692 DIOEeiA PENTANJDRIA. 
foliolis ovalibus, acumi- 
natis serratis, petiola- 
tis. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 1124. Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 256. Pursh, 1. p. 191. 
Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about a foot high, generally bearing 3 
leaves at the summit, each leaf bearing 5 leaflets on short petioles; leaflets 
oblong oval or obovate, acuminate, coarsely serrate, membranaceous, gla- 
brous. Flowers in a central umbel proceeding from the summit of the stem. 
Common peduncle about asjong as the common petiole. Involucrum many 
leaved, leaves ovate with a subulate summit. Styles sometimes 3, the berry 
then 3-seeded. 
Grows in rich soils in the mountains. 
Flowers May. Pursh. 
leaflets oval, acumi- 
nate, serrate, on peti- 
oles. 
2. Trifolium. 
P.radice subrotundo- 
tuberosa; foliis ternis, 
ternatis quinatisve, fo- 
liolis oblongo-lanceola- 
tis, serratis, subsessili- 
bus. 
Root tuberous, near- 
ly round; leaves by 
threes, ternate or qui- 
nate, leaflets oblong- 
lanceolate, serrate, 
nearly sessile. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 1124. Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 257. Pursh, 1. p. 191. 
Nutt. 1. p. 176. 
A plant much smaller than the preceding. Leaves 3, each bearing 3 
leaflets, leaflets small, lanceolate, acutely serrate, nearly sessile. Peduncle 
of the fertile umbel about as long as the leaf; of the sterile longer. Sterile 
florets very numerous; fertile florets few. Styles very frequently 3. 
Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers in May. 
Masculi. 
phyllus. 
petala. 
sive 7. 
Foeminei. Calyx 
2-phylius. Corolla 5- 
Sterile fiorets. Ca- 
lyx 2-leaved. Corolla 
5-petalled. Nectaries 
5 or 7. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 2-leaved. Corolla 
IRES1NE. Gen. Pl. 4. p. 764. 
Calyx 2- 
Corolla 5- 
Nectaria 5 
