78 GUERMSE Y. 
Trifolium suffocatum, L. Dense-flowered Trefoil. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare apparently, but so inconspicuous a plant is very easily 
overlooked. In a damp hollow on the western side of Lancresse 
Common, a few plants in 1891. Again found in 1900 on Lancresse 
Common by Miss B. Agnew, and by Mr. Andrews on the sand-hills 
close to Lancresse Bay, 
Trifolium repens, L. White Clover. 
Native. First record : Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common. Occasionally I have found a curious sport or 
frondescent form, in which the sepals and petals are transformed 
into small leaves, quite altering the appearance of the flower. 
This plant is commonly called Dutch clover from the fact that at 
one time the seed was imported from Holland in very large quanti- 
ties. It is pointed out by Dr. Prior (Pop. Names Brit. Pi.) that the 
word clover would be more correctly written c/aver, as it was by the 
old authors; the name being derived from the Latin cava, a club. 
The leaf is, in fact, the ‘club’ of our playing-cards, which in French 
is ¢réfée, a trefoil. 
Trifolium hybridum, L. Alsike Clover. 
Casual. First found: Marquand, 1894. 
Very rare. Two or three plants in 1894 on the roadside by 
St. Sampson’s Harbour. In 1899 Mr. Andrews found it growing at 
‘Grande Mare. 
This species takes its English name from being found abundantly 
in the parish of Alsike, near Upsal, in Sweden. 
Trifolium fragiferum, L. Strawberry-headed Trefotl, 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather rare. I have not met with this species in the south of the 
island, but in the north and north-west it occurs in a great many 
places in damp meadows and pastures, especially near the sea. 
Trifolium resupinatum, L. Reversed Trefoit. 
Alien. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare. In 1890 I discovered a small patch of this plant 
about a yard square on the east side of the Vale Castle hill: the 
spot was conspicuous at a little distance by the bright rose-pink 
colour of the flowers. Two or three years later this station was 
destroyed by the cutting of a new pathway up the hill, to facilitate 
the quarrying operations. 
Trifolium procumbens, L. Hop Trefoil. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Common in all parts, especially near the sea. We have two 
forms in these islands: var. campestre, Schreb., and var. psewdo- 
