404 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



repens 3. TRIFOLIUM capitulis umbellaribns, legnmim- 



bns tetrafpermis, caule repente. Sp. pL io8o. 



{Rivin, t, i^^ Moris, hiji, f, 2. t, 12./. 2. ordinis 



fuperioris, ^ t, 14./. 4, ordinis fuperioris, Micheh 



Gen, /. 25./. 5. VailL Paris, t. 22./. ij 



White creeping Trefoil, or Dutch Clover. Anglis. 



Seamar, Seamrag. Gaulis. 



In meadows and paftures common. %. VI-IX. 



The ftalk is round, unbranched, creeping, and 

 about a fpan long : the ftipulte are of an oval- 

 lanceolate form, and vein'd : the leaves are ge- 

 nerally ferrated, but variable in their figure, be- 

 ing either roundifli and obtufe, or emarginated 

 and heart-ihap'd, commonly fmooth and nervous, 

 and often marked with a white arch : the pedun- 

 are very long, and have a pair oi ftipul^ at the 

 bafe : the flowers grow in a fphserical deprefled 

 head : the younger ones are white and eredl, the 

 older a little reddifh and deflex*d : the calyx is 

 either white orpurplifh, marked with ten ftreaks : 

 the feed-veifel appears out of the calyx^ and in 

 fair fpecimens contains four feeds, though often 

 only two. 



It is well known to be an excellent fodder for cat- 

 tle, and the leaves are a good ruftic hygrometer, 

 as they are always relaxed and flaccid in dry 

 weather, but ered in moift or rainy. 



^** Lagopoda calycihusvillofis^ 



^ratenfe A- TRIFOLIUM fpicis globofis villofis, cindis fli- 



pulis 



