162 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
A pretty plant found in thickets and hedges, and particu- 
larly plentiful in Surrey and Sussex. The Highlanders say 
that eating a small quantity of the root prevents hunger 
and thirst. It is called by them Cormeille. In Holland 
the root is roasted like Chestnuts, and is said to resemble 
them in flavour. In England we make no use of this plant. 
The flower is pretty; its pea-shaped blossoms are of a 
pinkish purple, and marked with purple veins. The leaves 
are divided into two or four pairs of narrow leaflets, with 
no tendril, but having a curious shaped leaf called a stipule, 
where the leaf-stalk joms the stem. It is about a foot high. 
Seed-vessel long, round, and black. 
There are two other species, but both rather rare, and 
found principally in the north of England and Scotland. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALYCIFLORZ. FABACES. 
TRIFOLIUM. (Trerott.) 
Generic Character. Seed-vessel having one or more seeds, 
shorter than the calyx by which it is covered. Flowers in heads. 
Leaves divided into three parts. 
