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LEGUMINOS^. LXVIL Trigonella. LXVIIL Pocockia 



Sect. IV. Falca'tula (from/aZca^t/5, falcate; in reference culately nerved, hooked from the style. 0.?H. Nativeof sandy 



Ser. mss, in D. C. prod. 2. p. 183. islands in the Nile. Flowers axillary, crowded, small, yellow. 



Hidden-Qow ered Trigonella. PI. diffuse. 



to the shape of the pods). 



Brot. phyt. IGO. — Buceratis, spec. Moench. Flowers disposed 



in pedunculate umbels. Legume compressed, falcate, reticu- 

 lated, mucronate. 



28 T. Ruthe'nica (Lin. spec. 1093.) stems prostrate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, very blunt, sharply serrated ; stipulas nearly entire ; 

 flowers disposed in racemose heads ; legume oblong, straight, or cuneated 



t Species not sufficiently hnown. 



36 T. PETiOLARis (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 49. t. 18. f. 5.)' flowers 

 disposed in heads, pendulous ; pedicels somewhat falcate ; pe- 

 tiole double the length of the peduncle : leaflets obcordate* 



,. , - , - ,, , ,. , , : stipulas oblique, ovate, acute, profoundly toothed ; 



a ^htde arched; s^^^^ legume? 0.? H. Native of Cyreniaca, in pastures. 



Petiolar Trigonella. PI. 1 foot. 



% . H. Native of Siberia. — Gmel. fl. sib. 4. p. 24. no. 33. t.8. 



Legume obtuse, and terminated by a recurved mucrone, and the 

 leaflets are oblong-obovate, according to tlie specimens received 

 from Siberia. Flowers yellow. This plant would be an excel- 

 lent substitute for lucerne see Medicago satwa. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Pl.ascend- 



37 T. cuAssiFOEiA (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 723.) leaflets 



legumes pedun- 

 H. Native of 



Russian Trigonella. 



mg, 



\^ foot long. 



29 T, lacinia'ta (Lin. spec. 1095.) stems spreading ; leaflets 

 obovate-cuneatcd, half pinnate-cut ; stipulas dissected ; flowers 

 disposed in racemose umbels ; peduncles length of leaves ; teeth 

 of calyx shorter than the tube ; legume short, elliptical. ©. H. 

 Native of Egypt. Flowers yellow. 



Jaggcd-st\\}v\ed Trigonella. PI. spreading. 



SO T. platyca'rpos (Lin, spec. 109;J.) stems erect or diffuse ; 

 leaflets obovate-roundish ; stipulas a little toothletted ; flowers 



roundish, fleshy ; peduncles rather spmose ; 

 culate, crowded, reflexed, rather falcate. ©. 

 Egypt. Flowers yellow. 



Thick-leaved Trigonella. PL ^ foot. 



38 T. viLLosA (Thunb. prod. p. 137.) leaflets obovate, gla- 

 brous ; legumes racemose, villous. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Villous Trigonella. 



PL 1 foot. 



P 



S9 T. spica'ta (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 763. ex prod. 2. 



108.) stipulas subulate, quite entire; legumes disposed in 



rather 



racemose 

 obtuse : 



; legume flat, pendulous ; seeds unequally cordate, 

 radicle very long. ©. H. Native of Siberia. — GmeL 

 sib- 4. p. 25. t. 9. Flowers yellow. 



i?roac?-^?oc?c?ec? Trigonella. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1741. PI. 

 4 foot. 



Legumes white. 



spikes, pendulous, short, pilose ; peduncles elongated, 

 spiny. ©. H. Native of the island of Seriphos. 



Spicate Trigonella. PL ^ to 1 foot, 



40 T. arma'ta (Thunb. prod. 137.) branches spinescent; 

 leaflets ovate, glabrous ; legumes lateral, spiny. T-> . ? G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Shrub. 



Armed Trigonella. 

 ^, «, , ,^ 1 o ooN J- 41 T. glabra (Thunb. prod. p. 137.) leaflets ovate, toothed, 



31 T. HY BRiDA (Pourr. act. toul 3 p. 33.) stenis ascendmg ; ^^^^^^^^^ . ^^^^^^^ un^bellate, reflexed, glabrous. ^ . G. Na- 



leaflets obovate-cuneated, entire, glabrous; stipulas unequally 



lanceolate, denticulated ; flowers few% 



legumes pedi- 



cellate, glabrous ; falcate, reticulated with veins ; seeds irregu- 

 larly cordate. 1/ . H. Native of France.— 



tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Shrub ? 



Glabrous Trigonella. 



1. p. 2d, t. 29, Flowers yellow. 



H yhrid T r\gox\e\\?L* FL June, Sept. Clt. 1806. PL ascend- 

 ing, 1 to 2 feet. 



^ ^ . , 42 T. HiRsu^TA (Thunb. prod. p. 1370 leaflets oblong, oLtuse, 



D.L. icon. pi. rar. ^.in^us ; legumes racemose, reflexed. \. G. Native of the 



Cape of Good Hope. 



s 



Hairy Trigonella. Shrub. 

 ^^ rj. . /T^ r. .1 r . r.. N 43 T. TOMEXTosA (Thuub. prod. 137.) leaflets and branche 



32 T. ORNiTHOPomoiDES (D. C. fl fr. 4. p. 550.) s ems pros- t^^^ntose ; legmnes pedunculate, ternate. Tp . G. Nativeof 



trate ; leaflets obcordate, denticulated ; stipulas lanceolate, entire, . i Cane of Good Hone 



rather membranous, very acute ; flowers usually 2-4, disposed 

 in a kind of umbel ; legume somewhat falcate, compressed, 

 twice the length of the .calyx. ©. H. Native of France and 

 other parts of Europe ; in Britain on several heaths about London, 

 and elsewhere. Trifolium ornithopodioides, Lin. spec. 1078. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1047. Falcatula falsotrifoliura, Brot. phyt. 

 IGO. t. 68. Flowers red. 



Ornithopus-like Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Brit. PL prost. 



o3 T. cornicula'ta (Lin. spec. 1091.) stem erect; leaflets 

 obovate, dentate at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, entire ; flowers 

 racemose ; legumes compressed, declinate, somewhat falcate, 

 transversely veined ; seeds unequally cordate, wrinkled from 

 dots 



Tornentose Trigonella. 



Shrub. 



44 T. cylindra'cea (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. ?•"' 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, toothed, rather pubescent, terete, acute, 

 striated, somewhat incurved; common peduncle elongated, w 



cronate. ©. ? H. Native of the Levant. 



C?/Ziwrfr?caMeafletted Trigonella. PI. . 



None of the species of this genus are worth cultiva 

 ing unless in botanical gardens. The seeds of the hardy a^^ 



Cult. 



; radicle rather prominent. 

 of France. 



O. H. Native of the south 



T"? Frf''^.:":"T±..r^J:.}'!^r'- g^w Ls. in a UglU sandy soil. 



kinds only require to be sown in the open border in spring, 

 hardy perennial kinds are easily increased by dividing the p 

 at the root or by seeds. Those natives of the Cape are P^^^^ 

 shrubby ; if this be the case, they may be propagated by yo"^ 

 cuttings planted in sand under a hand-glass. All the spe*- 



Bauh. hist. 2. p. 372. f. 2.? Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1597. PI. 1 foot. 



Horned Trigonella. 



LXVIII. POCOCKIA (in honour of Richard PococJc,a tfl* 



34 T. escule'nta (Willd. enum. 709.) racemes pedunculate; veller in the Levant). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 18a. 



Tri- 



common peduncle longer than the leaf; legumes linear, some- 

 what falcate, crowded, pedicellate. ©. H. Native of the East 

 Indies. Medicago esculenta, Rottl. ex Willd. 1. c. The le- 

 gumes of this plant are esculent. 



folium, spec. Lin. 

 Lin. 



5 



Esculent Trigonella. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. PL 1 ft. 



SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate,^ 

 toothed. Carina simple, ^nd wings shorter than the veX ^^ 

 Legume longer than the calyx, membranous, compressed, win^^^^ 

 emulating a samara. — Flowers racemose. Leaves triiolia j 



25 T. OCCULTA (Delil. ill. fl. segyp. 727.) stem herbaceous, minal or middle leaflet stalked. ^ 



diffuse, angular at the apex ; leaflets on short petioles, cuneated, 1 P. Cre'tica (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 185.) ^ . j^ 



serrated, rather villous; stipulas semi-orbicular, acutely and cending ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, obsoletely-toothed ; ^^^ 



coarsely serrated, girding the head of flo\vers ; petals shorter lanceolate, profoundly-toothed ; teeth of calyx acute, s ^^ 



than the calyx ; legume ovate, rather compressed, hairy, reti- than the tube ; legume wrinkled transversely, 2-seedea , 



