Trifolium glomeratum. Round-headedTrefoil, 
TRIFOLIUM hin. Gen. Ph Diadelphia Decandria. 
Plores fubcapitati. Legumen Vix calyce iougius, imi, dehifcens; deciduum. 
Raii Syn. Gtn. 23. Herb* * flore pamlionaceo sed lege minos Ai. 
TRIFOLIUM , «gM. “ .«X“ *** ^ **»-**• 
TRIFOLIUM arvenfe fupinum verticillatum. Ban. ic. 882. 
TRIFOLIUM parvum re<ftum, flore glomerato cum unguiculis; J. B. II. 378. 
TRIFOLIUM cum glomerulis ad caulium nodos rotundis. Rail Sy „. ti. 3. p. knotted Trefoil 
with round heads. Hud/on. FI. Angl: td.\. p. 3 ly. 3 9 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa; 
CAULES plures, palmares, procumbentes, teretes, pur- 
purafeentes, glabri, ramofi, geniculati, geni- 
culis tumidiufeulis. 
STIPULES caulmas membranacea?, acuminate, ramu- 
lorum apice flepius recurvis. 
FOLIA glabra, viridia, macula alba fatpius notata, mi- 
nute ferrata. 
FLORES glomerati, rubelli, axillares, capitulis feffili- 
bus, hemilphffiricis. 
CALYX: Perianthium quinquedentatum, perfiftens, 
la:ve, ftriis decem coloratis notatum, dentibus 
ovato-acuminatis, patulis, fig. i. 
COROLLA longitudine calycis ; vexillum furfum cur- 
vatum ; alce vexillo duplo breviores, apice pau- 
lulum fecedentes ; carina longitudine fere ala- i 
rum. fig. 2. | 
PERICARPIUM : Legumen membranaceum, difper- I 
mum, intra calycem. fig. o. f 
SEMINA minima, flavefeentia. fig. 4. f 
• ROOT annual, Ample and fibrous. 
! STALKS feveral from the fame root. Four or fix inches 
; in length, procumbent, round, purplilh, fmooth, 
r c~, TT)TTr Ranched and jointed; the joints a little fwelled. 
; STIPULA of the ftalk membranous and pointed, thofe 
of the branches often bent back at top. 
• LEAVES fmooth, green, often marked with a white 
fpot, the edge finely fawed. 
FLOWERS cluttered, of a pink colour, growing in the 
ala; of the leaves, the little heads leffile, and 
almoft globular. 
CALYX: a Perianthium having five teeth, perma- 
nent, fmooth, marked with ten coloured 
ftreaks, the teeth broad, pointed, and Ipread- 
in g- fig- 1. 
COROLLA the length of the calyx ; fiandard bent up- 
wards; wings about half as long as the ftan- 
dard, leparating a little at their extremities ; 
keel almoft the length of the wines, fa 7 
SEED-VESSEL : a membranous Pod, containing two 
feeds within the calyx, fig. 3. 
SEEDS very minute, and yellowilh. fig. 4. 
takhSlttSrfjKr " ' littk ““ d bal,S «■*■*" *1« rf Cleaves, and 
It flowers in June. 
