LEGUMINOSiE. LXVII. TrigoxXella. 



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verse, arched veins, many-seeded, assurgent ; seeds oblong, glabrous, compressed, reticulated with veins; seeds oblonrr, 

 somewhat truncate, havinor wrinkled lines. ©. H. Native of somewhat truncate, wrinkled from dots. O- H. Native of? 



Abyssinia. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1399. Flowers yellow. 



jS'/riperf-leaved Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 1^ to 1 foot long. 



12 T. HAMosA (Lin. spec. 1094.) stems decumbent; leaflets 

 ovate-cui^iform, denticulated at the apex ; legumes disposed 

 in racemes, declinate, hooked, terete ; common peduncle spinose, 

 longer than the leaves. 0. H. Native of Egypt.— J. Bauh. 

 hist. 2. p. 357.— Alp. egypt. t, 124. Flowers yellow. The 

 seeds of this plant are said to be used by the Egyptians in fo- 

 mentations for all kinds of pains. 



//oo^ecZ-^odded Trigonella. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1640. PL dec. 



13 T. TORTA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36.) stem firm; ^.., „„, 



leaflets obcordate, toothed, obscurely nerved ; flowers umbel- p. 1*43. Flowers yellow. 



Flowers yellow. 



Latticed Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. dec. 



§ 2. Racemes sessile. 



20 T. monspeli'aca (Lin. spec. 1095.) pilose; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, serrulated ; teeth numerous ; 

 stipulas linear-subulate ; umbels sessile ; segments of calyx su- 

 bulate, length of tube ; legumes usually 7, sessile, crowded, 

 arched, divaricate, short, obliquely veined ; seeds oblong, some- 

 w^hat truncate, olive-coloured, wrinkled with dots. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Europe. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. t. 142. 

 Breyn. cent. 80. t. 33. f, 2. Buceras elliptica, Mcench. meth. 



late ; peduncles short ; legume cylindrical, twisted, reticulated 

 lengthwise, stiff; glabrous. ©. H. Native of Egypt. Flowers 

 yellow. Plant quite smooth. 



Twisted-'podded Trigonella. PI. | foot. . 

 _ 14 T. FLExuosA (Delil. ex Poir. suppl. 5. p. 362. but not of 

 Fischer) stem firm ; leaflets obcordate, toothed, obscurely nerved ; 

 legumes disposed in umbels, which are nearly sessile, com- 

 pressed, reticulated, twisted, ©. H. Native of Egypt. This 



Montpelier Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1710. PL pr. 



21 T, ela'tior (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 7G2. ex prod. 2. 

 p. 108.) stem erect; stipulas lanceolate, toothed; legumes dis- 

 posed in racemes, pendulous, rather falcate ; peduncle elongated. 

 O. H. Native of Asia Minor and the Island of Cyprus. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Taller Trigonella, PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 T. PARviFLORA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36.) stems as- 



?!.!^"i„^_^."^^f ^^^^. *? , ^or^a, but differsin the umbels being cending ; peduncle length of the leaflets, which are acuminated i 



stipulas ovate, acute, toothed ; legumes disposed in racemose 

 heads, ascending, linear-lanceolate, compressed, curved, usually 



nearly sessile, and in the teeth of the calyx being longer, the 

 legume also is very different, ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36. 

 Perhaps a variety of T. anguma, of Delil. 



Flexuous--^oMed 

 PI. i to ^ foot. 



Trigonella. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 



15 7. Fischeria'na (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 183.) 

 stems spreading; leaflets obovate-cuneated, striated, serrulated; 

 stipulas straight, lanceolate-subulate ; flowers disposed in ra- 

 cemes, each containing about 6 ; common peduncle awnless ; 

 Jloriferous peduncle exceeding the leaf; calycine segments subu- 

 late, length of tube ; legume a little arched, erectish, flexuous- 

 ly-torulose. 



wrinkled. 



many-seeded ; 



O.H. 



seeds oblong, somewhat truncate, Flowers yellow. 



containing 2 seeds. ©. H. Native of Switzerland. 



AS'w2a/^^ow;^rec/ Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 ascending. 



23 T. tinnati'fida (Cav. icon. 1. p. 26. t. 38.) stem pros- 

 trate, tetragonal ; leaflets cuneated, truncate at the apex, pinna- 

 tifidly-toothed ; stipulas pinnatifid ; umbels sessile ; legumes 

 usually 4 together, sessile, linear, arched, reticulately veined ; 

 seeds oblong, truncate, wrinkled from dots ; radicle rather pro- 

 minent. O.H. Native of Spain. T. m^dia, Delil. ill. 722. 



Clt. 1818. PI. i to ^ ft. 



. Native of Tauria, about Tiflis. T. flexu- 



TV^ iM^'^' ^« l^ort. gor. ex Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 515. but not 

 ot Dehl. Flowers yellow. 



Fiseher^s Trigonella. Fl. July, Aug. , .„ , ... 



It) 1 anguina (Delil. fl. aegypt. p. 110. t. 110. f. 2.) stems 

 Dranched, prostrate ; leaflets ovate-cuneated, crenated ; stipulas 

 oothed ; heads of flowers nearly sessile ; legume linear, com- 

 pressed, pilose, plicately flexuous. ©. H. Native near Cairo. 

 Howers yellow. 



Snahe^^oMed Trigonella. PL prostrate. 



5uV ^^'^^^^ (Fisch. in hort. gor. and Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 

 P- 14.) stems spreading ; leaflets obovate-obcordate, striated, 

 erruiated ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed at the base, straight ; 



ers 



usually 



m fo 



urs 



eon 1 ■ 1 "^ "" *^""^ » floriferous peduncle awnless, about 



qJ ^^,^"^^"8^^ ^o the leaf; calycine segments subulate, length 



t^res" l' S""^^^ usually twin, a little arched, erect, com- Flowers yellow. 



com transversely and flexuously reticulated ; seeds ovate, 



mpressed, somewhat truncate, wrinkled from dots; radicle 

 4raiy prominent. ©. H. Native of Tauria, on mountains about 



w ' /his species is allied to T. cancellata. Flowers yellow 



^IcnJer Trigonella. " 



PinnatiJid-stx^xAed Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. 

 PI. prostrate. 



24 T. POLYCERA^TA (Lin. spec. 1093.) stems diff\ise ; leaflets 

 cuneiform, dentate at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, rather 

 toothed at the base; umbels sessile; legumes almost sessile, 

 usually 4 together, erect or erectish, long, linear, reticulately- 

 veined ;' seeds oblong, somewhat truncate, yellow, wrinkled from 

 dots; radicle rather prominent. ©. H. Native of the south 

 of France. Flowers yellow. 



Many-horned Trigonella. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. PI, 

 diffuse, \\ foot long. 



25 T. j^GYPTiACA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 95.) stem prostrate; 

 branches short, erect ; leaflets ovate-cuneiform, denticulated ; 

 stipulas entire ; umbels sessile ; legumes somewhat compressed, 

 erectish, reticulated with veins. 0. H. Native of Egypt. 



Egyptian Trigonella. FL June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. prost. 

 26 T. polya'ntiia (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 77.) stem 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. proc 



dicell " i!"^^^^^^^ (Spreng. neueentd. 3. p. 158.) legumes pe- 

 dunrl^ ^^ ^"^^^' ^^^^^^' declinate, pubescent ; fructiferous pe- 



leaflets cuneated, toothed, silky. ©. H. 



duncies unarmed 



lllfl^ P^^haps r. ^emJ.7ex Spreng: he: 

 1 9 1 '^^^^^^^ TrigoneHa. PL 1 L. ^ 



suppl 5 ^'^^'^^^"ata (Desf. cat. hort. par. 218. P 

 cuneatei ^" ^^^'^ ^^^^^ spreading, much branched; 



Poir. diet. 



diffuse ; leaflets obovate-cordate, quite smooth, rather fleshy, 

 obscurely toothed ; legumes sessile, crowded, rather falcate, 

 glabrous; common peduncle sessile, mucronate. ©. H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Flowers yellow. 



Many-flowered Trigonella. PL |^ to 1 foot. 



27 T. oknitiioriiy'nchos (Fisch. ex Horn. hort. hafu. suppl. 

 p. S5.) leaflets roundish, rather serrated, fleshy ; peduncles spiny; 

 legumes on very short peduncles, umbellate, reflexed, and re- 

 curved, beaked. ©. H. Native of the Russian 



empire 



duncle 



. stipulas subulate, small ; fructiferous pe- 

 awnless, about equal in length to the leaf; legume arched, 



leaflets Flowers yellow. 



5;rJVie«Z:-podded Trigonella. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



PL I to I foot. 



