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GALEGA orientalis 



Oriental Galega. 



WADELPIIIA DEC^XDnL-i. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMrNOS^, Jussim gen. Si^5. Div, VL 



GALEGA. Cal, tubulosus 5-dentatus dentibus sabulatia subflequaltbu9, 



Legumen oblongum rectum subcompressum, polygpermum ad singula semina 



fiaepe nodosum, inter eadem oblique striatum aut transverslm sulcatum, 



Fnifi'ces aut septus herba^y (jua^dam iinctoii^ ; stipulw h petiolo dutincta s 



^flores spicati axillares et ternnnales, Jussieu loc, cit. 359- 



Hiv* Foliis pinnatis, 

 G. orieninlh, foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovatis acuminatis glabrig, stipulis ovatis 



floribus cernuis. Wilid. sp~ pL 3- 124K 

 Galena orientalis. Lamarck encyc. 2. 589- Hort. Kew. ed^ 2, 4» 355, 



Marsch, Bief), taur. cauc. 2. 182- 



Galega orientalis latifolia, altissima, flore cxruleo. Toumef. con 27/ 



cujus specimen archelypum in Herb, Banks* videndum est, 



Herba perennis. Caulis i-pedaliSf erectus^ Jlexuosus^ Jidiosus: rami 



Jtiitulosiy tereteSy villosi, striatuli, ascendenles, Fol- impari'pinnata, ampla^ 



subSjugay sessilia, subtus et ad peiiolum communem villosay suprd glabra^ 



cUiolata^ venosa^ foliolis ovato-lanceolatiSj subsessilibus^ duplo Jeri longiori^ 



bus intervallisy fongiludinc nunc biunciali latitudine subunciali^ aaiminaiitsi' 



^lis, nervis laterum ascendeniibusj ramosis* Stipulee gemina^ mugnay ovaia, 



brevius subacute, integnB subsemiamplexicaulesy nervostet subtiit vtUosa^ «*- 



pra glabrae, Racemi longi^ laxius multi^ori, erect/, terminates et axiUaresi 



iloribus cernuis; pedunculo capitafo-villoso ; pedicellis J^exf/i^M, gracillimis, 



hrevioribus corolla, longioribus calyce. Bractese angustie, lineares, acuta^ 



capitato-villosiBy longitudinejere pedicellorum, erectee* Cal- capitaiO'villotut^ 



duplo brevior corolla v> ultra. Stigma parvuluntf capiteUatum* IjCgumina 



cernua^ 



This species was first recorded by Tournefort, by whom 

 it was observed during his travels in the Levant, where it is 

 native- It was afterwards described from the specimen of 

 that naturalist by the Chevalier de Lamarck, in his excellent 

 Encyclopedic Botanique, and thence transferred by Willde- 

 Tiow into his edition of the Species Plantarum. A sample 

 gathered by Tournefort, and which formed a part of his 

 Herbarium, is now deposited in that of Sir Joseph Banks, 

 by whom the plant was introduced into this country in 

 180K It may be easily known from officinalis, by the 

 greater size of its foliage and stipules, and by its nodding 

 flowers and pendulous pods. The leaves remind us of those 



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