(mo ) 
but little hairy : The flowers are large for the big- 
nefs of the plant, and are colledted into a naked 
head, fupported by a pretty long pedicle : The 
leaves, on the upper part of the ftalk, {land, for 
the moil part, oppofite in pairs : In the lafl fpecies 
they grow alternately. 
6 . Trifolium purpureum majus fativum^ pratenji 
R. 328. Clover-grafs. Sown in the fields. It 
is larger in all its parts than the fourth fpecies, and 
grows more upright : The leaves and the flowers are 
a little paler ; and die plant is not fo durable. ' ’ 
7. Trifolium purpureum majus ^ foliis longioribus ^ ! 
mgufiiorihus^ florihus faturatiorihus^ R. 328. mon- i 
tanum purpureum majus ^ C. 328. Long-leav’d Pur- | 
pie Trefoil, with deeper colour’d flowers. In pa- 
Ilures, and by hedges. Tliis is larger than the Com- . 
mon Purple Trefoil: The leaves are alfo longer, 
narrower, and have larger veins : The flowers are of 
a deeper purple, and grow in a larger but fhorter 
Jiead, or fpike. It flowers later. 
8. Trifolium ftellatum glabrum^ R. 329, G. E. 
1208. Smooth Star-headed T refoil, orT eafel-headed 
Trefoil. In Dart ford falt-marih, at Lighe^ in EJfex \ 
and at Little-Holland^ in the fame county ; alfo a- 
bout Tilbury fort, and Sheernefs. It feemeth to 
affedl fait waters : Mr Ray, On the tops of the 
Ilalks and branches fit heads, like thofe of Teafel, 
or Eringo, on fhort pedicles ; at which two oppofite 
leaves embrace the ftalk with their appendages : The 
flowers are of a pale purple colour : The empale- 
ments terminate in five rays, or little fpines, of 
which the loweft is the longeft. 
9. Trifolium parvum hirfutum florihus parvis di- 
lute purpureus in glomerulis mollioribus ^ oblongis^ fe- 
mine magno^ R-329. Knotted Trefoil, with fofter 
heads and large feeds. In barren paftures : The 
flowers are fmall, of a pale purple colour, cluftered 
into thick heads, fitting on the tops of the ftalks and 
branches. 
