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Furze, G o r s e , Whin. 



Naturalized in the Blue Mts. ; .V>/<;' Jl/urm ! Catherine's Peak, 



4000 ft., Kyycr* ! This species is found not only in western Europe, where 

 it is considered truly native, but also in X. America, Mexico, Chili, Can-ai- 

 ls., Nilgiri Mts., India, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, in which 

 countries it is looked upon as an introduction.] 



? '1. Herbs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets denticulate. 



Flowers in heads axillary. Stamens 10, uppermost usually 

 free, the rest united into a sheath. Pod small, enclosed 

 in the withered calyx and corolla, not opening 



2. TRIFOLIUM L. 



Species 300, numerous in temperate and subtropical regions of the 

 northern hemisphere, a few in the mountains of tropical America, in 

 temperate S. America, and in Africa. 



Flowers white in large heads T. repens. 



[Flowers yellow in small heads T. (Indium.] 



T. repens L. Sp. PL 767 (1753); stem creeping; now* 

 white (sometimes pinkish) in large heads.- M<i<-f. J<nn. i. 24 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 181. (Fig. L>.) Type in Herb. Linn. 



A, Portion of plant X -. 



B, Flower x -'. 



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(', I'm! rii\dci|inl iu the 

 ami i-dnilla X -. 



D, 1'inl \\\\\\ our ValVr 







X '_'. 



Dutch (.> r White Clover. 1 



Common in mountains, Murfn . i :<! Sprin.^, J.I'. 



Blue Mt. Peak, Jli;- Continental America, Europe, Asia. 



IVrcnnial, glabrous. Lea , l-i'5 cm. I. J',-d uncle 



