214 Mn. ArzELIUS's Account of 
of colour firft obferved, they alfo differ in other refpects, particu- 
Jarly as to their parts of fructification. Thus when profeffor 
Gouan fays of his Trifol. alpefre, that it has flores ochroleuci, there is 
reafon to fufpeét its not being the real one; and as we have no 
other fpecies than the ochroleucum, pannonicum, aud montanum, which 
 anfwer to this defcription, and are otherwife as to their form and 
appearance nearly related to the alpefire, it may naturally be fup- 
pofed that he meant one of thefe three: now it cannot be either 
the ochroleucum or the montanum, as he has feparately mentioned 
thefe in the fame place ; confequently his Trifol. alpefre muft either 
. be the pannonicum, or a new fpecies. 
TRIFOLIUM MEDIUM. 
“If my conje&ure already mentioned refpeéting Gefner be juft, he 
is the firft author who treats of this Trifolium. But the firft certain 
account of it was given by Ray in his Hiftory ; and it is evident, 
from his defcription, that he meant the real one. As in its appear- 
ance it refembles the pratenfe, he has juftly compared them together, 
faying, that the medium is is in E L reiperis larger; that the leaves are 
not always marked with white- that they have more con- 
fpicuous veins, Minis: on the Suns fide ; ; that the fpikes are 
more round, having long peduncles; and that the flowers are of a 
deeper purple. But he commits an error in believing it to be the 
fame as that cultivated in meadows: yet he has altered this in the 
firft edition of his Synopfis; and in the fecond he kept them feparate, 
as did alfo Dillenius in the third edition. He is the firft who added 
the fynonymous appellations of other authors, but unfortunately 
fixed upon thefe three, Clufius, J. Bauhin, and C.Bauhin, neither of 
whom meant the fame plant as he did, or the Triol. medium ; but, 
on the contrary, the a/peffre; efpecially the two firft, as is mentioned 
above. 
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