b e n t b a c k (rccurvis) ■ th e
M '^ em e n t io n e d ^ t h e r 11 f lo w e r ’ w b i c h \s t h e p e r i o d w h e n i t is g e n e r a l l y fu p p o f e d t o b e d e f e r ib e d , u’ n le fs
v l t L A N T h a e j j th? l e g™,?®lts O f t h e calyx a r e f t r a ig h t , o r n e a r l y f o ; w h e n o u t o f b lo o m t h e y b e n d b a c k
K v i d e n t l y rPr , ! P:r^ e n t e d th em 5 m d i e giomeratum th e y b e n d b a c k a t a m o r e e a r l y p e r i o d , a n d a lw a y s are’ [From - |
B e d to be d f lS ° r Pembr0^e> we received feeds of this plant growing on the fea-coaft, which he
B ughnefs, tent from ours ; on culture/it proved the fame, varying fomewhat in fuperiority of fize