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ONO BRYCHIS radiata. 
Ray-fruited Saintfoin. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEX. © (LEGUMINOUS PLANTS, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 544.) 
ONOBRYCHIS, Tournef.—Calyx quinquefidus, laciniis subulatis, sub- 
sequalibus. Corolle papilionaceae vexillum obovatum v. oblongum, alee carina 
oblique truncata breviores. Stamina 10, filamento vexillari libero diadelpha, 
anthere conformes. Ovarium uniovulatum. Stylus longissimus, medio geni- 
culato adscendens ; stigma capitellatum. Legumen subsessile, uniarticulatum, 
compressum, indehiscens, monospermum, lacunoso-reticulatum, margine 
superiore seminifero crassiore, recto, inferiore tenuiore, curvato, seepissime 
dentato, spinoso v. lobato. Semen subreniforme. —— Herbæ annue v. septus 
perennes, rarius suffrutescentes, in Europa et Asia media indigena ; foliis im- 
paripinnatis, stipulis margine exteriore coalitis, ideo oppositifolüs, spicis axil- 
laribus et terminalibus longe pedunculatis, floribus rubris v.. albidis.— Endl. 
gen. no. 6619. ; 
O. radiata; caule erecto molliter hispido, foliolis ovatis obtusis mucronatis 
subtus hirsutis, spicis cylindricis, alis sagittatis calyce duplo brevioribus, 
calycibus leguminibusque villosis.—DC. Prodr. 2. 347. 
O. radiata, M. Bieb. Cat. hort. gorenk. 1812. p. 73. 
Hedysarum radiatum, Desf. ann. mus. 12. t. 13. Bieb. suppl. no. 1450. 
H. Buxbaumii, Bieb. Fl. Taur. cauc. no. 1150. 
A native of stony hills in the region of Caucasus, common 
about Tiflis, flowering in summer. 
It is a showy plant, conspicuous from its racemes of white 
flowers with a central yellow spot. 
In our gardens it is a hardy herbaceous perennial, which 
grows about one foot in height, and succeeds best ‚when 
planted in a rich sandy loam, and in a situation which is 
rather dry, particularly during winter. 
It is increased by seeds, and the young plants will not 
flower before the second season. 
It flowers freely from the end of June to the beginning of 
August. 
