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Trifolium Canescens. Grey Clover. 



CA//i tf/zi Order. 



DlA DELPHI A DeCANDRIA. 



Generic CharaHer. 



hiores iubcapitati. Legumen vix calyce longius, non de- 

 hifcens, deciduum. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



TRIFOLIUM c am fans x fpicis ovatis laxis folitariis, calycis 

 dentibus pilofis lanceolatis, corollis monope- 

 talis, ftipuUs fubulatis, foliolis obovatis emar- 

 ginatis villofis, caule firaplici adfeendente. 



TIMPftfn , IK/U. Sp. PI. 3 . p. r 3 6 9 . 



iKarOLIUM onemale canefcens, capitulo oblongo fordide 

 albo. Tourncf. Cor. 27. 



L)i:sc. S/ems fimple, afTurgcnt, clothed at the lower part 

 with the dead flipules, obtufely and obfoletely angled, covered 

 with white hairs adprefled to the ftem, which when dried give 

 l 'iem an appearance remarkably whiter than the reft of" the 

 plant. Leaves alternate (the two upper ones oppofite and 

 remote from the head of flowers) petiolated. Petioles twice 

 the length of the membranous itriate Jlipules, terminated in 

 two lanceolate-fubulate, creel fegments. Leaflets ternate, fub- 

 leililc, elliptical or obovate, emarginate, covered on botb fides 

 with foft hairs, ftriated with numerous tranfverfe fomewhat 

 branched veins. Calyx, the tubular part flriate, white, covered 

 With fhort foft hairs ; teeth five, very patent, rigid, lanceolate- 

 'ubulate, much more hairy than the tube : the lower one longelt 

 and (landing forward, fhorter than the tube of the flower. 

 Corolla one-petaled : vcxillum twice the length of the keel, 

 obtufe, emarginate, undulate : AU connivent, equal to the 

 carina which is boat-fliaped, fpotted with purple on the infide. 



Stamens 



