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A DICTIONARY OF 
Clover, Heart. Medicago macidata, L. — Gerard, who calls it Hart 
Claver, says ; ‘ Every little leafe [is] of the fashion of a hart, whereof 
it tooke his name.’ The leaflets are often, though not always, more 
or less ohcordate. Coles (A. of S.) says it is so called ‘ not onlly 
because the leafe is triangular like the heart of a man, but also 
because each leafe containes the perfect icon of an heart, and that in 
its proper colour, viz, a flesh colour. It defendeth the heart against 
the noisome vapour of the spleen.’ Prior, p. 49. 
Clover, Hop. TrifoUuin procumhens, L. — Berw. Jamieson, who 
calls it T. agrariuni. Prior, p. 49. 
Clover, Horned. A name invented by Turner (Herb.), and applied 
by him to Medicago Jupidina, L., or possibly M. falcata^ L. ; hardly to 
M. sativa, L., as stated by Prior, p. 49. 
Clover, King’s. Melilotus ojjicincdis, L. — Ger.^j Scotl. Jamieson — 
both as King’s Claver. Prior (p. 127) says ; ‘ From its M. Lat. 
name, corona regia, royal crown, ‘‘ because,” as Parkinson says, Th. 
Bot. p. 720, “ the yellowe flowers doe crowne the top [toppes] of the 
stalkes.” ’ Parkinson, however, adds ; ‘ In English wee call it gener- 
ally King's Claver as the chiefest of all other three-leaved grasses.’ 
Clover, Marsh. Menyantlies trifoliata, L., from the trifoliolate leaf. 
— Ger. (Marsh Claver). 
Clover, Meadow. The common name for Trifoliiim pratense, L. — 
Prior, p. 49. 
Clover, Plaister. Melilotus officinalis, L., Ger. (Plaister-Claver). — 
‘With the iuice hereof, oyle, waxe, rosin, and turpentine, is made a most 
soveraigne healing and drawing emplaister, called Melilote plaister, 
retaining both the colour and savour of the herbe, being artificially 
made by a skillfull chirurgion.’ — Ger. 1035. 
Clover, Red. Trifolium pratense, L. — General. 
Clover, Soukie (‘from being sucked by children’). Trifolium 
pratense, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Clover, Sour. Oxcdis Acetosella, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Clover, Spotted. Medicago maculata, L. — Cornio. 
Clover, St. Mawes’. Medicago maculata, L. — Cornw. (at St. Mawes’, 
where it is very abundant). Flora of Falmouth. 
Clover, Strawberry. Trifolium fragiferum, L. — Prior, p. 49. 
Clover, Thousand-leaved. Achillea Millefolium, L. — E. Bord. Bot 
E. Bord. 
Clover, Trefoil. Trifolium medium, L. — S. W. Cumb. 
Clover, White. The general name for Trifolium repens, L. 
Clover, Yellow. A frequent name for Medicago lupidina, L. ; some- 
times extended to Tri folium procumhens, L., and T. minus, Sm. 
Clover-grass. Trifolium pratense, L. — With. ed. ii. 
Clove-tongue. Hellehorus niger, L. — Hal. Wr. Skinner gives it as 
Cloven-tongue, ‘ a figura folii terete linguae fissse simili.’ 
