600 366. Trifolium. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. PL ex, cal. 
6. Trifolium medium . Middle-size trefoil. 
Spike open, nearly globular, solitary; 3 lower teeth of 
the calyx longest, shorter than the corolla ; stipules awl- 
shape ; leaflets elliptic, very finely serrated ; stems branchy, 
bent. 
Trifolium medium, fin. FI. Suec, 558. 
Trifolium flexuosum, Jacquin Aust. 386. 
Trifolium alpestre, Hudson FI. Angl . 326, not of Jacquin. 
&g*og trefoil. 
Clalky and clayey pastures ; perennial; July. 
Leaves rather glaucous beneath, edge hairy; propagates 
itself by the ropt. — Cattle not fond of it until the frost has 
affected it, 
7. Trifolium incarnatum. Flesh-colour trefoil. 
Spike oblong, villous, blunt, leafless; leaflets roundish, 
reverse heartshape, ovate, crenated, villous. 
Trifolium pratense purpureum minus foliis cordatis, Dillen in Rail Syn. 
$28, 5. 
Trifolium incarnatum, Willd. S. P. 
Trifoliuiq pratppse §, Smith FI. Brit. 785. 
JJamp pastures ; perennial ; July. 
Stem simple, stiff ; upper leaves often opposite ; leaflets 
small; stipules ovate, awned; peduncles long; calyx- teeth 4, 
pearly equal ; flowers large, flesh-coloured. 
8. Trifolium ochroleucum . Yellowish-white trefoil. 
Spike villous, ovate, roundish ; stem nearly upright, 
branchy, downy; leaflets oblong; lower leaflets reverse 
heartshape; lowest tooth of the calyx much the longest. 
Trifolium pratense hirsutum majus, flore albo sulphpreo, seu cfyaoXiy'xy, 
ftaii Syn. 328,3. 
Trifolium ochrolpucijm, fin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2,233. 
Chalky and sandy dry pastures ; perennial ; June, July, 
Stem upright, rather branchy; leaves distant; upper 
leaflets opposite, not in the least cut; stipules linear, ribs 
simple; head terminal, peduncled, solitary; corolla sulphur- 
yellow. 
p. Lagopodium. Calyx villous , not inflated ; corolla 
5-petaled; jbivers spiked ; roots annual. 
9. Trifolium arvcnse. Fallow trefoil . 
Spike very villous, nearly cylindrical ; calyx-teeth bristle- 
like, equal, rather longer than the corolla; leaflets reverse 
pvate, lanceolate. 
