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DIVISION IL FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Great Purple Haresfoot. 
LngcpiiS purpureus maxhms. 
The root is long, thick, brown, and furhiilied 
v/ith a few fibres. 
The firft leaves rife on fhorC footftalks ; and 
are broad, fbort, and of a paie green. 
The pLalks are a foot and half high, of a pale 
colour, irregularly difpofed, and branched. 
The leaves on thefc are large : they are ob- 
long, obtufe, of a pale green, and foft to the 
touch. 
The flowers are fmgly, fmall, and of a faint 
whicifti purple; but they are coUeded into long, 
thick, hairy fpikes, two inches in length, and of 
a woolly afpeft. 
The feed-vefiel is fiiort ; and the feeds are 
laro'c, and of a fhining brown. 
It is common in Italy, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhinc calls it Trifolium [f.ca fuhrotunda 
Vdhra. Others, Lagopis maximus fiore ruhro. 
2. Scarlet Haresfoot. 
Lago-pus fiore ruberrimo. 
The root is long, brown, and furnifhed with 
a few fibres. 
The fbalks are numerous, flender, tolerably 
upright, and eight inches high : they are of a pale 
redilh colour, and very little branched. 
The leaves ftand three together, without foot- 
ftalks, but with a kind of fcabbard at the bottom ; 
they are long, narrow, and of a dufKy green 
The fljwers grow at the tops of the branches 
in long and downy fpikes, the hairs of which are 
much longer than in any other kind : they are 
fmall, and of a pale red. 
The ftjed-veirds are fiiort ; and the feeds are 
Tew, large, and brown. 
It is a native or Spain, and flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Lagopus fiors ruberrimo; a name 
copied from Parkinfon, who firft raifed it in Eng- 
land. 
GENUS III. 
HOP TREFOIL. 
TRIfOLIUM LUPULINU M. 
THE (lower is papilionaceous. Tlie vexillum bends a little back, the ate are Ihort, and the ca- 
rina is very fmall. The cup is little, hollow, and divided into five fegments at the edge. The 
fced-veffel is lliort, and formed of a fingle piece ; and the feeds are roundilh. The flowers grow to- 
gether in little heads refembling hops ; and they fade foon, but remain with the .cup to cover the 
feed-vefiel. . . , , , 
Linn;eus places this among the diaddpbia dccar.dria, confounding it with the haresfoot and others, 
under the common name trifaliumi 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES, 
1. Common Hop Trefoil; 
7'rifelium lupuHnim vufgare. 
The root is compofed of fmall fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, flender, tolerably up- 
right, of a pale yellowifh green, and eight or ten 
inches high. 
The leaves have fhort footflalks, and fland 
three on each ; they are fmall, obtufe, of a yel- 
lowilli green, and fmooth. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow : they are 
placed together in little heads at the tops of the 
branches, refembling ripe hops. 
The feed-veffelis Ihort, and the feeds are fmall 
and brown. 
It is common in our paftures, and flowers in 
J^'y- . ... , 
C. Bauliine calls it Trifolium pratenfe hitetim ca- 
fitulo hptiU vel cgrarium. Others, 1'rifoHutn hi- 
pilinurii vulgarc, and TrifoHum lupuUimm majus. 
2. The lefier Hop Trefoil. 
1'rlfolium hipulmnTi minus. 
The root is compofed of fmall fibres. 
The fiialks are numerous, weak, firaggllng, 
branched, very irregular in their growtli, aad 
ten inches high : they are ufually naked toward 
the bottom i but the leaves ftand frequent toward 
the top. 
They have fliort footfl:alks, on which they ftand 
in threes : they are fmall, and heart-fafhioned, 
and of a faint green. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow : they grow 
together in little heads on fmall footftalks. 
The feed-vefiel is ihort, and the feeds are fmall 
and brown. 
It is common in our pafturesi and flowws in 
July. 
Ray calls it Trifolium lupuUnmn alterum minus, 
J. Bauh ine, ^rifoliuiH lutswn fiore lupulino minus- 
3. The leaft Hop Trefoil.- 
Trifolium JupiiUnum mimmum. 
The root is long, flender, divided into feveral 
parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, branched, 
and abuut three inches in length j and they com- 
monly lie upon the ground. 
The leaves ftand three together, with very 
fhort footftalks, and a kind of fcabbard at the 
bafe : they are broad, Ihortj a little heart-fa- 
lliiuatd, and fniooth. 
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