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TRIFOLIUM ALPESTRE. NARROW- ~ LEAVED 
ROUND-HEADED CAAVEH. 
Lass and Diller. £24. % 
DiApELPHIA oS Baer | 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic. Character. 
Flores capitato-spicati. Cor. Tepetala, persistens. Le- 
gumen \-spermum, cireumscissum, Wigs tectum, s. 2—3 
Terme y rene. | | 
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» Speeifi Character and aims 
Trirotium alpestre ; ¢ ‘ capitulis”“densis Sibelobosis sessili- 
bus, ecalyce hirsuto dente infimo tubum corolle 
_ equante, stipulis nervosis: setaceo-acuminatis, foliolis 
~ Jan is ciliato -serrulatis. venoso - striatis, caule 
stricto subsimplici. oe 
Trirouium alpestre. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1082. Jacq. Obs. 
we. Ail. oe t. 64. Fl. Austr. v. 5. p. 1b. ¢. 433. 
All. Ped. p. 304. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p 1368. 
Afz. in inn: “hans. v. 1. p. 234. Ait. Hort. Keio: ed. 
2. v. 4. p. 384. “De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 2. P. 194. 
Spreng. ie all v. 3. p. et 
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_ Descr. Root lon and creeping ea fro1 
inches to a foot in height, erect, quite eight, rounded, 
green, scarcely pubescent, simple, ora little branched at 
the base. Leaves ternate: leaflets la 
hairy, beautifully striated, with close p ar 
veins, the margins minutely serrated, 
short.. Stipules large, am lexicaul, heathing, united at 
the base, somewhat inflated, scariose, with purplish veins, 
terminating in lot awl-shaped points, pu 
roundish, or bri y-oval,..s imes 
