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TRIFOLIUM fimbriatum. 
Fringed Clover. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lrcumtinosx. Tribus Loteee Decandolle. 
TRIFOLIUM \.— Calyx tubulosus persistens eglandulosus 5-fidus, 
laciniis subulatis. Carina alis et vexillo brevior. Stamina diadelpha. Legu- 
men parvum, vix dehiscens, seepius oyatum 1-2-spermum, calyce brevius et 
ab eo tectum, rarius oblongum 3-4-spermum calycem paululim superans. 
Herbe. Stipule petiolo adnate. Folia palmatim 3- aut rarissimé 5-folio- 
lata. Flores capitati aut dense spicati, bracteati, purpuret, albi, aut ochro- 
leuct. Petala in quibusdam omnia inter se bast coalita. Decandolle prodr. 
2. 189. 
§. Eutriphyllum. 
Flores capitati; capitula ovata, pedunculata y. sessilia, seep bracteata; 
calyx non inflatus yillosus. Seringe in Dec. prodr. 2. 192. 
T. fimbriatum; caulibus prostratis glabris, foliolis ovalibus setaceo-denticu- 
latis glaberrimis, capitulis long’ pedunculatis, involucro floribus breviore 
stipulisque multifidis aristatis, calyee turbinato: laciniis pungentibus 
tubi corolle longitudine, seminibus subrotundis atris. 
Prostratum, undique glaberrimum. Foliola rubro-marginata. — Stipule 
pallide ; inferiores lineares, magis integra, aristate ; supertores dilatate, 
maequaliter pectinato-fimbriate, laciniis atro-viridibus. Bracteee multifide, 
aristate, capitulo mult) lreviores. Calycis dentes tubo corolle’ equales, 
pungentes. Petala purpurea, basi connata; vexilla lineari emarginato. 
Legumen cuneatum, dispermum. 
A pretty new hardy perennial species of Clover, dis- 
covered in the neighbourhood of the Colombia River, by 
Mr. David Douglas, by whom seeds were sent to the 
Horticultural Society in 1826. It flowers in September 
and October, and seems well adapted for ornamenting 
sagen: Our drawing was made. in the Chiswick - 
arden. 
The nearest affinity of this species is with 7. involu- 
eralum of Willd., which we conceive to be entirely different 
