N. ORD.—-LEGUMINOS&. 48 
Tribe.—TRIFOLIEA, 
GENUS.—TRIFOLIUM , LINN. 
SEX, SYST.—DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
TRIFOLIUM REPENS. 
WHITE CLOVER. 
SYN.—TRIFOLIUM REPENS, LINN. 
COM. NAMES.—WHITE CLOVER; (FR.) TREFLE BLANC; (GER.) WIESEN 
KLEE. 
A TINCTURE OF THE FRESH BLOSSOMS OF TRIFOLIUM REPENS, LINN. 
Description.—This prostrate perennial herb has no positive size, the stem 
is slender, spreading and creeping, pale and glabrous throughout. etéioles 
very long and slender; /eaflets obovate, obovate-emarginate or obcordate, the 
edges very minutely toothed, the caret-shaped grayish spot upon the upper surface 
pale and indistinct; s¢ipu/es nearly linear-lanceolate, scarious and pointed. /e- 
duncles glabrous, longer than the petioles. /nflorescence axillary, consisting of 
small, open, more or less flattened globose heads. Calyx much shorter than the 
corolla; ¢eeth shorter than the tube, awl-shaped and of unequal sizes. Corolla 
white, larger in proportion to the size of the head than the preceding. Fruzta 
4-seeded legume. (Read also, the generic description under T. pratense, 47.) 
History and Habitat.—This species is doubtless indigenous, at least to the 
northern portion of America, from which it has spread southward and westward, 
over fields, roadsides and open woods, blossoming earlier than the preceding, and 
changing from a creamy-white to a dull-rose and finally a rusty-brown color. As 
hay the white clover is far inferior to the red, especially in the warmer climates 
where the cattle refuse to eat of it altogether, probably on account of its action 
upon the salivary glands. 
This species is not mentioned in the U.S. Ph., nor is it spoken of in the 
Eclectic Materia Medica. 
PART USED AND PREPARATION.—The fresh flower-heads prepared as in 
T. pratense, afford a tincture of a clear chestnut-brown color by transmitted light, 
of less astringency, greater acidity, and a more penetrating taste. 
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS —Although without doubt this species will 
prove of greater use in medicine than the preceding, I can find no data upon its 
specific chemistry. 
