LEGUMINOSvE. CXXXVIII. Hippocrepis. CXXXIX. Securigera. 



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umbel of flowers at the apex ; 

 legumes glabrous, a little arched. 

 ^ , F. Native of the Island of 

 Minorca. Lam. ill. 620. f. 2. 

 Curt. bot. mag. t. 427. Leaves 

 and calyxes either glabrous or pi- 

 lose. 

 Minorca Horse-shoe-Vetch. FL 



May, Ju. Clt. 1776. Sh. 1 to 2 ft, 

 2 H. coM6sA(Lin. spec. 1050.) 

 stem herbaceous, prostrate ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves, 

 bearing an umbel of flowers at the 

 apex ; legumes arched, sinuated on 

 both margins, rough from minute 

 prominent tubercles. 1/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, in Germany, Italy, 



FIG, 43. 



One-f^ 

 PI. prostrate. 



FL June, Aug. Clt. 1824. 



9 H. UNisiLiQUosA (Lin. spec. 1050.) flo\vers axillary, sessile, 

 solitary ; legumes a little incurved, hairy in the middle part of 

 the joints. 0. IL Native of the south of Europe, Barbary, 

 and the Levant, in exposed stony places. Lam. ill. t. 630. f. 3. 

 Mill. fig. 278. f. 1. Ferrum equinum vulg^re, Col. ecphr. 

 p. 300. with a figure. F. uniflorum, Moench. rneth. 119. 



One-2)orf(/ecZ Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1570. 



PL prostrate. 



10 H.ciLiA'TA(D.C.prod. 2.p.313.)pedunclcsrathershorter 



than the leaves ; legumes arched, hispid at the seeds, and ci- 

 liated on one side. ©. H. Native of Spain and Italy. 



Far. a; peduncles 4-6-flowercd. ©. H. Native of Spain, 

 near Aranjuez. H. ciliata, Willd. berl. mag. nat. gcs. 1808. 



p. 173. 



/3 



O. H. Native of Spain, 



France, Austria, Britain, in calcareous soils; plentiful in Kent, in the provinces of Granada and Murcia. H. annua, Lag. nov. 



Cambridgeshire, and Berkshire, and in most chalk countries, 



as well as of the north of Africa. Smith, engl. bot. t. 31. Jacq. , . x • ti r - 



austr. 5. t. 431. Riv. tetr. 97. H. perennis. Lam. fl. fr. 2. about Naples, as well as of Sicily and lauria. H. dicarpa, 



spec. 23. p. 299. 



Far. y; peduncles 2-flowered. 



O. H. Native of Italy, 



p. 657. Leaflets 7-ll,obovate, obtuse, very minutely mucronate. Bieb. suppl. 480, 



Ciliated-Nodded Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 



.-v ..o...- ... ..^..., ...^. ^.... ^.. ,..- 1818. PI. prostrate. ^ , , v , 



3 H. Helve'tica (G. Don, in Loud, hort.brit. p. 308.) stems 11 H. biflora (Spreng. pug. 2. p. /3.) peduncles very short, 



herbaceous, procumbent ; peduncles longer than the leaves, bear- 2-flowered ; legumes minutely ciliated on both margnis. ©. H. 



Legumes with their joints neither dilated nor bordered, (fig. 42.) 

 Tufted Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl. April, Aug. Brit. PI. pr. 



mg an umbel of flowers at the apex; 

 curved, smooth; leaflets 



legumes compressed, 



It.H. 



9-11, obovate, obtuse, mucronate. 

 Native of Switzerland. H. comosa, Schleich, Legume of legume very short. 



Native country unknown. Flowers twin, axillary, almost ses- 

 sile, but the peduncles becomes elongated after flowering. Cili« 



broad, arched. An elegant plant, much larger in every part 

 than the last species. 



Swiss Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl. May, Aug. Clt, 1819. Pl.pr. 



4 H. GLAu'cA (Ten. fl. neap. 2. p. 165. t. 69.) stems herba- 



Two-Jtorvered 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 



ceous, ascending ; leaves glaucous; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, bearing an umbel of flowers at the apex ; 

 arched, rather scabrous, constantly of 5 joints. If. . H. 

 of Naples, on the rocks of Magella. Calyx pubescent. Allied 

 to H. comosa. 



legumes 

 Native 



Gla 



PI. prostrate. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are worthy of cultivation 

 in every garden, on account of their neatness and beauty. The 

 H. Balearica is the only species which requires protection in a 

 greenhouse in winter. It thrives in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and cuttings of it strike root readily under a hand-glass. 

 The perennial herbaceous kinds are w^ell fitted for ornamenting 

 rock-work or banks : they are propagated by dividing at the 



ucous Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. asc. root or by seeds. The annual species are also well fitted for 



rock-work, where their seeds should be sown early in spring. 



§ 2. Roots annual. Legumes with roundish recesses. 



5 H. scA BRA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 312.) peduncles twice the 

 length of the leaves, bearing an umbel of flowers at the apex ; 

 jegumes arched, scabrous at the seeds, the rest clothed with a 



CXXXIX. 



SECURI'GERA (from securls, a hatchet, and 



- - ■ ' ^ D. C. fl. 



gero, to bear ; in reference to the form of the pods). 



fr. 4. p. 609. prod. 2. p. 313 

 Lam. ill. t. 629. but not of Lin. 



Securidaca, Tourn. inst. t. 224. 



Bonaveria, Scop. Neck. elem. 



kind of lepidoted pubescence. ©. H. 



the kingdom of Murcia, near the city. Style long, compressed, 



permanent at the top of the legumes. 



oca6roM5-podded Horse-shoe-Vetch. PL prostrate. 

 ^ BicoNTORTA (Lois. not. in ann. soc. Lin. par. vol. 4. 

 1827.) stem branched, spreading; leaflets linear; peduncles 

 length of leaves, usually bearing 3 flowers at the apex ; legumes 



scabrous, twisted into a double circle. ©. H. Native of Mont- 

 peher. 



Trtice-twisted-^odded Horse-shoe-Vetch. PL spreading. 



7 H, MULTisiLiQuosA (Lin. spec. 1050.) peduncles a little 

 snorter than the leaves, 2-4-flowered ; legumes quite smooth, cir- 

 cularly incurved. ©. H. Native of Spain, Italy, south of^France, 



^o I,^^^y» 5^ exposed stony or sandy places. 



Ferrum equinum polyceratum, Col. ecphr. p. 300 

 F. multiflorum, Moench. meth. 119. Plant smooth. 

 ^a«?/.;,orfc/erf Horse-shoe-Vetch. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt.l6S3. Pl.pr. 

 ill ' ^^^^*^^'»PA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 480.) flowers ax- 

 ^^^ry> almost sessile, jsolitarv • lAmiTYiP« niiifp (rlabrous. ©• H. 



Native of Spain, in no. 1320. Desv. journ. vol. 3. p. 60. t. 4. f. 7.— Securilla, 



Pers, ench. 2. p. 314. 



Lm. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx short, bilabiate, 



lower Up 3-parted, upper one bidentate. "*' " ^ '^ "" 



the calvx. Keel acute. 



longer than 



caly 



f.2. 



figure. 



Mill. fig. 278. 



with a 



Claws of petals rather 

 Stamens diadelphous. 



Legume compressed,'' flat, with rather prominent sutures, the 

 seeds separated by spongy substance, not articulated, linear, 

 ending in a long beak at the apex. Seeds 8-10, compressed. 

 Herb, with the habit of Coronilla. 



1 S. coRONiLLA (D. C. 1. c). O. H. Native of the south ot 

 Europe, from Spain to Tauria. Coronilla securidaca, Lin. spec. 

 1048: Securidaca lutea, MilL dict.no. 1. fig. 232. Securidaca, 

 le^itima, Ga^rtn. fruct. 2. t. 153. Flowers yellow, 3 or 4 m an 



umbel. . ^1 , r/T, 



Fl. TnW. Alio-. CI. 1562. 



Coron'illa-\\ke Hatchet- Vetch. 



July, 



Aug. 



^ ^y. almost sessile, solitary ; legumes quite glabrous. ( 



nnVT-^ of Eastern Caucasus, on hills about Schamachi. m.x. ^^^.^.^^ .*. -^- V~nV «r«^ 9 n~SlS Flowers 



*«"8'l»qu6sa, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 1 74. exclusive of the synonymes. sarum m important characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. J 1 3- t low 



PL prostrate. . i • i 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown m the 



open ground in any kind of soil. 



SuBTRiBE IL EuhedisVre^ (plants agreeing with 7/^////- 



