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The BRITISH HERBAL 
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The leaves on thefe are like thofe from the 
root, but of a frefher green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
branches in thick, longith heads; and they are 
of a bright red. 
The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are few 
and roundifh. 
It is common in our meadows and paftures, 
and flowers in June. 
C.Bauhine calls it Lrifolium pratenfe purpureum ; 
and moft others follow him. 
This fpecies, when fown in a favourable man- 
ner, yields what we call clover; the plant itfelf 
therefore is properly a wild clover. Mr. Ray 
diftinguifhes the clover of our cultivated land as 
a different fpecies ; but it is no other way different 
than as a plantimproved by culture always is from 
the fame in a wild ftate. 
5. Little heart-leaved red Trefoil. 
Trifolium parvum foltis cordatis flore rubente. 
The root is compofed of a few flender fibres, 
joined to a fmall oblong head. 
The firft leaves are few and fmall: they ftand 
on long footftalks, three on each; and they are 
oblong, and heart-fafhioned: they are of a pale 
green, and lightly hairy. 
The ftalk is flender, upright, of a pale green, 
fiightly hairy, and five or fix inches high. 
The leaves on this are finall; and they are 
placed on long, flender footftalks, three on each: 
they perfectly refemble thofe from the root in 
fhape and colour; and it is fingular, that to- 
ward the top of the ftalk they ufually grow in 
pairs. 
The flowers are large, and of a pale red: they 
ftand in oblong heads, upon weak feotftalks, 
ufually one head on each plant. 
The feed-veffels are fmall, and the feeds are 
brown. 
It is not uncommon in dry paftures, and flowers 
in June. 
Ray calls it Irifolium pratenfe purpureum minus 
foltis cordatis. 
6. Long-leaved purple Trefoil. 
Trifolium foliis longioribus floribus purpureis. 
The root is compofed of a few thick fibres. 
The firft leaves are fupported on fhort foot- 
ftalks: and they are oblong, broad, obtufe, and 
of a deep green. 
The ftalks are round, weak, jointed, and a‘ 
foot or more in height. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on thefe, and re- 
femble thofe from the root, but that they are 
longer and narrower: three grow on each foot- 
ftalk; and they are alfo of a dufky green. 
The flowers are of a deep purple: they are 
placed in fhort, thick threads. 
The feed-veffels are fhort, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
We have it not unfrequently on hilly paftures. 
Tt flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium ‘montanum purpu- 
reum majus. J. Bauhine, Trifolium majus fecun. 
dum Clufit. 
7- Smooth teafel-headed Trefoil, 
Lrifolium frellatum glabrum. 
The root is long, fender, and furnithed with 
many fibres, 
The ftalks are numerous, round, fmall, and 
tolerably eredt : they are not much branched 
and they are eight inches hich, : 
“ The ae ftand on fhort, flender footftalks 
fee on each; and they are s 
tharp-pointed, and of a duty aed ie 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
oblong heads, refembling in fome degree thofe 
of the common teafel : they are fmall and red 
and they open more than thofe of any of the ottier 
kinds at the end; whence the plant has obtained 
the name of fharry trefoil, 
We have it in dry fandy places, 
the fea. It flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Trifolium fellatum glabrum, Others 
Trifolium capitulis dipfaci; a name much more 
expreffive. 
elpecially near 
8. Soft-headed Trefoil. 
Trifolium hirfutum capitulis mollioribus rubentibus. 
The root is compofed of a number of fmall 
fibres, connected to a little head. 
The firft leaves are placed on long footftalks 
three on each; and they are broad, and tere: 
fafhioned; of a pale green, and a little hairy. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, flender, and 
a foot high, 
The leaves on the lower part of thefe refemble 
thofe from the root; but thofe on the upper part 
are longer and narrower, and of a paler green, 
The flowers are fmall, and of a very pale red : 
they ftand in longifh tufts at the tops of the ftalks 
and branches ; and there generally are fome leaves 
juft under them. 
The feed-veffels are fmall, but the feeds are 
large. E 
It is found in dry, barren paftures, and flowers 
| in July. 
Ray calls it Trifolium parvum birfutum Hioribus 
parvis dilute purpureis in glomerulis mollioribus &3 
oblongis, Jemine magne, ' 
9, Round-knoted Trefoil. 
Trifolium glomerulis ad caulium nodos rotundis, 
The root is compofed of numerous, long, and 
flender fibres, connected to a {mall head, 
The ftalks are numerous, round, weak, jointed, 
and of a pale green: they are eight or ten inches in 
length, and they lie in great part upon the ground. 
The leaves ftand on flender footftalks, three on 
each ; and they are fmall, broad, and dented at 
the edges; and are of a faint yellowith green. 
The flowers ftand in little foft heads at the in- 
fertions of the leaves, and are of a very pale red, 
The heads have no footftalks, but ftand clofe to 
the ftalk. 
The feed-vefiels are {mall, and the feeds few 
and brown. 
It is common in hilly paftures, and flowers in 
June. 
Ray calls it Trifolium cum glomerulis ad caulium 
nodos rotundis. Others, Trifolium nediflorum. 
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