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The BRITISH HERBAL, 
9. Great flowered purple Trefoil. 
Trifolitm yllphmm fiore magno ruhcnts. 
The root is thictc, wood\', brov/n, divided in- 
to many parts, and furnifhed witir nunierous 
fibres. 
The firH: leaves ?.re placed on long, flender, re- 
difli footftallcs ; and they are very long, very nar- 
row, and of a yellowilh green : they are not at all 
ferrated at the edges, but pointed at the ends. 
The ftallis are v^eak and fmall : they are of a 
pale green, not at all branched, and about fix 
inches high. 
Toward the bottom they have a leaf or two ; 
but the reft is naked. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the (lalks in a 
very thick, fliort head ; and they are large and 
purple. 
The feed-veflcl is fliort, and the feeds are few 
and brown. 
It is a native of the Alps, and flowers in July. 
Morifon calls it T rifolium purpureum Alpinum- 
Others, T'rifolittm /llpimim. 
ID. Large yellowifti-flowered Trefoil. 
Trifduim majus flere flavefcente. 
The root is long and white, divided into leve- 
ral p.irts, and furniflied with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are fupported on long, whitifli 
footflalks : they arc broad, fliort, ofa frefli green; 
and on the under part each has a black fpot. 
The ftalks fire numerous, procumbent, and 
fpreading : they are of a foot long, jointed, hol- 
low, and of a pale colour. 
The leaves on thcfe refcmble thofe from the 
root; but they are paler. 
The flowers arc large, and of a cream-colour : 
they ftand in round loofe heads on the tops of 
the ftalks. 
The feed-vefiels are fliort and thick, and the 
feeds are brown. 
It is frequent in the fouth of France, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
Morifon calls it TrifoKum prateiife caule fijiuhfo 
foUisJublus maculatis fiore cchro leuca. 
It .agrees with the reft in qualities, affording a 
good, wholcfomc, and nourifliing food to cattfe. 
GENUS 11, 
HARESFOOT. 
L A G 0 P JJ S. 
THE flowers are papilionaceous and fmall. The vexillum is turned back. Tlie ate are fliort 
and -he carina is very fmall. The cup is as long as the flower, and is divided into five fee' 
ments. The feed-veflel is fliort, and formed of a fingle valve ; and the feeds are few The he.id 
into which the flowers are coUetffcd, is oval and hairy; the hairs growing from the cups : and the kaJes 
ftand three together. 
Linnaus places this among the iiaidpUa decmdrm; the threads in the flower beirnr ten, in tivo 
aftbrtments. He confounds it with the mmmn trefoil, and many other genera, under°the common 
name trifolium. But this is erroneous ; the hairynefs of the heads is an obvious diftindive charact' r 
of the genus ; and the length of the cups, and their downy covering, which are both univerfal to all 
the kinds, are certain charafterifticks. 
DIVISION I. BR 
I. Common Haresfoot, 
Lagopus vulgaris. 
The root is fmall, oblong, and furniflied with 
a few fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, branched, and 
not very upright : they are ten inches long, and 
of a pale redifli colour. 
The leaves ftand at diftances, three together, 
with fcarce any footftalks : they are fmall, nar- 
row, blunt at the ends, and whitifli. 
The flowers are very fmall, and of a pale red : 
they ftand in oval or oblong fpikes or heads at 
the tops of the ftalks, and the hairynefs of their 
cups gives the whole a downy appearance, and 
whitifli red colour. 
The feed-veflels are very fmall, and the feeds 
are minute. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
July- 
C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium arvenfe humiJe fpi- 
catumfive lagopus. Others, Lagopus vulgaris. 
It is an aftringent, and deferves to be brought 
into ufe in medicine. The whole plant dried and 
powdered, and given half a dram for a dofe, is 
2 
ITISH SPECIES. 
good againft loofeneflls with bloody ftools. The 
decoftion anfwers the fame purpofe. 
1. Dwarf Sea Haresfoot. 
Lagopus pufillus maritiims. 
The root is long, flender, whitifli, with a tinge 
of red, divided into feveral parts, and furniflied 
with many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, and fpread them- 
felves upon the ground : they are of a pale redifti 
colour, very much branched, and three or four 
inches long. 
The leaves are numerous : ihey grow in 
threes, without any footllalks ; and they are 
narrow, fiiarp-pointed, of a pale green colour, 
and covered with a foft down. 
The flowers grow in roundifli heads of a very 
pale colour, white, with a tinge of purphfli ; 
and ihefe ftand in great number without foot- 
ftalks in the bofoms of the leaves. 
The feed-veflels are minute, and the feeds are 
brown. 
It is not unfrcquent on the coaft of Sufl"cx, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
Lobel calls it Lagopus psrpufdlus fupinus elegan- 
tijfuims AnglUus ; and others take the fame name 
from him. 
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