208 Mr. ArzELIUS' Hijfory of 
Trifolium montanum, fpica longiffima rubente, C. B. which is found in 
both the preceding ones; and alfo from his having added the 
figure of Rivinus, Tas. 12, which indeed reprefents the a/geffre, 
but for want of attention might eafily be miftaken for the rubens @. 
At laft Linnzus introduced Trifol. alpefre into the fecond edition 
of Species Plantarum. But this, inftead of fettling the confufion, 
ferved rather to increafe it. For, befides the genuine fynonyms of 
Clufius and J. Bauhin, he has alfo added the uncertain ones of 
Van Royen and C. Bauhin, together with fome obfervations, 
which, though very brief, ftill unfortunately regard three diftinét 
fpecies, viz. alpefire, medium, and pratenfe. Afterwards he inferted 
this into the twelfth edition of Syft. Naturz, with the following - 
alteration—that the word /£f///óus in the fpecific character was left 
out, as was neceffary, when he confounded it with medium, which 
frequently has pedunculated fpikes. A more ample defcription was 
alfo made, with a view of diftinguifhing it from the pratenfe. But 
the diftinguifhing marks, taken chiefly from the ftipulz, may fuit 
the alpefre as well as the medium, although this latter bears a ftrohger 
refemblance to pratenfe than the former does. … ER 
Of all the authors who from that time have feared er the T r fol 
alpefire, Y am not certain that any one befides Jacquin, Allioni, 
and perhaps Doerrien, had the real one in view. I fay nothing of 
Murray and Reichard; as what they have inferted into their edi- 
tions of the Syftem, is nothing further than copies from the twelfth 
edition, except their having ftill more confounded it with the 
medium, by quoting other authors, who were miftaken themfelves. 
Thus profeffor Jacquin is the firft perfon to whom we are 
indebted for a perfect and; juft idea of Trifol. alpefire, from his good 
figures and defcriptions, firft in his obfervations, and afterwards in 
his Flora Auftriaca, But his quotations are not all to the pur- 
pofe ; 
