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MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA. 



Common Buckbean^ qt Marsh Trefoil. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Gentiane^. 



Gen, Char. Calt/.T five-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 the limb spreading, five-parted, fringed internally. 

 Stigma two-lobed. Capsule one-celled, two-valved ; 

 the valves bearing the seed in their axis. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ternate. Disk of the corolla 

 fringed with shaggy hairs. 



S YNO NYMES. 



{Trifolium palustre. Bauh. Pin. 327- 

 Trifolium paludosum. Ger. Em. 1194. 

 Menyanthes palustre, triphyllum, &c. Raii Syn. 285. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata. Lin. Sp. PL 208. 

 French.... Menyanthe ; Trefle d'eau. 

 Italian.... Meniante ; Trifoglio palustre. 

 Spanish... Trifolio palustre ; Trebol de pantano. 

 Portuguese. Trevos dos charcos ; Trevo d'agua. 

 German . . . Wasserklee ; Bitterklee ; Fieberklee. 

 Dutch.... Water Drieblad ; Water Klaveren ; Boks-boonen. 

 Danish.... Vandklever ; Bukkeblade. 

 Swedish . . . Vattukloefver. 

 Polish .... Cwikla Lesna. 



Russ Trilistnik. 



Lapp Krass. 



Description. — The roots consist of numerous fibres, pro- 

 ceeding from a long, creeping, cylindrical, jointed rhizoma ♦. 

 The stem is a simple, naked, cylindrical scape, rising about a 



• " The root," in common language. 



