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Show Se Th BRITIS H 10. Large yellowifh-flowered Trefoil, Trifolium majus flore flar } a | a + g. Great flowered purple Trefoil, - 3 Trifolium Alpinum flore magno rubenie, Y ‘The root is thick, woody, brown, divided into many parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. Thefirft leaves are placed onlong, flender, redith foorftalks ; and they are very long, very narrow, and of a yellowifh green: they are not at all ferrated at the edges, but pointed at the ends. Theftalks are weak and fmall: they are of a pale green, not at all branched, and about fix inches high. Toward the bottom they have a leaf or two; but the reft is naked. The flowers ftand at the tops ofthe ftalks in a very thick, fhort head; and they are large and purple. Thefeed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are few and brown. It is a native of the Alps, and flowers in July. Morifon calls it Trifolium purpureum Alpinum. Others, Trifolium Alpinum. Go SEN HERBAL Theroot is long and white, divided into feye. ral parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres, Thefirft leaves are fupported on long, whitith footftalks : they aré broad, fhort, ofa freth green; and on the under part each has a blackfpot. The ftalks are numerous, procumbent, and fpreading: they are ofa foot long, jointed, hol. low, and ofa pale colour. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root; but they are paler. The flowers are large, and of a cream-colour. they ftand in-round loofe heads on the topsof the ftalks. The feed-veffels are fhort and thick, and the feeds are brown. It is frequent in the fouth of France, and flowers in Auguft. Morifoncalls it Trifolium pratenfe caule Sifiulefo foliis fubtus maculatis flore ochro leuco, It agrees with the reft in qualities, affording a good, wholefome, and nourifhing foodtocattle, U Ss The BRITISH Daves TON 1. Great Purple Haresfoot. . The leaves on thefe are large: they are oblong, obtufe, of a pale green, and foft to the touch. He confounds it with the common trefoil, and many other genera, und der the common But this is erroneous; the hairynefs of the heads is an obvious diftin@tive character of the genus; and the length ofthe cups, and their downy covering, which are both univerfalto all the kinds, are certain charatterifticks, DIVISION. I, BR TPhLS: Phe 1. Common Haresfoot. Lagopus vulgaris, 7C44,.4 The rootis fmall, oblong, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, branched, and not very upright : they are ten inches long, and ofa pale redith colour. The leaves ftand at diftances, three together, with fcarce any footftalks : they are fmall, narrow, blunt at the ends, and whitith. The flowersare very fmall, and of a pale red : they ftand in oval or oblong {pikes or heads at the tops of the ftalks, and the hairynefs of their cups gives the whole a downy appearance, and whitifh red colour. The feed -veftel $ are very fmall, and the feeds are minute. It is comm commonon in i dry paftures, and flowers in i uly. C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium arven @ humile fpicatumfive lagopus. Others, Lagopus vulgaris, It is an aftringent, and deferves to be brought tntoulein medicine. The whole plant dried and powderedd, andgiven half a dram for a dofe, is 2 SsPob iCal apg, good againft loofenefles with bloody ftools, The decoétion anfwers the fame purpofe, 2. Dwarf Sea Haresfoot, Lagopus pufillus maritimus. 704 2 Theroot is long, lender, whitifh, with a tinge of red, divided into feveral parts, and furnifhed with many fibres. The ftalks are numerous, and fpread themfelves upon the ground: they areof a pale redifh colour, very much branched, and three or four inches long. The leaves are numerous: they grow in threes, without any footftalks and they are narrow, fharp-pointed, of a pale green colour, and covered with a foft down. The flowers grow in roundith heads of a very pale colour, white, with a tinge of purplifhs and thefe ftand in great number without foot{talks in the bofoms ofthe leaves , The feed-veffels are minute, and the feeds are brown, : It is not unfrequent on the coaft of Suffex , and flowers in Augutft. - Lobel calls it Lagopus pe tiffimus Anglicus, and oth A ers take t from him, Theleaves ftand three together, without foote ftalks, but with a kind offcabbard at the bottom : they are long, narrow, and of a dufky green. The flowers grow at the tops of the branches in long and downy fpikes, the hairs of which are much longer than in any other kind: they are fmall, andof a pale red. a woolly afpect. The feed-veffel is fhort ; and the feeds are large, and of a fhining brown. It is commonin Italy, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Trifolium [pica fubrotunda yubra, Others, Lagopus maximus flore rubro, LAGO PUS. name érifolivm. upright, and eight inches high: they are of a pale redifh colour, and very little branched, thick, hairy fpikes, two inches in length, and of The feed-vefléls are fhort; and the feeds are few, large, and brown. It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. Raycalls is Lagopus flore ruberrimo; a name copied from Parkinfon, who firft raifedit in Eng- land. Us Band HOP Linnzus places this among the diadelpbia decandria; the threads in the flower being ten, in two The root is long, brown, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The ftalks are numerous, flender, tolerably The flowers are fingly, fmall, and of a faint whitith purple; but they are collected into long, Cia: fland three together. 2. Scarlet Haresfoot. Lagopus flore ruberrimo. P€44..4 2. "Legh 3 The root is long, thick, brown, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves rife on fhort footftalks ; and are broad, fhort, and of a pale green. The ftalks are a foot and half high, of a pale colour, irregularly difpofed, and branched, HeAGR iS F O O T, aflortments. FOREIGN SPECIES, ih Lagopus purpureus Manus, Il. PSHEflowers ate papilionaceous and {mall. The vexillum is turned back. The ale are fhort, and the carina is very {mall. The cup is as long as the flower, and is divided into five #f fegments. The feed-veffel is thort, and formed of fingle valve; and the feeds are few: ‘The head into which the flowers are collected, is oval and hairy ; the hairs growing fromthe cups: and theleaves HERB «AL. IIT. TREFOIL, TRIFOLIUM LUPULINUM. HE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum bends little back, the alz are fhort, and the ca= rina is very fmall. The cup is little, hollow, and divided into five fegments at theedge. The 2 is thort, feed-veffel hort, and formed of a fingle piece; and the . feeds are roundifh. Aveo The flowers growtogether in little heads refembling hops ; and they fade foon, but remain with the cup to cover the feed-veffel. Linnzus places this among the diadelphia decandria, confounding it with the baresfoot and others, under the common name¢rifolium. Div LS ON x. Common Hop Trefoil: ; Trifolium lupulinum vulgare. ol BRITISH et7l4 4" SB The root is compofed of fmall fibres. The ftalks are numerous, fender, tolerably upright, ofa pale yellowith green, and eight or ten inches high. The leaves have fhort footftalks, and ftand three on each: they are fmall, obtufe, of a yel- lowifh green, and fmooth. The flowers are fmall and yellow: they are placed together in little heads at the tops of the branches, refembling ripe hops. The feed-veffel is fhort, and the feeds are fmall and brown. It is common in our paftures, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Trifolium pratenfe luteum ca pitulo lupuli vel agrarium. Others, Trifo. pulinum vulgare, and Trifolium lupulinum lu~ [Se 2. The leffer Hop Trefoil. Trifolium lupulinum minus. Pla lj @ The root is compofedof fmall fibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, ftraggling, branched, very irregular in their growth, and SuP ELC ES, ten inches high: they are ufually naked toward the bottom; but the leaves ftand frequent toward the top. They havefhort footftalks, on which they ftand in threes: they are imall, and heart-fafhioned, and of a faint green, The flowers are {mall and yellow: they grow togetherin little heads on {mall footftalks, The feed-veflél is fhort, and the feeds are {mal] and brown, It is commonin our paftures; and flowers in July. Ray calls it Trifolium lupulinum alterum minus, J. Bauhine, Trifoliumluteum flore lupulina minus. 3. The leaft Hop TrefoilTrifolium lupulinum minimum. P’E-4 407 The rootis long, flender, divided into feveral parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, branched, and about three inches in length ; and they commonlylie upon the ground. The leaves ftand three together, with very fhort footftalks, and a kind of fcabbard at the bafe: they are broad, fhort, a little heart-fafhioned, and {mooth. . The |
