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Theatrum Botanicum, 
Tribe ii* 
l Z ' Trfilium montanum majia/Ioiepurpurco& albo. 
The ®rcat purple and white mouncaine Trefoile. 
4. Trifolium aaptftifolium Alp mm. 
Narrow leafed Trefoile of the Alfa. 
, Trif<,iiummont«»«mm*jw*l6°p>re. The great white mountain* Trefoile. 
The ftallcehereof is not fo -teat or high, the leaves are (mailer yet fome what long and dented aboutthe edges, 
novinom.vbdow, and f?w and fmaller on the ftalke, at the toppe whereofgrow one or two (hort branches, 
w.Ueac°hTfpiked head of hnail white flowers fomewhat fweete ■. the roote is long and about a fingers thick- 
bant™-— Msifc. . 
Th'sTrefri'ile is fuller of leaves on the lialkcs then the laft,w-hich are long and narrow not (harpebut round at 
theens. anddentedroundabo.it,but up higher on the (hikes they are very narrow, the flowers are fewer that 
ftandatt’hetoppesNarrow leafed Trefoile of the Alp*. 
T . • p T- i foile hath a lone roote, fomewhat hairy or fcaly toward the toppe, and ending in fome 
1 n’fibr r^"fl^n“Meantl (oine^hat hard and wooddy, of a fweete bitter taftel.ke unto L, cons, 
\ - , ’ 'V ,v,,ve cal'ed it Spaoiji Licoris: but farre unfitly as moll of the vulgar appellations bee ) from 
V hence long ImaU (lender llalkes of leaves bowing downetothe ground, with two or three fmall 
naro fleads of leaves on them towards the bortome, and three long narrow leavesat the ends of them, with 
"n ail dent “t the edges fenf.bly to be felt, from among thefe leaves rile one or two naked (lender [hikes three 
orfoure inches high bearing large flowers as it were in a round fpike, of an excellent purple crimfon co¬ 
lour Handing in fi?e ^ silver leafed Trefoile of the vtlp. . 
. c ., p( A ;i?hjth a great Ion" reddifh woaddy roote, (hooting forth divers great branches with a num- 
b J f fn-^Irow' eaves, ^ree together at thetoppes of them next the ground (landing on (hort footlhlkes 
V neb arc (oft and of a Silver-like hoarineffe all over, from among which rife (hort (hikes not above fome fin¬ 
gers breadth in height, naked untill a little under <he flowers they have ‘ ht “ le e ^‘'Xtl^wfthPerfXe 
each it a! Re heart th but one flower, which is not after the fafluon of all other Trefoile., thais. withPeatelike 
bloflome (and therefore 1 the more flifpeft that this cannot properly be referred to the company^of TreMes but 
rather to the R.munculi Germri* or Come other according as thelee-Jefhallflrew it 
(eene)but hid open like unto a Crowfoote or Cranes bill, and of a Rofe or Peach colour, with many like 
ted threds in the middle tipt with blackilh pendents (landing about a fmall hoary head 
6 Trifolium montanum Inffiliyum. Hoppe-like lretoile. 
The Hoppe Trefoile rifeth with fmooth flender weake flalkes a cubit high.fet with few leaves on them.u hich 
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are fmall and round pointed for the mod part, like the common medow trefoile (landing Severally on 1 their toot- 
flalkes, the flowers (land at the toppes, made as it were of browmfh yellow feales’aid one upon anoth'tr very 
well refembline the head of an hoppe, whereof it tooke the nam ^\ and * rom ^ u-liere it is likely 
flhatUu* a Wilde Hoppe,and gtoweth as Bmhimu faith on the hills above IMf. Win Germy, where «i h f 
Jhalatt alfo found it. 7 ' 
