DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. 
316. TRIFOLIUM. Gen. pl. 1211. (Leguminose.) 
Flowers subcapitate.—Legume valveless, co- 
-vered by the calix, 2 to 4-seeded. 
i. 'T. procumbent, pubescent; folioles obovate, refexum. 
stipules oblique cordate; capituli many-flower- 
ed, flowers pedicellate, all finally reflexed; le- 
gumens sub-3-seeded.— Willd. and Pursh. 
Baffaloe Clover. 
A handsome species, with large rosaceous flowers. On the 
bluff bordering the Schuylkill, Woodlands; rare. Perennial. 
June. 
2. T. repent; folioles ovate-oblong, emarginate, repens. 
serrulate ; capituli umbelled, calicine teeth nearly 
equal ; legumens 4-seeded.— Willd, and Pursh. 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 990. 
White Clover. 
A well-known clover with white flowers. In pastures, com- 
mons, woods, and on new-cleared grounds; every where 
abundant. Perennial. May till September. 
3. T. spikes dense ; stem adscending ; corollas un- pratense. 
equal; four of the calix teeth equal; stipules 
awned.—Smith. ; 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 989. 
Red Clover. 
Common red clover, though not a native, is completely na- 
turalized. In pastures, on commons, and in woods. Perennial. 
All summer. 
4. T. erect, very much branched, villous ; folioles arvense. 
linear-lanceolate, serrulate at the apex; stipules 
connate, subulate at the apex; spikes very vil- 
lose, subcylindrical ; calicine teeth longer than 
the corolla.— Willd. 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 724. Curt. fl. Lond. 50. 
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