BIADELPHI\ DBCANDHIA. 



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B75. MELILOTUS. Tournef. insl. p. 407 . '• 229. 



M. caule etecto, foliolis obovatis serratis, spicis axillari- 

 bus paniculatis, leguminibus dispermis rugosis acutis. 



Trifolium officinale. fVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1355. 



Teem. Ft. dan. g34. Mart. ft. rust. t. 7I. 



On the gravelly shores of rivers : Pensylvania to Virgi- 

 nia, ^.0. June, July. v. v. Flowers white. 



officinalis. 



576. TRIFOLIUM. Gen.pl. 1211. 



1. T. procumbens, pubescens ; foliolis obovatis, stipulis reflezum. 

 oblique cordatis, capitulis multifloris, floribiis pedi- 

 cellatis demum omnibus reflexis, leguminibus sub-3- 

 spermh.— iy Hid. sp.pl. 3. p. 13.57. 

 On dry hills and among rocks : Pensylvania, Kentucky, 

 and the Carolina mountains. "2/. June, July. v. v. 

 Flowers of a fine purplish-red. 



2.T, repens; foliolis ovato-oblongis emarglnatis serrula- repens. 



tis, capitulis umbellaribus, calycinis dentibus subae- 

 qualibus, leguminibus tetraspermis. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. 

 p. 1359. 

 Icon. Fl. dan.ggO. Mart. ft. rust. 34. 

 In fields, pasturc^s, and cleared lands on the mountains. 

 ■}/. May— Sept. v. v. This species, generally known 

 by the name of White Clover, makes its appearance 

 wherever lands are cleared of timber, in the most re- 

 mote pans of the country ; I have seen it springing 

 forward on new plantations, from sixty to one hun- 

 dred miles distant from any place where it naturally 

 was found. A number of plants of this description 

 liave struck my attention, among which are Ferbas- 

 cum Thapsus and Senecio hieracifolius in particular, 

 whose dissemination is really problematical. 



3. T. erectura, pusillura ; foliolis rotundato-obcordatis gla- carolinianum. 

 bris margine ciliatis crenulatis, stipulis bifidis, capitu- 

 lis umbellai ibus pedanculatis reflexis paucifloris, co- 

 rollis vix exertis, leguminibus subtrispermis. — Mich, 

 fl. uvier. 2. p. 5S. 

 T. arvense. IValt.fl. car. 183. 

 T. comosum. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1360 ? 

 In sandy fields, near Charlestown, South Carolina. 1/ . 

 June — Aug. v. s. Flowers small, white. In Lam. 

 encycl. 8. p. 2. it has been suggested, that T. coniO' 



