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RIFOLIUM FRAG1FERUM STRAWBERRY 1 REFOIL. 



TRIFOLIUM. 



TRIFOLIUM 



TRIFOLIUM 

 TRIFOLIUM 

 TRIFOLIUM 

 TRIFOLIUM 



Linnai Gen. PL Diadelphia Decandria. 



Plores fubcapitati. Legumen vix calyce longior, non dehifcens, deciduurru 

 Raii Syn. Gen. 23. Herb^ flore papilionaCeo seu leguminosje. 



fragiferum fpicis fubrotundis, calycibus inflatis bidentatis reflexis, caulibiis repentibus* 

 Linnai Syfi. Vegetal p. 574. Sp, PL p. 1086. PL Suecic. p. 26. 



caule repente ; fpicis glabris ; calycibus fericeis, ampullafcentibus. Haller. hijl. n. 370. 



fragiferum Scopoli PL Carniol n. 933. 



fragiferum frificum. Bauhin pin. 329. 



fragiferum Gerard, emac. 1208. 



Raii Syn» 329. Strawberry Trefoil. 

 Hudfon PL Angl. p. 286. 



RADIX perennis, fimplex, alba, granulis obfita. 



CAULES repentes, purpurafcentes, in longum exten- 

 fi, ramofi, teretes, laeves. 



STIPULiE ovato-acuminatas, reticulata^. 



PEDUNCULI folitarii, longi, teretes, lasves, erecliuf- 

 culi. 



CAPITULI floriferi parvi, fubrotundi, Trifolii repen- 

 tis aemuli, at minores, et magis purpurei ; his 

 fuccedunt Capituli frucYiferi, rotundi, carnei, 

 magnitudine nucis myrifticas parvas, Fraga- 

 riis mentientes. 



FOLIA tenia, petiolis hirfutulis infidentia, obovata, 

 laevia, juniora vera leniter hirfuta, acute fer- 

 rata, mucronata, venis ad marginem divarican- 

 tibus. 



CALYX : Involucrum polyphyllum, foliolis fetaceis, 

 Perianthium tubulofum,villofum,fupra gib- 

 bofum, quinquedentatum, dentibus tribus in- 

 ferioribusasqualibus acuminatis viridibus, duo- 

 bus fuperioribus paulo longioribus, fubulatis, 

 rigidulis, apicibus rufis, fig. 2. 3. 4. pars gib- 

 boia calycis demum mire mutatur, augetur, 

 inflatur, reticulata fit, et pericarpium obtegit; 

 dentes vero retinet. fig. &. 



COROLLA papilionacea, purpurea ; Vexillum Alis 

 longior, compreflum, lineis rofeis pictnm ; 

 Alje breves, minimse ; Carina Alis brevior; 

 fig. 2 : unufquifque flofculus palea concava, 

 fubulata, fufFulcitur. fig. 1. 



STAMINA ut in plerifque hujus generis ; Anthers 



flavae. fig. 6. 

 PISTILLUM : Germen ovatum: Stylus longitudine 



ftaminum : Stigma capitatum. fig. 7. 

 PERICARPIUM : Legumen ovatum compreffum dif- 



permum aut monofpermum, calyce inflato ob- 



teclum. fig. 9. 10. 

 SEMEN ovato-reniforme, nitidum. fig. 11. 



ROOT perennial, white, befet with little grains. 



STALKS creeping, purplifh, extending to a confiderable 

 length, branched, round, and fmooth. 



STIPUL./E oval, with a long point, and reticulated. 



FOOT-STALKS of the flowers, fingle, long, round, 

 fmooth, and nearly upright. 



HEADS of the flowers fmall, roundifh, like thofe of the 

 Creeping or Dutch Clover, but fmaller and 

 more purple : to thefe fucceed the heads con- 

 taining the fruit, which are round, flefh co- 

 loured, the fize of a fmall nutmeg, and very 

 much refembling Strawberries. 



LEAVES growing three together, fitting on foot-ftalks, 

 nightly hairy, inverfly oval, fmooth; the 

 younger ones fometimes hairy, fharply fer- 

 rated, and terminating in a fhcrt point ; the 

 veins divaricating at the margin. 



CALYX : Involucrum confuting of many fetaceous fo- 

 lioli or little leaves : Perianthium tubular, 

 villofe, gibbous above, having five teeth, the 

 three lowermoft. of which are equal, with 

 long green points, the two uppermoft a little 

 longer, with tapering rigid reddifh points, 

 fig. 2. 3. 4. the gibbous part of the calyx at 

 length becomes wonderfully changed, increa- 

 fed, fwollen, reticulated, and covers the peri- 

 carpium ; ffill however retaining its teeth. 

 fig. 8. _ 



COROLLA papilionaceous, and of a purple colour; 

 the Vexillum longer than the Alas, flat and 

 flreaked with rofe-coloured lines ; the Wings 

 ihort and very fmall ; the Keel fhorter than 

 the Wings, fig. 2. each flofculeis fupportedbya 

 fmall, tapering, hollow leaf, or palea. fig. 1. 



STAMINA like moft of thofe in this genus : Antherje 

 yellow, fig. 6. 



PISTILLUM : Germen oval : Style the length of the 

 Stamina: Stigma forming a little head. fig. 7. 



SEED-VESSEL : an oval, flatten'd Legumen, con- 

 taining one or two feeds, and ccver'd over 

 with the inflated calyx, fig. 9. 10. 



SEED of an oval kidney fhape and mining, fig. 1 1. 



The beautiful Strawberry like appearance of the capituli or little heads, containing the feed of this plant, and 

 which arife from a very peculiar circumftance, the inflation or enlargement of the calyx after the blofiom is over, 

 in a very ftriking manner diftinguiihes this fpecies from the c Irifio!ium repens, to which in its general habit it is very 

 nearly allied. It differs from the repens alfo in feveral other refpects ; the whole plant is fmaller ; the bloffoms are 

 of a more purple hue ; its place of growth is alfo fomewhat different : the repens feems to delight in a dry gravelly 

 foil, the fragiferum on the contrary, moft ufually occurs in a moift fituation ; nor is it fb common a plant as the 

 repens ; yet it abounds in many places about London. I have obferyed it plentifully in the lanes about Hornfey, 

 alfo near Pancras, and in many other parts. It flowers and produces its feeds in Auguft. 



It may with great eafe be cultivated in a Garden, if it mould be thought worthy a place there. 



Haller quotes an Author, * who fays, they have begun to cultivate it in Ireland for Cattle, and that when fown, 

 it has grown to the length of feven feet: without controverting this fad, which borders a little on the incredible, 

 we would obferve, that the Dutch Clover is certainly a much ftronger plant, and to be preferred in a dry fituation : 

 in moift fituations, there are many of the Grafles which may be cultivated to far greater advantage, as neither of 

 thefe Trefoils produce much of a crop 'till late in the Summer. 



* J3AKER Expcrim. p 98. 



