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The fecond fort grows naturally in Virginia ; this 

 hath an herbaceous branching ftalk, which rifes from 

 nine inches to a foot high -, it has four angles, and 

 the leaves ftand by pairs on the branches ; they are 

 Ihaped like thofe of the wild Marjoram, and are a 

 little hairy, fitting clofe to the branches. The flowers 

 are produced at the top of the branches; they are 

 fmall, and of a piirple colour. The four ftamina 

 ftand within the tube of the flower ;' thefe flowers do 

 not appear till the end of fummer, fo the feeds fel- 

 dom ripen here. . . .■.■.. 



They are propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 

 in pots filled with light earth in autumn ; and in win- 

 ter the pots fliould be placed under a frame to {helter 

 thcin from fevere froft, but fhould be expofed to the 

 open air at all times when the weather is mild. In the 

 fpring the plants will appear, and when they are fit 

 to remove, they fliould be planted on a bed of light 

 earth, (hading them from the fun till they have taken 

 frefli root, then they will require no other culture but 

 to keep them clean from weeds. :>. : . / 

 TRIDx\X. Lin. Gen." Plant. "872. After, Houft. 



. MSS. American Starwort.V -" . r. . . 

 The Characters are, , - 



Thefower has a cormnon cylindrical imbricated enipale- 

 ment\ The fcales are acute-pointed^ and ere5f» 'The 

 flowers are compcfed of hermaphrodite florets in the dijk^ 

 and the rays are of female half florets. The hermaphro- 

 dite florets are funml-flmped^ of one petals and cut at the 



■ - hrim ir:to five points •, thefe have five fhort hair-like fta- 



terminated by cylindrical fummits joined together^ 

 and an ohlong crowned germcn fupporting a briftly ftyle^ 

 crowmd by an obtiife ftigma/:- The germen afterward he- 

 comes an oblong fingle feed^ crowned with a fimple down. 

 The female half florets are plain., of one petal., and cut 

 into three fegments at the top ; thefe have an oval germen 

 like the hermaphrodite florets^ but ho ftaminay^md are 



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fucceeded by ftngle feeds of the ft ^ ^ 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



of Linna^us's nineteenth clafs, which contains the 

 ' plants whofe flov/ers are compofed of hermaphrodite 

 . and female florets, which are both fruitful. ^ ' %>< 



. We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 'V^\r>Ayi{Prociimbens.) Hort. Cliff; 418. After procum- 

 . bens, flore ochroleuco, foliis laciniatis & hirfutis. 

 / Ilouft. MSS. Trailing Starwort with a whitiflj copper- 



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coloured flower;^and hairy jagged leaves,' ^ ^ 



; This plant was difcovered by the late Dr. Hoiiffouh, 

 ! orov^ing naturally by the road fide leading to old La 

 Vera Criz, in America. The'ftalks of this trail up- 

 . onthe ground and emit roots at' their joints, where- 

 by it fprcads and propagates; they are herbaceous 

 and hairy, and garniflied with rough hairy leaves 

 placed by pairs, about* an mch and a half long, and 

 three quarters 'of an inch broad, ending in acute 

 • points, and are acutely jagged'on their edges..-^ The 

 .-flowers are produced upon long naked foot-ftalks, 

 which terminate their branches. They have one com- 

 mcJn empalement cof^jpofed of oval fcaleS, ending in 

 ^^ acute points, which lie over each other like th? fcales 

 of fifli-, within which are ranged many female half 

 .-■alflorets, which compofe the border or rays, and a good 

 J : number of hermaphrodite florets which form the diflc 

 -^- or middle ; thefe are of a pale copper colour, inclining 

 t -to white, and are each fucceeded by a fingle oblong 



plant does not produce flowers in plenty here, and 

 but rarely perfcfts its feeds in England. 



T R I F O L I U M. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 404. tab. 2 2 8. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 896. [of tres, three, and folium, 

 Lat, a leaf.] Trefoil -, in French, Trefle, 



The Characters are, 



The flotver has a tubulous permanent empalement of one 



leaf. The flower is of the buttefl.y kind^ and is frcqiiently 



permanent., drying in the empalement. The flandard is 



reflexedy the wings are fhort er than the flandard^ and the 



keel is fhorter than the wings \ it has ten ftamina., nine 



are joined^ and one is feparate^ terminated by fingle fum- 



mits^ and an almoft oval germen fupporting an awlfljaped 



flyle^ crowned by a fingle fligma. The germen afterward 



becomes a floort pod with one valve^ containing a few 



roundifh feeds. -'.-:,., _, '. , . " 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 



Linnasus's feventeenth clals, which contains ihofe 



plants whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 



■ bodies ; and to this eenus he has added the Tri- 



foliaftrum of Micheli, fome of the fpecies of Melilot 



of Tournefort, and the Lupinafter of Bux-baum. 



There are great numbers of fpecies of this genus, fe- 



veral of which grow naturally in England, and others 



in feveral parts of Europe ; but as many of them are 



plants of fmall eftimation, they are rarely cultivated 



; either in the field or garden •, therefore it would be 



; . fwelling this work too much to enumerate them here, 



^ fo I fliall feleft only fuch of them as are culdvated ei- 



j ther for ufe or beauty. ' , 



: .. . The Species are, ■ -: V . 



Trifolium (Pr^/^;z/^} fpicis fubvillofis, cinftis flipu- 



-' ■ lis oppofitis membranaceis, corollis m.onopetalis. Lin- 



\ Sp. Plant. 108:2. Trefoil with hairy fpike^^ mewbrana- 



- ceous flipul^s placed oppojite^ and flowers of one petal, 



; . Trifolium purpiireum, majus, pratenfi fimile. Rail 



: Syn. 328. The Red or Dut/:h Clover. : . v. * .. 



2. Trifolium {Repens) capitulis umbellaribus legumi- 



nibus tetrafpermis,'caule repente. Lin. Sp. Plant. 767. 



Trefoil with umbeUatcd heads., pcds having four feeds., and 



a creeping ftalk. Trifolium pratenfe album. C. B. P. 



5-, .^,327. White Meadow Trefoil Iloneyfuckle Grafs., or white 



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Trifolium (Jgrarium) fpicis ovalibus imbrxatis, 

 vexillis deflexis perfiftentibus, calycibus nudis, caule 

 ercfto. Flor. Suec. 617. Trefoil with oval imbricated 

 fpikes of fl.owers., having dcflexed permanent ftandards^ 



*i naked mpalements^ and an cre3 fta^,^^'JJx\i<}\\\x\y\ pra- 

 tenfe luteum, capitulo lupuli vel agrarium. C. B. P. 



"^ Yellow Meadow TrefoiL or Hop Clover>--..^_^_...^ ..^ 



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4. Triyolivm (Filiforme) fpicis imbricatis, vexillis de- 

 flexis perfiftentibus, •'-calycibus pedicillatis, caulibus 



-1 procumbentibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 773. .Trefoil with im- 



:: bricated fpikes of flowers^ having dcflexed permanent ft and- 



' arJs., empalement s ftanding iipo)i foot-ftalks., and trailijig 



•■ ftalks,^lLX\io\\\x'c^ luteum; lupulinum, minimum. Hift. 



-■ Ox. 2. 142. The leaft yellow Hop Trefoil.^ called None- 



■ fuch J or Black Seed.p^^- -'{ j-i-x 



5. Tkifolivm {Ochroleucrum) fpicis oyatis^-vcalycibus 



*■ foliatis, caule erefto villofo,- foliolisIanceolatls^/jY'r^- 

 ; foil with oval fpikes of flowers, having leafy empatementSy 

 : ' an ereSf hairy ftalk^' and fpear-floaped leaves. Trifoljuni 



■ pratenfe hirfutum majus, flore albo fulphurea, feu 

 J ochroleucrum. Raii Cat. Cant. Greater^hairy, Meadow 



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■■ 7 This pl^nt is' propagated by feeds, which fhould be 



'Town in pots and plunged into" a Hot-bed,' aiid'when 



.-^ the plants come up and are fit to remove, they ftiould 



* ■..-be eacli planted in a fmall pot filled with light earth, 



- --and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving 



■i to ftiade them from the fun till they have taken new 



,"tfieri they muft afterward be treated in the fame 





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i . placing them in the bark-ftove in autumn, where they 



ftiould conftantTy" remain. 

 ' . ■ It may alfo be propagated by its trailing ftalks, which 

 ; frequently put out roots at their joints -, if thefe are 

 ;:; cut off and planted, they will make new plants. This 



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cc?J2monly called TrefciL'''i-''ij-iv: y v^ti-^c;.^ 

 6. Trifolium (Rubens) fpicis villofis Idngis cbrollis mo- 

 ! nop^talisj'cauleerecto, foliis 'fenrulatis. Hort. Cliffy. 



;,-;375. Trefoil with oblong, blunt, hairy fpikes cf flowers, 

 .■ of one petal, ereB ftalks, and flawed leaves. ■-.Trifolium 

 fpica oblonga rubra.^C. B. P. 328. Trefoil with an ob- 

 long redfp. 



"7. Trifolium (Squarrcfum) fpicis fubpilofis, calycum 



■ infimo dente longiflimo reflcxo, caule herbaceo. Lin. 



'Sp. Plant. 1082. Trefoil with hairy fpikes of flowers, 



whofe empakfnents have long feflexed indentures, and an 



herbaceous ftalk. Trifolium Hifpanicum anguftifolium, 



fpica dilute rubente, C. B. P. 328. Nairow-leaved 



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