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575. MELILOTUS. Tournef. inst. p . 407- 1. 22g . 
i«M. caule erecto, foliolis obovatis serratis, spicis axillari- officinalis . 
bus paniculatis, leguminibus dispermis rugosis acutis. 
Trifolium officinale. Willd. sp. pl.%. p. 1355. 
Icon. FI. dan. 934. Mart, Jl. rust. t. 72. 
On the gravelly shores of rivers : Pen syl vania to Virgi- 
nia. J. O* June, July. v.v. Flowers white. 
576. TRIFOLIUM. Gen.pl. 1211. 
1« T. procumbens, pubescens 5 foliolis obovatis, stipulis reflexum. 
oblique cordatis, capitulis multifloris, floribus pedi- 
cellatis demum omnibus reflexis, leguminibus sub-3- 
spermis. — Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 1357- 
On dry hills and among rocks : Pensylvania, Kentucky, 
and the Carolina mountains. %. June, July. v.v. 
Flowers of a fine purplish-red. 
2. T. repens ; foliolis ovato-oblongis emarginatis serrula- repens. 
tis, capitulis umbellaribus, calycinis dentibus subae- 
qualibus, leguminibus tetraspermis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 13 59. 
Icon. FI. dan. 99 0. Mart.fl. rust. 34. 
In fields, pastures, and cleared lands on the mountains. 
11. May — Sept. v.v. This species, generally known 
by the name of White Clover , makes its appearance 
wherever lands are cleared of timber, in the most re- 
mote parts of the country ; I have seen it springing 
forward on new plantations, from sixty to one hun- 
dred miles distant from any place where it naturally 
was found. A number of plants of this description 
have struck my attention, among which are Verbas- 
cum Thapsus and Senecio hieracifolius in particular, 
whose dissemination is really problematical. 
3. T. erectum, pusillum 5 foliolis rotundato-obcordatis gla- carolinianum . 
bris margine ciliatis crenulatis, stipulis bifidis, capitu- 
lis umbellaribus pedunculatis reflexis paucifloris, co- 
rollis vix exertis, leguminibus subtrispermis.— Mich* 
fi. amer. 2. p. 58. 
T. arvense. Walt.fi. car. 183. 
T, comosum. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1360 ? 
In sandy fields, near Charlestown, South Carolina. 11 . 
June — Aug. v. s. Flowers small, white. In Lam, 
encycl, 8. p. 2. it has been suggested, that T . como - 
