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Trefoil white Meadow, Common . 
Spits ■, and it is fometimes found with a Tuft of 
green Leaves, on the Sta/ks , which is thought to 
be .only accidental , and rather Lufus Nature, 
/ 'vw Jpccial Kind. 
Trefoil Purple Great. 
VI. The third, or Great Purple Trefoil. Its Root is 
woody, long, /lender and fibrous. It fcldom grows 
much above a Foot, or Foot and half high , h aving fe- 
ver al Leaves thereon , which are large and long , 
three always fet together on long Foot /? alks, and 
pretty Jharp pointed : At the tops grow large and 
fame what long Heads , of p leafing Purple Flowers , 
like thofe of the Jirji Meadow Trefoil, but greater. 
!t is a Jo pound fometimes with longer and narrower 
Leaves , and a more f piked Head of Flowers. 
VII. The fourth, or Great White Trefoil. Its 
Root is long, and about the thicknefs of ones lit- 
tle Finger, being fibrous withal, brownifh on 
the outfide, and whitifh within. The Stalk is 
not fo great, nor fo high as the third: The 
Leaves are f mailer and hoary, and fomething 
Trefoil White Great, 
Common. 
long withal, groining many below, but fewer and 
f mailer above on the Stalk ; at the top whereof 
grow one or two Jhort Branches , each with a 
Head of fmall while Flowers , fomewhat fwcet, 
whereas the former are of an Elegant red 
color. 
VIII. The fifth, or Small Purple Trefoil. 
It has a Root which is long , fibrous, and 
flringy. Its Sta/ks are about a Fool in length : 
Its Leaves are like to the firji Common Tre- 
foil, Javing that they are lejjer , and of a'prowtt- 
ifh or dirty red color , always growing in threes 
together, whnfe Leaves, and alfo its Flowers, 
