TRIFOLIUM OcHROLEUCUM. YELLOW CLOVER. 
TRIFOLIUM. ‘Lina. Gen. Pl. DiapELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Flores fabcapitati. Capfula vel Legumen wix.calyce longius, non 
dehifcens, deciduum. 
Ram Syn. Gem. 293. HERBA& FLORE PAPILIONACEO sEU LEGUMINOS E. 
TRIFOLIUM ochroleucum Ípicis villofis, caule ere&o pubefcente, foliolis infimis obcordatis. Linn. 
Syff. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 1143. facg. Fl. Auflr. v. 1. p. 26. 1. 40. 
TRIFOLIUM ochroleucum fpicis villofis globofis, corollis monopetalis, calycum infimo dene longiffimo 
recto, caule fubdeclinato, folüfque villofis infimis obcordatis. Hud/: F7. Angl. ed. 2. 
f: 325. | | 
TRIFOLIUM caule erecto, foliis hirfutis, fupremis conjugatis, fpicis oblongis. H4//. Hifl. 378. 
TRIFOLIUM pratenfe hirfutum majus, flore albo-fulphureo feu 4xp»sóxe. The great white or 
yellowifh Meadow-Trefoil, 
TRIFOLIUM montanum majus flore albo-fulphureo. Merr. Pin. 

RADIX perennis. ROOT perennial. 
CAULES plures, pedales, fefquipedales, ere&i, ra- ? STALKS feveral, a foot to a foot and a half in length, 
mofi, teretes, hirfuti, fzpe purpurafcentes. upright, branched, round,  hirfute, often 
purplifh. 
LEAVES hairy on both fides, foft, perfe&ily entire, 
often purple at the edges, the lowermoft ones 
fmall, inverfely heart-fhaped, thofe of the ftalk 
large, flanding on long footftalks, ovato- 
oblong, obtufe, the uppermoft ones narrower, 
ftanding on fhort footítalks. 
FOLIA utrinque hirfuta, mollia, integerrima, ad oras 
fepe purpurea, infima minora,. obcordata, 
caulina majora longe petiolata, remota, ovato- 
oblonga, obtuía, fuprema breve petiolata, 
angufliora. 
DDD? MOG HKD? D?D? DOOD Qo Di Qim™" 
STIPULAE oblonge, femiamplexicaules, nervofe, bi- 
STIPUL/E oblong, half embracing the ftalk, ftrongly 
cufpidatz, apicibus prelongis. : 
ribbed, terminating in two long points. 
FLORES in capitulis, folitariis, villofis, primo fub- 
FLOWERS growing in fingle, villous heads, which 
- rotundis, demum fubovatis. 
at firft are nearly round, and afterwards fome- 
what ovate. 
D> CO Ce x 
CALYX perfiftens, monophyllus, tubulatus, albidus, 9 CALYX continuing, monophyllous, tubular, whitith, 
hirfutus, quinquedentatus, infimo dente ceteris 6 hirfute; five-toothed, the lowermoft tooth 
duplo longiore, jig. 1. twice the length of the others, fg: 1. 
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COROLLA papilionacea, monopetala, ochroleuca: § COROLLA papilionaceous, monopetalous, pale yel- 
Vexillum infra tubulofum, tubo longitudine à low ; Standard below tubular, tube the length 
dentis calycinis infimi, limbo lanceolato, of the lowermoft tooth of the calyx, limb 
compreflo, erecto, tubi longitudine; 4/7 lanceolate, upright, length of the tube, fides 
Carinague cam vexillo coalite, iftoque multo ; compreffed, Wings and Kee/ united to the 
breviores, fig. 9. | Ílandard, and much fhorter than it, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: FiLAMENTA diadelpha fimplex et novem 
fidum: ANrTHErRA fimplices, minute flavae. 
STAMINA: FinLAMENTS united in two bodies, nine 
and one; ANTHER Íimple, minute, and 
yellow. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubovatum: Sawa fubula- 
tus, adícendens: Sricma fimplex. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fomewhat ovate; STYLE 
‘tapering to a point, bending upward ; Sric- 
MA fimple. 
SEED-VESSEL : a Pop contained within the flriated 
calyx, membranous, thin, tender, one-feeded. 
PERICARPIUM : LrcuMEN calyce ftriato inclufum, 
membranaceuni, tener, tenue, monofpermum. 
SEMEN luteum. - SEED yellow. 
The Trifolium ochroleucum borrows its name from the colour of its bloffoms, which is pale yellow, or brimflone, 
and that conftantly fo; by this character it is fufficiently diftinguifhed from fuch of our other Clovers as refemble 
it in their general appearance: to this we may add the greater hairinefs of the whole plant, the unufual length. 
and uprightnefs of the Vexillum, as well as the difproportionate length of the lowermoft fegment of the Calyx. 
Did fuch diftiné&ions generally prevail, enchanting indeed would be the ftudy of plants! _ | 
This fpecies affeCis dry paítures in the more eaftern parts of the kingdom, and frequently fuch as have a 
-chalky or calcareous foil; im the environs of London it 1s rarely found ; we have obferved it fparingly about 
Barnet; in fome parts of Effex, efpecially about, Dunmow, it is particularly abundant, as we are affured by our 
excellent friend, Dr. Joun Sims, to whofe botanical fkill we are proud of acknowledging ourfelves frequently 
indebted: we have received roots of it alfo from Lewis MAJENDIE, of Hedingham-Caflle, Effex, of whole 
knowledge in agriculture, and of whofe zeal in promoting his country’s beft interells, the annals of agriculture ~ 
afford ample teftimony. . 
It flowers in June and July. E 
From the great averfion it has to moifture, we could never. keep It in our garden at Lambeth-Marth. 
In point of produce it is fuperior to the 7zfo/rum repens, and, for certain foils and fituatioas, it may perhaps 
prove a good fubititute for it, or the prarenfe. We recommend it to the notice of the experimental agriculturift. 
