LEGUMINOSiE. CLIIL Uraria. CLIV. Nicolsonia. 



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CLIII. URA'RIA (a name not explained by its author). bracteate ; peduncles and calyxes yeiy pilose ; calyclne segments 



122. t. 5. f. 19. — Doodia, Roxb. hort. 



Desv. journ. bot. 3. p 



beng. p. 99. but not of R. Br. — Hedysarum species of Lin. and 



others. 

 Lin. syst. Diadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx profoundly 5-cleft, 



Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens dia- 



i;. S. 



long and linear ; legumes deflexed, glabrous, 3-jointed. 

 Native of Brazil. Hedysarum lagocepbalum, Link. enum. 2. p. 

 248. Flowers yellow. 



Hare's-headed Uraria. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



with setaceous segments. 



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Leaves simple. 



8 U. cERCiFOLiA (Desv. 1. c. f. 19.) leaflet solitary at the top 

 of the petiole, furnished with 2 stipels, roundish, and rather vel- 

 vety beneath ; racemes oblong, dense, terminal, fj • S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Hedysarum cercifolium, Steud. nom. 392. 



JudaS'tree-leaved Uraria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



delphous. Legume with a few ovate 1 -seeded joints, bent back 



into plaits, nestling within the calyx. — Herbs, rarely shrubs, 



with impari-pinnate, ternate, or simple leaves, stipellate leaflets, 



lanceolate membranous acuminated stipulas, which are striated 



lengthwise, the upper ones answering the purpose of bracteas to 



the flowers, but soon falling off. Pedicels 1-flowered, rising in 



pairs from the axils of the bracteas, forming long, dense, simple, 9 U. cordif6lia (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. p. 33. t. 37.) leaves 



many-flowered racemes. simple, broadly ovate, cordate, villous on the under surface as 



well as the branches ; racemes terminal, panicled, elongated, 

 hairy ; legume 2-3-jointed, villous, inclosed in the calyx ; brac- 

 teas ovate, acuminated, clothed with silky pili. ^ . S. Native 

 of the Burman Empire, near Prome and Meaong, on the banks 

 of the Irawaddi. Flowers small, of a whitish-rose colour. 



Leaves impari-pinnate y with 2-4 pairs of leaflets. 



1 v. Pi'cTA (Desv. 1. c.) stem shrubby, erect, velvety ; leaves 

 with 2-4 pairs of long lanceolate leaflets, which are smoothish 

 above, and blotched with white, but pubescent and reticulately- 

 nerved beneath ; racemes very long and spicate ; bracteas 

 ciliated; segments of the calyx setaceous, and very hairy. ^ . S. 

 Nadve of Guinea, among grass all along the coast, and of the 

 East Lidies. Hedysarum pictum, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 567. 

 coll. 2. p. 262. Flowers purple. 



Painted-leaved. Uraria. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1788. Shrub 



2 to 3 feet. 



2 U. coMOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 324.) stem shrubby ; branches 

 and petioles villous ; leaves with 3 pairs of linear-lanceolate gla- 

 brous leaflets ; racemes elongated, cylindrical ; bracteas villous ; 

 segments of the calyx setaceous, and very hairy. Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Hedysarum comosum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 84. 



Tufted Uraria. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 feet. 



3 U. crini'ta (Desv. 1. c.) stem shrubby, erect ; leaves w^ith 

 2-3 pairs of oblong leaflets ; racemes elongated ; pedicels hispid, 

 recurved; the 3 largest segments of calyx pilose and reflexed ; 

 legumes smooth. % • S. Native of the East Indies. Hedy- 

 sarum crinitum, Lin. mant. 102. Burm. ind. p. 169. t. 56. 



/^flir^Z-calyxed Uraria. Fl. July, Aug, Clt. 1780. Shrub 



3 to 4 feet. 



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Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



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trifoliate^ the terminal leaflets 



4 U. LAGOPoiDEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 324.) stem shrubby, . ^.- v-- - 



rather velvety ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, almost naked ; racemes closed after flowering ; legumes glabrous. 



oblonor. oV/M^i. *u^ 1 ^1- _r» ^i_- «„i.:«i« - ««^«*« ^f" ^^ ToYv^or/>o or»/l ftf "nnminrpn in nrid sanfl 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will answer the 

 species, and young cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass 

 in heat, but the species are more easily propagated by seeds. 



CLIV. NICOLSO'NIA (in honour of M. Nicolson, author of 

 Essai Sur L'Histoire Naturelle de Saint Domingue, 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Paris, 1776). D. C. legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 325. — Perro- 

 tetia, D. C. ann. sci. nat. Jan. 1825. p. 95. but not of Kunth. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, with lan- 

 ceolate, subulate, bearded segments. Corolla papilionaceous, 

 shorter than the calyx. Stamens diadelphous. Legume straight, 

 exserted, constantly composed of numerous, compressed, semi-or- 

 bicular, I-seeded joints, which open at the convex suture. — Ame- 

 rican herbs, with pinnately trifoliate leaves, the leaflets oval or 

 oblong, and stipellate. Stipulas distinct from the petioles, rather 

 scarious. Bracteas hke the stipulas, but broader. 

 in the axils of the bracteas. Racemes terminal, crowded, almost 

 constituting a panicle. Flowers small, bluish-purple. This 

 genus differs from Uraria in the legume being straight and ex- 

 serted, and from Desmhdium in the calyx being 5-parted and 



bearded. 



1 N. earba'ta (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets elliptic-oblong; calyx 



- - - " ' ^ ' i;.? b.? S. Native 



Pedicels twin 



ts of of Jamaica and St. Domingo, in arid sandy places. Hedysr 



very 



inaies and China. Hedysarum lagopodioides, Lin. spec. 1057. 

 l^espedeza lagopoides, Pers. ench. 2. p. 308.— Burm. ind. p. 168. 

 '• 53. f. 2. Flowers purple. 



Hare's-foot-like Uraria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. Sh. 2 ft. 



5 U. lAGo'pus (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 100.) stem 

 shrubby, very hairy at the apex ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, mucro- 

 "^|f ' ^^^othed with soft velvety pubescence beneath ; racemes 

 cylindrical, twice the length of the petiole ; segments of the 

 'h r ^^*^^^°"s, and very hairy ; bracteas hairy on the back. 



Vr' , Native of Nipaul. Flowers purple. 



^ares.foot Uraria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. ^ - 



o U. ARBOREUM ; arboreous ; leaflets oval, retuse, and are, as of Cayenne. Perhaps a proper species, 

 ^ell as the branches, very hairy ; stipulas cordate, stem-clasp- Cayenne Nicolsonia. PI. procumbent, 



'ng, cuspidate ; racemes elongated, bractless, densely clothed 3 N. venu'stula (D. C. prod. 2. p. 325.) stems suffrut.cose 



«ith stiff hairs ; calycine segments lanceolate, feathery ; legumes erect, and are, as well as the petioles, clothed with adpressed 



pubescence ; leaflets oblong-elhptic, clothed with silky, glances- 

 cent pubescence beneath ; racemes terminal, short, sessile ; calyx 

 pilosely bearded ; legumes with 1-3 semi-orbicular liairy joints. 

 % . S. Native of Cumana, on the declivity of mount 1 urimi- 



barbatum, Lin. spec. 1055. Swartz, obs. 287. Flowers bluish- 

 purple. 



Z^mr(?e(?-calyxed Nicolsonia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 



procumbent. 



2 N. Cayenne'nsis (D. Cleg. t. 51.) leaflets elliptic-obovate; 



calyx spreading after flowering; legumes smoothish. 1/. S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Flowers bluish-purple. Racemes looser, 

 and the pedicels are longer than the first species, but 



similar. 



Far. ft, laxiuscula (D. C. prod. 2. p. 325.) leaflets elliptic- 

 obovate, and a little more villous beneath than the species ; le- 

 gumes rather scabrous ; stamens monadelphous. i;. S. Native 



"-seeaeu, plaited within the calyx. T2 . G. Native of Nipaul. 

 "edysarum arboreum, Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 243. 

 '^rythnna arhorescens, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 52. ? 



: ''^^ ^ raria. Tree 1 2 feet. 



7 IT ••'^c i;c leet. 



leafl ^"^^^^y^HALA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 324.) stem herbaceous ; 

 cts roundish, pilose beneath; panicle terminal, contracted, 



Hedysarum venustulum, H. B, et Kunth, 1. c. 



quiri. 



Pretty Nicolsonia. 



Shrub 2 feet. 



