OIADELPHIA DECANDRlA. 473^ 
s;5. MELILOTUS. Tournef. inst. p. 407. 22g. 
M. cauie erecto, foliolis obovatis serratis, spiels axillari- % officinalis. 
bus paniculatis, leguminibus dispermis rugosis acutis, 
Trifolium officinale. IV Hid, sp. pi. 3. p. 1355. 
Icon. FI. dan. 934. Mart.Ji. rust. t. 72 . 
On the gravelly shores of rivers : Pensylvania to Virgi- 
nia, ©. June, July. v.iJ. Flowers white. 
576. TRIFOLIUM. Gen.pl 1211. 
i', T. procumbens, pubescens 5 foliolis obovatis, stipulis rejiexum. 
oblique cordatis, capitulis multifloris, floribns pedi- 
cellatis demuin omnibus reflexis, leguminibus sub-3- 
spermis. — Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 1357 • 
On dry hills and among rocks : Pensylvania, Kentucky, 
and the Carolina mountains. 1/. 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. 1359 . 
Icon. Fi. dan.ggo^ Mart.Ji. 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 5 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 Verhas^ 
cum Thapsus and Senecio hieracifoUus in particular, 
whose dissemination is really problematical. 
3. T. erectum, pusillum j foliolis rotundato-obcordatis gla- carolinianum. 
bris margine ciliatis crenulatis, stipulis bifidis, capitu- 
lis umbellaribus pedunculatis rehexis paucifloris, co- 
rollis vix exertis, leguminibus subtrispermis.— -jlfic/t, 
Ji. amer. 2. p. 58. 
T. arvense. Walt.fi. car. 183. 
T. coraosum. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1300 ? 
In sandy fields, near Charlestown, South Carolina. 1/ . 
June — Aug. v. s. Flowers small, white. In Lam. 
encycl, 8. p. 2. it has been suggested, that T. como- 
