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10. Long-knotted Frefoil. 
Trifolitm glomeralis efperis oblongis. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. 
The ftalks are weak, {preading, and‘of a pale 
green. 
<The leaves are ‘placed at d liftances, three on a 
footftalk ; and they are oblong, broad, ‘and of a 
yel Hlowifh green. 
The flov vers are fmall and white: they are col- 
lected into large oblong heads, which ftand in‘the 
bofoms of hie’ leaves, “aid feel prickly the feg- 
ments of the cup being hard‘and pointed. 
We have it‘in tenereiny ary paftures, © It flowers 
in July. : 
Ray. calls ito 7 sAfol inn fofeulis albis in glomerulis 
oblongis afperis caulicul:s proximée ganatis. 
11. Strawberry-Trefoil. 
Trifolium fragiferum. 
‘The root is long and flender, and is hung with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous: they are placed 
on flender footftalks, three on each ; and they are 
fhort, broad, heart-fafhioned, and of a pale 
bluifh green. 
The ftalks rife among thefe, and are of a pale 
eréen, branched, hrregulasly upright, and of a 
firm fubftance: the leaves on them are numerous 
and fmall; they are of the fame ‘fhape with thofe 
from the root, but of a pale colour. 
The flowers are collected together in large, 
round heads, placed on long, ‘flender, whitifh 
DIVISION? IT. 
1) White mountain Trefoil. 
Trifolium erefium album foliis longioribus. 
The root is compofed of numerous, Eick, | 
fpreading fibres. 
The firft leaves are few, but large: they are 
‘placed by threes upon long ‘footftalks ; and are 
long, narrow, hairy, and of a bright green. 
The ftalk is weak; but tolerably upright, not 
much branched, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root: they are long, narrow, and of a pale green, 
and covered with filvery hairs. 
The flowers. ftand in large oval heads at the 
tops of the ftalks and Reerrehes:: ; and they are 
fmall and white, with a faint tinge of yellow. 
The feed-veffels are thick and fhort, and the 
feeds ‘are fmall. 
Je is frequent in the German paftures, and 
Hi “‘Howers in Avgutt. 
c Bauhine calls it T7i/ foliuim montanum album. 
2. Stinking, clammy Trefoil. 
Ti rifolium ee 
This is a mrobate and large plant. 
The root is compofed of niany:fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a tuft, and are placed 
in threes upon flender*yellowifh footftalks : they 
are broad. andefhort, and are of a. pale green. 
eaeThe ftalk is upright, branched, and two feet 
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footftalks. «The flowers themfelves are fmall, 
and of avery pale red';:and they quickly fade. 
The cups are fwoln ; and they bend downwards, 
and terminate each in two points, | Thefe give 
the whole head a very fingular appearance, alto- 
gether different from the other ¢refoils, and 10: 
unlike a ftrawberry. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in Au- 
guft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium fragiferum frificum. 
Others, Trifolium fragiferum. 
12. Long-leaved Strawberry-Trefoil. 
Trifolium fragiferum foltis longioribus. 
The root is long, 
with numerous fibres: 
The firft leaves rife in a thick tufts they are 
placed on long footftalks, three upon each ms and 
they are fmall, oblong, and fharp- pointed ; not 
heart-fhaped, as in the other. 
The ftalks are pale, branched, trailing, and 
eight inches long. 
The leaves on thefe are oblong, and fomewhat 
broad, of a yellowifh green, and tharp-pointed>; 
The fiowers-are fmall, and of a very faint red 
the heads are ‘placed on Tong, «lender footftalks) ” 
and fomewhat.refemble ‘f{traw berries. 
We have it in damp places. It fowers in July, 
Ray calls it Trifolium fragiferum Maer gs purpu- 
veum folio oblongo. 
fpreading, and: furnithed 
Allthefe#refoils are of ‘the fame qualities. They 
are very wholefome food for Sale 
Suber Gal Es; 
high : itis ‘blackifh toward ‘the: bottom, and! pal 
or “greenith i in the upper’ part. 
The leaves on‘this ‘are -placed in itatbes)! but 
they are longer and narrower than thofe from the 
root: they are of ‘a bright green ; “and, when 
touched, they are found clammy 3 and they have 
a very ftrong and\difagreeable fmell. 
The fHowers ftand in loofe tufts-at‘the tops of 
the ftalks, and are of a beautiful violet colour. 
The feed-veffels are fhort, and contain a few 
brown feeds. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium bitumen vredolens. 
Others, Trifolium bituminofum. 
It is celebrated againft ‘venomous bites, and in 
malignant fevers. 
‘An oil drawn from its'feeds has “been ‘alfo in 
early times famous in’ paralytic’complaints. 
3. Long-fpiked, purple Trefoil. © 
Trifolium purpureum Spica longiore rubente. 
The toot is long, thick, ‘and’furnified Oe, 
many fibres. 
The leaves rife ina thick tuft, ‘and are: placed 
by threes upon fhort footftalks: they are long, 
narrow, and of a deep green, and very eahlarly 
notched at the edges. 
The ftalk is two feet high, firm, upright, 
branched, and of a pale green: the leaves on this 
are 
