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are numerous, and refemble thofe from the root : 
they are placed by threes upon flender, fhort foot- 
ftalks ; and to each of thefe there is a large mem- 
branaceous cafe or fcabbard, which enclofes the 
ftalk at their bafe, and runs on to a confiderable 
length. : 
The flowers are of a beautiful purple: they are 
placed at the tops of the ftalks and branches in 
fpikes, two inches or more in length. 
The feed-veffels are fhort, and the feeds are 
large and brown. 
It is frequent in Italy and in the fouth of France, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium purpureum fpica 
longifima rubente. Others, Trifolium lagopoides 
majus. 
4. Great oval-headed purple Trefoil. 
Trifolium capitulis ovatis foliis acuminatis. 
The root is compofed of a number of ftraggling 
fibres, of a redifh colour. 
The ftalks are numerous, tolerably upright, 
not very much branched, and a foot and half 
high. ~ : 
The leaves are placed by threes on long and 
flender footftalks: they are narrow, long, and 
of a firm fubftance, not at all dented at the edges, 
of a deep green, and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers are large and purple: they ftand 
at the tops of the ftalks in large oval heads. 
The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are few 
and brown. 
It is found in the hilly paftures of Germany, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Irifolium pica oblonga ru- 
bra. 
5. Hairy ftarry-headed Trefoil. 
Trifolium capitulis ftellatis hirfutum, 
The root is woody, long, brown, and {pread- 
ing. 
“The firft leaves are fupported on long, flender 
footftalks: they are fhort, broad, and heart fa- 
fhioned, of a pale green, and hairy. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, irregularly 
~ upright, and of a whitith colour. 
The leaves on them are like thofe from the 
root. 
The flowers ‘are collected together in round 
heads at the tops of the ftalks ; and are fmall and 
purple, fometimes white, and, as Cafpar Bauhine 
fays, fometimes lightly yellow; but this I have 
not feen. 
The cups fpread out at the points, and have a 
ftarry appearance. 
The feed-veffels are fmall, and the feeds brown. 
It is frequent at the foot of Mount Vefuvius, 
and in other warm parts of Europe. It flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium ftellatum, a name 
ethers have given to our ¢ea/el-headed kind. 
6. Burdock-headed Trefoil. 
Trifolium capitulis perfonate. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and they are 
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fupported on fhort, redifh footttalks : they are 
broad, fhort, and a little dented at the ends ;_ and 
their colour is a faint green. , 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and not much 
branched : they are of a faint brown, and fix or 
eight inches high. 
: Bee on thefe perfe&tly refemble thofe 
fom tne root; but they have fomewh: 
footftalks, : po ane 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
large, round, and rough heads, very much re- 
fembling {mall burs: they are of a faint purple. 
The feed-veflels are flender, and the feeds few 
and fmall. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium globof 
calls Slobofum repens. 
if Bauhine, Trifolium glomerulis Per fonate ae 
f It is found in the warmer parts of Europe, as 
in Italy, and in the fouth of France; but not 
frequent. 
7. Bladder-Trefoil, 
Trifolium capitulis tumidis flore rubello, 
This is a fmall, but very pretty plane, 
The root is long, flender, and furnithed with 
numerous fibres, 
The firft leaves are few, and prefently fade : 
they are oblong, obtufe, of a yeliowith green 
and placed by threes upon hort foorflalks, 
The ftalks are numerous; and they lie upon 
the ground, and are divided into many branches, 
The leaves on thefe are fmall, oblong, obtufe, 
and of a bright ereen. ‘ 
The flowers are of a very beautiful bright red 
they grow in little, round heads, fupported on 
flender footftalks from the bofoms of the leaves, 
When the flowers are fallen, the cups {well out 
into a kind of bladders; and the whole head 
fomewhat refembles that of our Strawberry trefoil. 
It is common in Portugal, and flowers in July. ° 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium pratenfe fellicula- 
tum. Others, Trifolium Salamanticum, 
8. Pale, long-leaved Trefoil, with frethico: 
loured flowers. 
Trifolium foliis pallidioribus anguftis Slofculis carneis. 
~The root is flender, long, tough, and redith; 
and it has-many fibres, 
The firft leaves are numerous, and of a pale 
greyith green: they are fupported on fhort foot. 
ftalks ; and are oblong, and harp-pointed. 
The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and a 
foot high. 
The leaves on it are long, narrow, and of a 
very pale green: they are fharp-pointed, not at 
all dented at the edges, and have fhort footftalks; 
at the botom of which there is a membranaceous 
fcabbard. 
The flowers grow in large, round, and rough 
heads: they are fmall when examined fingly ; 
and of a faint purple, a little deeper than what we 
call flefh-colour. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Spain, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
Morifon calls it Trifolium Jpicatum minus flore 
minore dilute rubente. , 
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