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LEGUMINOS^. CLVIII. Hedysarum. 



Splendid Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. | ft. Capi/afe-flowered Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. PI. decum 



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Plants mth stems. Calycine segments subulate or linear. ^l "/ <;arn6sum (Desf. fl. atL 2. p. 177. t. 200.) stems de- 



e^ vricklv. curabent ; leaves with 5 pairs of obovate, truncate, mucronate, 



Legumes pnckly* 



5 H. pa'llidum (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 177.) stems procumbent; 

 leaves with 6-7 pairs of elliptic-orbicular, pubescent leaflets ; 



fleshy, glabrous leaflets; spikes of flowers racemose; flowers 

 spreading. 1/ . H. Native of Barbary, in sandy places by the 

 sides of rivulets. Flowers rose-coloured, about the size of those 



thrice the length of the calyx ; joints of legume orbicular, 



prickly. Fp • H. Native of Barbary, near Mascar. 



bot. mag. 1251. ? Flowers pale rose-coloured, about the size of 



those of H. coronarium. 



Sims, 



spikes or racemes of flowers oblong, crowded ; wings of flower of H 



Fleshy AesLved Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820, PL 

 decumbent. 



11 H. FLExuosuM (Lin. spec. 1058.) stems diffuse ; leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of elliptic or oblong leaflets ; spikes of flowers 

 Pa/e-flowered Hedysarum. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl.pr. ovate ; legume jointed, rather undulated, prickly. ©. H. Na- 

 6 H. cohonVrium (Lin. spec. 1058.) stems diffuse; leaves tive of Asia. H. siliqua undulata, Riv. tetr. irr. t. 213. Flowers 



with 3-5 pairs of elliptic or roundish leaflets, which are clothed red, tinged with blue, about the size of those of//, coronamm, 



with pubescence beneath, and on the margins ; spikes or racemes of which it is perhaps only a variety. 



of flowers ovate, crowded ; wings of flower twice the length of Flexuous-stemmed Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1671. 



the calyx; legumes glabrous, with 2-5 orbicular prickly joints. ^^ - - 



i . H. Native of Spain and Italy, in fields and meadows. 



Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 155. Mart. fl. rust. 115. — Riv. tetr. irr. t. 



PL 1 foot. 



98. BesL hort. eyst. IS. t. 2. f. 1. H. clype^tura, Ger. amac. 

 1235. Park, parad. 339. t. 337. f. 10. Flowers deep red or 

 white. In Calabria this plant grows wild in great luxuriance 

 near 4 feet high, affording excellent nourishment to horses and 

 mules, both green and made into hay ; but it does not well bear 

 the spring in the north of Italy, and therefore we may presume 

 that it will not bear our climate well enough to answer the pur- 

 poses of husbandry. Orbeck mentions that he saw great bun- 

 dles of it brought to Cadiz as food for cattle. The plant is 

 called in Italian and Spanish Siilla. In German it is called 



12 H. va'kium (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1206.) stem ascending; 

 leaves with 7 pairs of elliptic acute leaflets, which are pubescent 

 above, and tomentose beneath ; legumes articulated, rough. %. 

 H. Native of Armenia. Flowers yellowish? ex Vaill. H. 

 orient^le incanum floribus variis magnis, siliqua asperi, Toum. 



cor. 27. 



Tar/ow^-flowered Hedysarum. FL July, Aug. 

 PL 1 foot. 



13 H. 



Clt. 1820. 



Kronenchlecy Schildldce, and Sj)anischehlee. 



- — oMALUM (D. C, prod. 2. p. 341.) stem suffruticose, 



diffuse ; upper leaves trifoliate, and are, as well as the branchlets, 

 rather villous ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate, terminal one much 

 the largest ; spikes few-flowered ; legumes with 2 prickly joints. 



hop. 



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Sainfoin T2 . H. Native country unknown. According to the legume 



-flower or Rcd-fl 



ingy but it is commonly known in British gardens under the name 

 of French honeysuckle. 



Garland Hedysarum or French honeysuckle. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1596. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



7 H. hu'mile (Lin. spec. 1058.) stem erect; leaves with 7-9 

 pairs of linear-cuneiform, obtuse leaflets ; flowers racemose ; 

 wings one-half shorter than the carina, and with the vexillum • 

 also shorter than the carina ; joints of legume 2-3, orbicular, 

 villous, and muricated with tubercles, when in a vouna state 



tliey are tomentose. ^ . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Sicily, and Spain, on dry sandy hills. 



f- 1- — Pluk. aim. t. 50. f. 2. H. coronarlnm 3 



. Bauh.hist. 2. p. 336. 



p. C05. l-lowers purple, smaller than those of//, coronarium. 

 Dwarf Hedysarum. FL July, Aug. Clt. 16 10. PL | to 1 ft. 



8 H. spiNosi'ssiMUM (Lin. spec. 1058. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonymes,) stems difflise ; leaves with 5-7 pairs of obovate or ob- 

 long, emarginate, smoothish leaflets ; spikes capitate, few-flow- 

 ered ; wings one-half shorter than the carina ; vexillum about 

 equal in length to the carina ; joints of legume 2-3, orbicular, 

 pubescent, and prickly; the prickles hooked at the apex. ©, 

 H. Native of Spain, and the south of Italy.— Pluk. phyt. t. 50. 

 f. 2. Flowers purple, 8 lines long. 



Fery-splny-ifoMed Hedysarum. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1731. 

 PL diffuse. 



9 H. capita' TUM (Desf. atl. 2. p. 177. but not of Burm.) 

 stems decumbent ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of obovate-obtuse leaf- 

 lets ; spikes or racemes of flowers ovate, loose ; wings of corolla 



In Dutch Sicrlyk haane- this species belongs to section EchinoVobium^ but its habit is very 



" '^ '^ ^ ""^ '^'" distinct from the other species. 



Anomalous Hedysarum. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * * Plants caulescent. Segments of the calyx subulale. 

 Legumes pilose or pubescent^ or crestedly wrinkled^ but not pridly* 



14 H. trichoca'rpum (Desv. In Herb. mus. par. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 311.) stem erect, clothed with adpressed silky down; leaves 

 with 7-8 pairs of oblong-cuneated obtuse leaflets, which are 

 clothed with silky pubescence on both surfaces ; legumes ffitl» 

 only one oval, compressed, reticulated joint, bearing on the 

 nerves very long hair-like bristles.— Native of Persia. Perhaps 

 the same as Onobrychis cristata of Desv. 



Hairy-fruited Hedysarum. PL 1 foot. . 



15 H. lasioca'rpum (Ledeb. in hort. dorp. suppL 1824. p. ^J 

 stem erect ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather pubescent ; racemes 

 elongated, axillary ; bracteas exceeding the pedicels ; teeth of 

 calyx lanceolate, about equal in length to the tube ; vexillum 

 length of the wings, but shorter than the carina ; legumes pen- . 

 dulous, pilose, with somewhat quadrangular joints. ^'' '^^ 

 Native of the Altaian mountains. Flowers purple. . 



Coolly-fruited Hedysarum. FL JuL Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl.^J 



16 H. rutidoca'rpum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 341.) stems ascend- 

 ing ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of elliptic obtuse leaflets, which arc 

 pubescent beneath ; spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate, crowd- 

 ed; vexillum emarginate, a little longer than the keel; wm^ 

 twice the length of the calyx ; legumes reticulately wrinkled, an<i 

 clothed with hoary pubescence, with 2-3 orbicular j<>»»^^* 

 %. H. Native of Siberia, in the desert between the nnj^ 



ex herb. 



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twice the length of the calyx ; legumes villous and prickly, with Oby and Irtisch. H. p^ostratum ^ Pall 

 orbicular iomts. 0. H. Native of Barbary, near Cafsa and Flowers purple. ' 



Lacalle, also of Corsica. Sims, bot. mag. 1251, but the flowers JVrinkled-fi 



are less erect. H. glomeratum, Dictr. II. Cursicum, Balb. PL prostrate. 



Fl. July, Aug 



PatriD' 

 Clt. 182«' 



ppend 



J)ennsf 



H. deciimbens, 



the size of those of //. coronarium* 



Flowers rose-coloured, about 



17 H. Tauricum (Pall. nov. act. petrop. 10. p. 315.) s^f* 

 3Ct ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of lanceolate-linear leaflels, whJ'^ 

 ^ clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath : spikes of flow^ 



