DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 
575. MELILOTUS. Tournef. inst. p, 40f. t. 22^. 
I.'M. caule erecto, foliolis obovatis serratis, spicis axillari- officinalis. 
bus paniculatis, leguminibus dispermis rugosis acutis. 
Trifolium officinale. IVilld. sp. pl. 3. p. 1353. 
Teon. 'FL dan. g34, Martffi. rust. t. J2. 
On the gravelly shores of rivers : Pensylvania to Virgi- 
nia* . O* June, July. v.v. Flowers white. 
576. TRIFOLIUM. Gen.pl. 1211. 
1. T. procumbens, pubescens j foliolis obovatis, stipulis rqflexunt. 
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. If . . 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.—^i//fi^. sp. pl.3. 
p. 1359. 
Icon. Fl.dan. ggO. Mart. Jl. rust. 34, 
In fields, pastures, and cleared lands on the mountains. 
1/. 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 j 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 P^erhas.- 
cum Thapsus and Senecio hieracifolius in particular, 
whose dissemination is really problematical. 
3. T. erectum, pusillum j foliolis rotunuato-obcordatis gla- carolinianum. 
bris margine ciliatis crenulatis, stipulis bifidis, capitu- 
lis umbellaribus pedunculatis reflexis paucifloris, co- 
rollis vix exertis, leguminibus subtrispermis.^ — Mich. 
Jl. amer. 2, p. 58. 
T. arvense, Walt.Ji. car. 183. 
T. comosum. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1360 ? 
In sandy fields, near Charlestown, South Carolina. If. 
June — Aug. v. s. Flowers small, white. In Lam, 
encycl. 8. p. 2. it has been suggested, that T. comO” 
