- ca) to are 
) TriroLiuM REFLEXUM. Burrato Crover. 
SEK KKK KKK EERE EERE EKER 
Class and Order. 
DrapELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lereuminos2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubulosus, persistens, eglandulosus, 5-fidus, laciniis 
subulatis. Carina alis et vexillo brevior. Stamina diadel- 
pha. Legumen parvum vix dehiscens, sepius ovatum 1—2- 
spermum, calyce brevius et ab eo tectum rarius oblongum, 
3—4-spermum calycem paululum superans.—Herbe. Sti- 
pule petiolo adnate. Folia palmatim 5- aut rarissime 5-fo- 
liolata. Flores capitati aut dense spicati, bracteati, purpuret, 
albi aut ochroleuct. Petala in quibusdam omnia inferne basi 
coaliia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Trirotium reflexum ; adscendens, foliolis rhomboideo-ova- 
libus denticulatis, capitulis globosis terminalibus, flo- 
ribus defloratis reflexis, calycis tubi brevissimo dentibus 
elongatis subulatis rectis corolla persistente brevioribus, 
alis vexillo obovato brevioribus carina apiculata lon- 
gioribus, legumine oblongo 3—4-spermo. ee 
Trirotium reflexum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1079. Mich. Am. 
v.2.p.39. Pursh Fl. Am.v.2.p.477. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget.v.3.p.205. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 201, (not 
of Waldst. and Kit. nor of De Cand. I. c. p. 197.) 
This handsome species of Trefoil, though long cultivated 
in the Southern States of North America, and even as far 
North as Kentucky, by the name of Buffalo-Clover, is very 
little known to European Botanists, nor are we aware that 
it has ever been raised in our gardens, though eminently 
deserving a place in every collection, until Mr. Drummonp 
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