The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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10. Long-knotted Trefoil. 
Trifolium glomeridis afpsris obh>igis. 
The root is fmail and fibrous. 
The [taliis are weak, fpreading, and of a pale 
green. 
Thz leaves are placed at dlflanccs, three on a 
fontltallc ; and they are oblong, broad, and ot a 
yellowilh green. 
The flowers are fniall and white : they are col- 
]e6ted into iarge obJong heads, which ftand in the 
bofoms of the leaves, and feel prickiy -, the feg- 
ments of ilie cnp being hard and pointed. 
^^'e have it in barren, dry paflurcs. It flowers' 
in July. 
Ray calls it Trifolium fiofcuHs o.lhis in gJomemlis 
■cMovg:s cjperis cauluulis proxme adnalis. 
II. Strawberry-Trefoil. 
'Trifoliiim fragiferiim. 
The root is long and flender, and is hung with 
many fibres. 
7'he firfl leaves are numerous : they are placed 
on flender footftalks, three on each ; and they are 
fiiort, broad, heart- fafhioned, and oF a pale 
bluifli green. 
The (talks rife among thefe, and are of a pale 
green, branched, irregularly upright, and of a 
firm fubftance : the leaves on them are numerous 
at^d fmall i they are of the fame fliape with thofe 
from the root, but of a pale colour. 
The flowers are collet^led together in large, 
round heads, placed on long, (lender, whitiHi 
DIVISION II. 
- 1. White mountain Trefoil. 
'Trijolmm eretlum album foUis kngiorihus. 
Tlie root is compofcd of numerous, thick, 
fpreading Sbres. 
'iheiirlt leaves are few, but large; they are 
placed by' threes upon long footftalks ; and are 
long, narrow, hairy, and of a bright green. 
The rtalk is weak, but tolerably upright, not 
much branched, and afoot and half high. 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root : they are longi narrow, and of a pale green, 
and covered with filvcry hairs. 
The flowers ftand in large oval heads at the 
tops of the flalks and branches j and they are 
fmall and white, with a faint tinge of yellow. 
The fLed-veffirls are thick and fhort, and the 
feeds are fmal!. 
It is frequent in the German pafl:urcs, and 
flower? in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it TrifoHuin montanum nihtim. 
2. Stinking, clammy Trefoil. 
I'rifolium hltiiminojum. 
This is a robuft and large plant. 
The root is compofed of many fibres. 
The firfl; leaves rife in a tuft, and are placed 
in threes upon flerlder yellowifh footftalks : they 
are broad and fhort, and are of a pale green. 
TIk ftalk is upright, branched, and two feet 
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footftalks. The flowers thcmfelves are fmall, 
and of a very pale red ; and they quickly fade- 
The cups are fwoln ; and they bend downwards, 
and terminate each in two points. Thefe give 
the whole head a very finguhir appearance, alto- 
gether difl'crent from the other In-fcih, and not 
unlike a ftrawberry. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in '^u- 
gufl. 
■ -C. Bauhine calls iiTrifoliim jmgiferum frificum. 
Others, 'Trifolhtm fragifenm. 
12. Long-leaved Strawberry-Trefoil. 
Trifoliiim fragifenm foUis longiorikis. 
The root is long, fpreading, and furisifhed 
with numerous fibres. 
The firfl: leaves rife in a thick tuft : they are 
placed on long footftalks, three upon each and 
they are fmall, oblong, and fliarp-pointed i not 
heart-fhaped, as in the other. 
The fralks are pale, branched, traiiin'*, and 
eight inches long. 
The leaves on thefe are oblong, and fomewhat 
broad, of a yellowifli green, and fliarp-pointed. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a very faint red : 
the heads are placed on long, flender footftalks, 
and fomewhat refemble fl:rawberries. 
We have it in damp places. It flowers In July 
Ray calls it Trifolium fragiferum nojlras purpu- 
7'einn folio oblongo. 
All thefe trefoils are of the fame qualities. They_ 
are very wholefome food for cattle. 
high : it is blackifli toward the bottom, and pale 
or greenilli in the upper part. 
The leaves on this are placed in threes ; but 
they are longer and narrower than thofe from the 
root : they are of a bright green ; and, when 
touched, they are found clammy ; and they have 
a very fl:rong and difagreeable fmell. 
The flowers ftand in loofe tufts at the tops of 
the flalks, and are of a beautiful violet colour. 
The fecd-veflels are fliort, and contain a few 
brown feeds. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifoliim bitumen redokns. 
Others, Trifolium bituminofum. 
It is celebrated againft venomous bites, and in 
malignant fevers, 
An oil drawn from its feeds has been alfo itj 
early times famous in paralytic complaints. ' 
3. Long-fpiked, purple Trefoil. 
1 ri folium pur pur eum fpica hngiore ruhente. 
The root is long, thick, and furnilhed with 
many fibres. 
The leaves rife in a thick tuft, and are placed 
by threes upon iliort footftalks : they are long, 
narrow, and of a deep green, and very regularly 
notched at the edges. 
Hie ftalk is two feet high, firm, upright, 
branched, and of a pale gree.n ; the leaves on this 
arc 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
