Trifolium Ochroleucum. Yellow Clover, 
TRIFOLIUM. Linn. Gen. PI. Diadelphia Decandria. 
Flores fubcapitati. Capfula vel Legumen vix calyce longius, non 
dehifcens, deciduum. 
RaiiSyn.Gen. 23. Herb.e flore papilionaceo seu Leguminosaj. 
TRIFOLIUM ochroleucum fpicis villofis, caule ere£fc> pubefcente, foliolis infimis obcordatis. Linn. 
Syjl. Veget ab. ed. 14. Murr.p. 1143. Jacq. FI. Aujlr. v. 1. p. 2 6 . t. 40. 
TRIFOLIUM ochroleucum fpicis villofis globofis, corollis monopetalis, calycum infimo dente longiffimo 
re&o, caule fubdeclinato, foliifque villofis infimis obcordatis. Hudf. FI. Angi. ed. 2. 
P- 3 2 5’ 
TRIFOLIUM caule ere£to, foliis hirfutis, fupremis conjugatis, fpicis oblongis. Hali. Hifl. 378. 
TRIFOLIUM pratenfe hirfutum majus, flore albo-fulphureo feu The great white or 
yellowilh Meadow-Trefoil. 
TRIFOLIUM montanum majus flore albo-fulphureo. Merr. Pin. 
RADIX perennis. 
CAULES plures, pedales. 
mofi, teretes, hirfuti. 
fefquipedales, erefti, ra 
i, feepe purpurafcentes. 
' ROOT perennial. 
I STALKS feveral, a foot to a foot and a half in length, 
hirfute, often 
3 hr, branched, 
i(h. 
round. 
FOLIA utrinque hirfuta, mollia, integerrima, ad oras ( 
faspe purpurea, infima minora, obcordata, < 
caulina majora longe petiolata, remota, ovato- ( 
oblonga, obtufa, fuprema breve petiolata, ‘ 
anguftiora. 
STIPULAE oblonga?, femiamplexicaules, 'nervofe, bi- < 
cufpidatce, apicibus prselongis. 
FLORES in capitulis, folitariis, villofis, primo fub- 
rotundis, demum fub ovatis. 
LEAVES hairy on both fides, foft, perfe&Iy entire, 
often purple at the edges, the Jowermoft ones 
fraall, inverfely heart-fhaped, thofe of the ftalk 
large, ftanding on long footftalks, ovato- 
oblong, obtufe, the uppermoft ones narrower, 
ftanding on fhort footftalks. 
STIPULAE oblong, half embracing the ftalk, ftrongly 
ribbed, terminating in two long points. 
\ FLOWERS growing in fingle, villous heads, which 
at firft are nearly round, and afterwards fome- 
what ovate. 
CALYX continuing, monophyllous, tubular, whitifh, 
hirfute, five-toothed, the lowermoft tooth 
twice the length of the others, fig. 1. 
COROLLA papilionacea, monopetala, ochroleuca : <5 COROLLA papilionaceous, monopetalous, pale yel- 
Vexillum infra tubulofum, tubo longitudine $ low ; Standard below tubular, tube the length 
dentis calycmis infirm, limbo lanceolato, 6 of the lowermoft tooth of the calyx limb 
comprello, erefto tubi longitudine; Ala- 9 lanceolate, upright, length of the tube fides 
Lannaque cum vexillo coalita?, lftoque multo comprefled. Wings and Keel united to the 
hrpvmrps iitr o V n indaH — A n *•-- '• -• 
CALYX perfiftens, monophyllus, tubulatus, albidus, < 
nirfutus, quinqueaentatus, infimo dente caeteris 1 
diiplo longiore, Jig. 1. 
breviores, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta diadelphafimplex et novem < 
fidum: Anthers fimpl ices, minuta? flavae. ' 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubovatum: Stylus fubula- 
tus, adfeendens : Stigma fimplex. 
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ftandard, and much fhorter than it, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filaments united in two bodies, nine 
and one; Anthers Ample, minute, and 
yellow. 
1 PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat ovate; Style 
tapering to a point, bending upward ; Stig- 
ma Ample. 
PERICARPIUM : Legumen calyce flriato incluDim, | SEE-D-VESSEL : a Pod contained within the ftriated 
membranaceum, tener, tenue, monolpermum. ® calyx, membranous, thin, tender, one-feeded. 
SEMEN luteum. | SEED yellow. 
The Trifolium ochroleucum borrows its name from the colour of its blolToms, which is pale yellow, or brimftone 
and that conflan ly fo ; by this charter it is diffidently diffinguifhed from fuch of our other Clovers as referable 
,t in their general appearance : to tins we may add the greater hairinefs of the whole plant, the unufual length 
and upnghtnefs of the Vex, him, as well as the difpropomonate length of the lowermoft fegment of the Calx 
Did fuch diftinHions generally prevail, enchanting indeed would be the ftudy of plants ' 7 
This fpectes affeBs dry patterns in the more eaftern parts of the kingdom, and frequently fuch as have a 
chalky or calcareous foil ; m the environs of London it is rarely found; we have obferved h fparingly about 
Barnet; in feme parts of Effex, efpec.ally about Dunmow, it is particularly abundant, as we are alTurld by ouj 
exceffent friend, Dr. John Sims, to whofe botanical Dali we are proud of acknowledging ourfelyes frequent^ 
indebted : we have received roots of it alfo from Lewis Majendie, of Hedingham-cfftle, Effex ofwhofe 
and zea ln promoting his country’s bell interels, the annals of Agriculture 
It flowers in June and July. 
From the great averfion it has to moifture, we could never keep it in our garden at Lambeth-Marfh 
In point of produce it.is fuper.or to the Sr, folium repens, and, for certain iSils and fituations, it may' perhaps 
prove a good fubftitute for it, or the pratenfe. We recommend it to the notice of the experimental agriLhurift! 
