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are numerous, and refemble thofe from the root : 
they are placed by threes upon flender, fhort foot- 
ftalks ; and to each of thcfe there is a large men:i- 
branaceouB cafe or fcabbard, which cncloies the 
ftalk at their bafe, and runs on to a confidcrable 
length. 
The flowers are of a beautiful purple : they are 
placed at the tops of the ftalks and branchts in 
fpikes, two inches or more in length. 
The feed-velfels are IhorC, and the feeds are 
large and brown. 
Ic is frequent in Italy and in thefouth of France, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it 'Trifolium piirpureum [pica 
lonpjfima rubente. Others, Trifolium lagopoides 
snajus. 
4. Great oval-headed purple Trefoil. 
trifolium capitulis ovatis foUis acuminatis. 
The root is compofed of a number of fliraggling 
fibres, of a redifh colour. 
The ftalks are numerous, tolerably upright, 
not very much branched, and a foot and half 
high. 
The leaves aie placed by threes on long and 
flender footftalks : they are narrow, long, and 
of a firm fubflance, not at all dented at the edges, 
of a deep green, and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers are large and purple : they fl:and 
at the tops of the fralks in large oval heads. 
The feed-vefiel is fliort, and the feeds are few 
and brown. 
It is found in the hilly pafl:ures of Germany, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it 'TrifoUiim fpica cUonga ru- 
bra, 
5. Hairy fliarry-headed Trefoil. 
'J'rijcliwn capitulis fiellatis hirfutmn. 
The root is woody, long, brown, and fpread- 
ing. 
The firfl: leaves are fupported on long, flender 
footftalks: they are fliort, broad, and heart fa 
ihioned, of a pale green, and hairy. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, irregularly 
upright, and of a whitifh colour. 
The leaves on them are like thofe from the 
lOOt. 
The flowers are coUetfled together in round 
heads at the tops of the ftalks % and are fmall and 
purple, fometimes white, and, as Cafpar Bauhine 
fays, fometimes lightly yellow ; but this I have 
not feen. 
The cups fpread out at the points, and have a 
ftarry appearance. 
The feed-vefl^eis are fmali, and the feeds brown, 
It is frequent at the foot of Mount Vefuvius, 
and in other warm parts of Europe. It flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium Jlelktum ■, a name 
others have given to our /etT/eZ-headed kind. 
6. Burdock-headed Trefoil. 
Trifoiiiim capitulis perfonata. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and they are 
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fupported on fliort, redifh footftalks : they are 
broad, fliort, and a little dented at the ends and 
their colour is a faint green. 
The ftalks are numerous, v^'eak, and not much 
branched : tliey are of a faint brown, and fix or 
eight inches high. 
The leaves on thefe perfectly refemblc thofe 
from the root ; but they have fomewhat longer 
footftalks. 
The fl-owers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
large, round, and rough heads, very much re- 
fembling fmall burs : they are of a faint purple. 
The feed-veflcls are flender, and the feeds few 
and fmall. 
C, Bauhine calls it Trifolium glohofum repens. 
J. Bauhine, Trifolium glomeruli s perfonat^ cherkri. 
It is found in the warmer parts of Europe, as 
in Italy, and in the fouth of France ; but not 
frequent. 
J. Bladder-Trefoil. 
Trifolium capitulis tumicHs fiore ruhello. 
This is a fmall, but very pretty plant. 
The root is long, flender, and iurniflied with 
numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are few, and prefently fade : 
they are oblong, obtufe, of a yehowilh green, 
and placed by threes upon Ihorc footftalks. 
The ftalks are numerous ; and they He upon 
the ground, and are divided into many branches. 
The leaves on thefe are fmallj oblong, obtufe, 
and of a bright green. 
The flowers are of a very beautiful bright red : 
they grow in little, round heads, fupported oa 
flender footftalks from the bolbms of the leaves. 
When the flowers are fallen, the cups fwcli out 
into a kind of bladders j and the whole head 
fomewhat refembles that of our flrawberry trefoil. 
It is common in Portugal, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium pratenfe follicular 
turn. Others, Trifolium Salamanticum. 
S. Pale, long-leaved Trefoil, with frefli-co- 
loured flowers. 
T nfolium foliis pallidiorihus anguflis fiofcuUs carmis. 
The root is flender, long, tough, and rcdifli; 
and it has many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and of a pale 
greyifh green : they are fupported on fliort foot- 
ftalks ; and are oblong, and fliarp-pointcd. 
The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and a 
foot high. 
The leaves on it are long, narrow, and of a 
very pale green : they are fharp-pointed, not at 
all dented at the edges, and have ftiort footftalks; 
at the botom of which there is a membranaceous 
fcabbard. 
The flowers grow in large, round, and rough 
heads: they are fmall when examined fingly ; 
and of a faint purple, a little deeper than what we 
call flefh-colour. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Spain, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
Morifon calls it Trifolium fpicatum minus fiors 
minore dilute rubente. 
5. Great* 
