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HEDYSARUM latifolium. 



Broad-leaved Hedysarum* 



Nat* ord. Legumikos^;. Jumeu gen. 34-5. Biv. IX. Con irregularis 

 papiJionacea, Stam. 10 diadelpha. Legum, artlculatum articulis mono- 

 spermis. 



UE2)YSARUj\f. CaU 5-fidus, persistens. Carina transverse obtusa, 



Legum. articulis subrotun^lis compressis* Herbcz ant rarius suffrutkesf 



folia, simpHcia aut gentina aut ternata aut impuri-pinnata, stipu-is a petioto 



distinctis; ternatorum petioluli in petiolum articulalh sape substiptdacei 



siipula jtliformi ; fldres ctxillares pedunculis uni aut multifioru, aut sapius 



terminates spicativ. pan&ulati* horum bracteas nuiic majorat varie constructed 



nunc pai-vce aut sttbnuUtf* Leg urrn /or «*# varium modb svbcylindrkun arti- 



etuis truncates^ wiodo- coiftpres&um et frequenter utrinqtte aut hhic tnnfiim ad 



articulos contractus . Specks quadatn articxdo umco \-$perrno, alia 1-3- 



phylla, alia plures pinnatifolia praterea distincte Jt'Uctu cristato et ideq 



jbr&an a genere distrahenda. Moius infoliolis Hedysarz gyrantis pecu* 



Harts. Juss. loc. cit. 362, 



Dfo. Foliis simplicibus* 

 H. latifolium f fruticosutw? (subfulvo-pubescens,) obliquum. Foliis simplici- 

 bus rotundate renifwrni-cordatis, subrepandis. Stipulis semicordatis, 

 cuspidatts. Itacemis axilUribus, hamato-setosis, Leguminibus 3*5- 

 articulati^, margine inferiori emarginatis. Roxburgh MSS. in Musceo 

 t$ank&iano> ami tab* wed. (ex anglico vers.) 

 Hedysarum latifoKum. Caret/ Hort. Bengal. 57. 



Caulis brevis, lignosus, glabriusculus* Rami obliqui, Jerme horizontales 

 *oel reclinati y ubi ieneriores viilosu Folia alterna (hie inde licet rare in sum-. 

 mo ramo sub racemo occurrit horum par oppositumj bifrria, brevi-petiohta 9 

 subrolundo-cordata, subtn s tomentosa, supra scabrata, longitudine 3-l-unciali 

 vel eb circh, latitudin&Jere cequalL Stipulse rame*e semicordate, cuspidate, 



}>etiolares suhulata. Racerrn axillares et terminates, horizontales, pluries 

 ongiores Jblio 9 pilis setaccis hamatis vestiti. Flores tripli, parvuli, late pur- 

 purei, medius serior lateralibxs. Bracteas trtpla, triquetral, acuta. Legu- 

 mina plana, hamalo* serosa, 4-5*articulata margine inferiori prafundius 

 emargmata. Koxb- loc # cit* (ex angL), 



The sample here figured was sent by Mr. Lambert from 

 Boyton House, in Wiltshire, and formed part of a plant, 

 the produce of some seed collected in China by Sir George 

 Staunton, during the period he was associated with Lord 

 Amherst in the embassy to the court of that empire- We 

 see no feature suggesting any reason for distinguishing 

 it from the Hbdysarum latifoVium of Dr. Roxburgh, by 

 whom it had been cultivated in the Botanic Garden at 

 Calcutta, having been brought by Colonel Hardwicke from 



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