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LEGUMINOS^, LXVIL Trigonella. 



1 T. cceru'lea (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stem num-Graecum, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 408. t. 230. Flowers sessile, 



, upright ; leaflets ovate, lower ones ovate-roundlsli, denticulated ; 



toothed at the base 



stipulas lanceolate, 

 dense-flowered 



calycine teeth linear, longer than 

 petals white, lined with blue ; legume ovate, beaked, nerved 

 lengthwise, 2-3-seeded ; beak 



long, 



straight 



solitary, and twin. Legume elongated, compressed, ending in a 

 long beak, -and reticulated lengthwise, 



7 T. i-rostra'ta (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 571.) stems diffusely pro- 

 cumbent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, cuneiform, sharply serrated; 

 seeds globose, calyx pilose ; teeth of calyx subulate, length of tube ; legume 



heads pedunculate, 



the tube : 



olive-coloured, wrinkled from dots; radicle rather prominent. 

 0. H. Native of Bohemia and Switzerland. Sturm, deutsch. 

 fl. 1. fasc. 15. TrifoHum melil6tus cocrulea, Lin. spec. 1077. 



falcate, longer than the beak, 6-seeded ; seeds small, ovate, and 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, wrinkled from dots 



0.H. 



Melilotus cocrillea. Lam. diet. 4. p. G2. 

 Flowers blue. 



Sims, bot. mag. 2283. 



radicle hardly 

 Native of Provence and about Montpelier, 



J. Bauh.hist. 



promment. 



T. Foe'num-Grae'cum /3, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 551. 



BluC'Rowercd Trigonella. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1562. PI. 



2 T. BesseriaVa (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stem 

 decumbent ; stipulas membranous, lanceolate ; racemes oblong, 

 pedunculate ; legume 2-sceded, short, pilose, 

 into a mucronc at the 



apex 



3-tlmes longer 



veined, tapering 

 than the 



O. H. Nativeof the south of Podolia, and Bessarabia. 



calyx. 

 Melilotus 



2. p. 365. f. 2. Flowers white. 



Prostrate Fenugreek. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL prost. 



8 T, gladia'ta (Stev. cat. hort. gor. 1808. p. 112. Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 2. p. 222. and suppl. p. 5 IG.) plant covered with rufous 

 pili ; stems spreading ; leaflets triangularly-obovate, toothed at 

 the apex ; teeth of calyx linear, length of tube ; legume falcate, 

 about equal in length to the beak, tomentose, striated with veins. 

 O. H. Native of Tauria, in fields. Perhaps only a variety of 



proctimbens, Besser. enum. volh. 30. no. 946. Very like T. F. prostrata. Flow^ers white. 



ccerulea, but differs in the decumbent habit, the narrower leaflets, 

 the smaller flowers, the larger legumes, and the brown seeds, 



Besser^ s Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PL proc. 



3 T. MAKiTiMA (Delil. in Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 36 L) stem 

 diffuse, glabrous ; leaflets obversely cordate, glabrous, denti- 

 culated : peduncles axillarv, shorter than the leaves : flowers 



short, acute. 

 Native near 



peduncles axillary, shorter than the 

 disposed in capitate umbels, reflexed ; legume 

 turgid at the base, striated, straight. ©. H. 

 Alexandria, on the sea-shore. Flowers yellow. 



Seaside Trigonella. PL diffuse. 



4 T. uncina'ta (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stems 

 ascending; leaflets oblong-ovate, denticulated; stipulas linear- 

 setaceous ; flowers disposed in dense spikes ; calyx nerved, bi- 

 labiate, upper lij) entire, short, lower lip 4-cleft ; legume ovate, 

 pilose, beaked, hardly nerved, 1 -seeded; beak long, curved; 

 seeds ovate, compressed, wrinkled from dots, black ; radicle 

 hardly prominent. 0. H. Native of Iberia and of France, 

 about Libourne. Trifollum Melilotus hamosum, Bieb. fl. taur. 

 2. p. 207. and suppl. 705. Melilotus uncinata, Besser. cat. 

 hort. crem. 1816. no. 155. M. hamosa, Link. enum. 2. p. 266. 

 but not of Lamarck. M. uncinJita, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 618. 



>S/rori-podded Fenugreek. FL April, May. Clt, 1825. PL 

 spreading. 



9 T. Fce'num-Gr^'cum (Lin. spec. 1402.) stem erect, sim- 

 ple ; leaflets obovate, obsoletely toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 falcate, entire ; calyx pilose; the teeth subulate, length of tube; 

 legume falcate, twice the length of the beak, reticulated length- 

 w^ise, many-seeded; seeds large, ovate, wrinkled from dots; 

 radicle rather prominent. 0. Hi Native of the south of 

 France. Gsertn. fruct. t. 152. f. 3. Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 211. 



Woodv. med. bot. t. 158. 



This plant was 



FL Ju. x\ug. Clt. 1798. PL 1 ft. 



Flowers yellow. 



jFfooAerf-podded Trigonella. 



5 T. littora'lis (Guss. cat. 1821. p. 83.) stem branched, 

 rather diffuse ; leaflets cuneiform, denticulated at the apex ; 

 legumes pedicellate, umbellate, declinate, rather falcate, com- 

 pressed, tapering to both ends, obliquely and reticulately veined ; 



peduncles spinose. 



tlie sea-side. Corolla yellow. This species is allied to T. ma- 



rithna, but it difl^ers in the leaflets being cuneiform, not obcor- 



T. gladiata, HortuL 

 formerly cultivated by the Romans, and is still occasionally em- 

 ployed in the agriculture of the south of Europe. The seeds 

 have a strong disagreeable smell, and an unctuous, farinaceous 

 taste, accompanied with a slight bitterness. An ounce renders 

 a pint of water thick and slimy. To rectified spirit they give 

 out the whole of their distinguishing smell and taste, and after- 

 wards to water a strong flavourless mucilage. These seeds are 

 never given internally, their principal use being in cataplasms 

 and fomentations, for softening, maturating, and dispersing tu- 

 mours, and in emollient glysters. They were also an ingredien 

 in the oleum e mucilaginibus ; but this has no longer a place id 

 the pharmacopaeia. They are used by grooms and farriers tor 

 horses. /cnz^^r^eA: has not been cultivated in any quantity to 

 use in England, because it is an uncertain crop, occasioned j 

 the inconstancy of our weather. - 



Common Fenugreek. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1597. PLlto2it. 



Sect. III. 



^ „„.„„. ., , ^^... .-... Bu'cERAs (from Bovq, bons, an ox, and w/x'?' 



® • "• ^%\\^ ^^ ^'^""'^^^ ^T"f ^^""T ^y f^-eras, a horn ; in reference to the form of the pods). Ser.niss. 



date. 



d in the legumes being acute at both ends, not turgid 



at the base, somewhat falcate, not straight, as well as in being 

 pilose, not glabrous. 



Shore Trigonella. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL diffuse. 



G T. cALLicERAs(Fisch. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 515.) stems 

 ascending ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, sharply toothed at the 



in D.C. prod. 2. p. 182.— Buceratis, spec. Moench. ^^^^^'^ 

 143. Flowers disposed in pedunculate or sessile ^^^^"^ • 

 umbels. Legume cylindrically-compressed, a little arched, r 

 culated and mucronate. 



§1. 



10 T. spiNosA (Lin. 



Racemes pedunculate. 



1094.) stems spreading ; lea^f 



^ stipulas i^ 



stipulas linear-subulate ; teeth of calyx acute, length of sected 



apex 



tube ; legume falcate, somewhat spirally striated, having a long 

 beak; seeds 5-6, ovate, wrinkled from dots. O. H. Native 

 of Iberia. D. C. mem. soc. gen. 2. p. 135. hort. gen. fasc. 2. 



with a figure. 

 74. 



spec, 

 obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; ~.^ , 



flowers in fascicles, sessile ; middle peduncle sptn^ ' 



trans- 



versely veined, glabro 

 wrinkled from dots ; 

 Lotus medicaginoides, Retz. obs. 2. p. 38. no. of Crete. Bdceras 



us, many-seeded ; seeds 

 radicle rather prominent, 



Ma?nch. meth. 



O.H. 



Natirt 



P 



T. oxyrliynclia, Fisch. in litt. Flowers yellow. 

 Pretty-horned Trigonella. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. PL ascend. 



Sect. IL Fce^num-Gr^eVum (from foe num, hay, and Grcecus^ leaflets obovate, 

 Greek ; Greek hay ; the T. Fai^num-Gr cecum was formerly made 

 into hay in Greece). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 182. Foe'- 



spmosa. 



Flowers pale-yellow. 



Clt. 1739. 



143.-Breyfl- 



cent. 79. t. 33. f. 1. _ 



Spinose Trigonella. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI- Pj 

 11 T. sTRiA^TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 340.) stems spreading^ 



denticulated at the apex, striped ; s^*F . 



linear, dilated at the base, and toothed ; umbels pecluncula e. 



legume arched, compressed, very long, glabrous, having tr 



