LEGUMINOS^. CLVIII. Hedysarum. 



301 



ovate ; vexilluin emarginate, longer than the wings, hut shorter with 4-5 pairs of elliptic, mucronate, opposite leaflets, which are 

 than the keel; joints of legume reticulately veined, hoary. %. • puhescent heneath; flowers disposed in spikes, few, ratlier dis- 

 H. Native of Tauria, on calcareous mountains. Bieb. cent. 2. 



p. 85,exfl. taur. and suppl. no. 1447. H. fruticosum, Habh 

 taur. 121. H. roseum, Sims, hot. mag. 996. Flowers rose-co- 

 loured. Leaves sometimes with 8-10 pairs of leaflets. 

 TauTian Hedysarum. FL July. Clt. 1804. 



PL -i to 1 foot. 



tant ; wings, vexillum, and keel about equal in length ; joints 

 of legume hoary, with crenulated margins. % . H. Native 

 of Iberia. Stamens distinctly and abruptly infracted. Flowers 



purple. 



Iberian Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 ft. 

 18 H. ROSEUM (Steph. ex Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 24 H. Razoumowia num (Helm, et Fisch. ined. D. C. prod. 



342.) stem erect; leaves with 6-8 pairs of oblong-lanceolate 2. p. 342.) stems erect ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed villi on both surfaces, rather pubescent leaflets ; ^spikes of flowers pedunculate, longer 

 when young they are canescent beneath ; spikes of flowers ob- 

 long or ovate, pedunculate; vexillum emarginate, shorter than 

 the carina ; wings length of the calyx ; legumes articulated, pu- 



%, H. Native of Siberia, and the 



than the leaves ; wings of flower twice the length of the calyx, 

 and about one-half shorter than the carina ; vexillum a little 

 longer than the keel ; legumes rather hoary, reticulately wrinkled, 

 not crested. 



% 



Native of Siberia, in the desert of Scy- 



bescent, reticulately veined. _^ 



Aluian mountains. Flowers rose-coloured. This species is thia in the region of Orenburg. Flowers purple. Habit of 



H, 



H. fruticosum and //, 



being about equal in length to the calycine segments, not longer. Razoumow's Hedysarum. PL | to | foot. 



Bracteas longer than the pedicels. 



ifo^e-coloured-flowered Hedysarum. 

 1803. PL 1 foot. 



25 H. Creta'ceum (Fisch. in Ltt. 1825. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 FL July, Aug. Clt. 342,) stems erect; leaves with 4-7 pairs of oblong-linear, acute, 



glabrous leaflets ; spikes of flowers elongated, slender ; wings of 



19 H. Alta'icum (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 342.) stems flower shorter than the obcordate vexillum, but twice the length 



erect ; leaves with 6-8 pairs of elliptic or oblong leaflets, which of the calyx ; keel exceeding the vexillum ; joints of legume 



are clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; peduncles longer 2-3, flat, pubescent. 1/ . S. Native of Siberia, at the Don and 



than the leaves; spikes of flowers oblong or ovate; winsrs the Voljja, near Serotinsk. H. Volgense, Fisch. in litt. 1810. 



longer than the calyx, but about equal in length to the carina ; Flowers purple. 



vexillum a little longer than the keel ; ovaries pubescent, 2- 



jointed. 1/ . H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian mountains. to 1 foot. 



Flowers purple. Bracteas and segments of the calyx subulate. 



Stipulas concrete, opposite the leaves. Leaflets of the lower 



leaves oval, of the upper ones oblong, and nearly linear. 



Cretaceous Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PL ^- 



Sect. II. Leiolobium (from Xcioc, leios, smooth, and \oj3oc, 



^ lohos, a pod ; in reference to the smooth pods). D. C. prod. 2. 



-^//azan Hedysarum. FL July, Aug. Clt. l''818. PL 1 ft. p. 343. Joints of legume smooth, not echinated, nor pilose. 



20 H. VENu'sTUM (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 342.) stem Calycine segments shorter than the corolla. 



erect ; leaves with 5-7 pairs of elliptic leaflets, canescent on both 26 H. consakgui'neum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 343.) stems erect; 



surfaces from adpressed down ; peduncles a little longer than leaves with 6-8 pairs of elliptic leaflets, which are pubescent be- 



the leaves; spikes of flowers oblong; vexillum rather longer neath ; peduncles longer than the leaves; spikes of flowers 



than the keel, but the wings are shorter than it, and hardly ex- crowded, ovate ; wings longer than the calyx, but a little shorter 



than the carina; vexillum nearly equal to the corolla; ovary 

 linear, glabrous, 5-6-ovulate. %. H. Native of Siberia, on 

 the Altaian mountains. H. Altaica var. or species aff'inis, Fisch. 

 in litt. Habit of //. Altaicum, but the ovary is like that of i/. 

 subspinosum. Stipulas membranous, white, concrete in one, 

 which is bidentate at the apex. Flowers purple. 



Kindred Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. 



^ __^ 27 H. oBscuRUM (Lin. spec. 1057.) stems erect; leaves with 



Native of Armenia. H. orien- 5-9 pairs of ovate glabrous leaflets ; stipulas concrete, opposite 



" the leaves, sheathing ; bracteas longer than the pedicels ; vexil- 



lum a Httle shorter than the keel; legumes pendulous, quite 

 smooth. 11. H. Native of the Alps of Austria and Provence. 



ceeding the segments of the calyx ; legumes villous, with 3 joints. 

 %^ H. Native of the Altaian mountains, in the desert of Scy- 

 thia. Flowers large, purple/ Bracteas a little longer than the 

 pedicels. Stipulas concrete, opposite the leaves. 



Shewy Hedysarum. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



21 H. ni'tidum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1205.) stems flexuous, 

 clothed with white tomentum ; leaflets elliptic, clothed with silky 



tomentum on both surfaces ; wings length of the carina ; legumes 



articulated, smooth. 1/. ... \.^.. : .. L. 11, 



tale argenteum, flore luteo, siliqua glabra, Tourn. cor. 27. The 

 ovary examined in Tournefort's specimen is tomentose, and con- 

 tains 3 ovula, therefore the legumes must be S-jointed. Flowers 

 yellow. ^ ^ 



Curt. bot. mag. 282. 



/? 



Legumes 



Shining Hedysarum. PL | to 1 foot. 



Plants caulescent. Calycine teeth short, 

 crinkled or a little crested, pubescent. 



22 H. FRUTICOSUM (Lin. fil. suppl. SS3.) stem erect, shrubby; 

 leaves with 5-7 pairs of alternate, elliptic, obtuse leaflets, which 

 are clothed with adpressed pubescence on both surfaces ; flowers 

 disposed in spikes, few, distant ; wings hardly longer than the 

 ^alyx ; vexillum length of keel ; joints of legume reticulately 

 ^nnkled,with the nerves a little echinated. ^2 • H. Native of 

 ^Iberia, beyond the Baikal, and of Dahuria, in sandy places 



Jacq. austr. t. 1G8. 



H. contraversum, Crantz. aust. 425. t. 2. f. 



spec. 1057. 



HalL enum. 1. t. 14. hist. 2. t. 12. 



seldom white. Root creeping. 



3 



Flowers beautiful, purple, 



Obscure Hedysarum. FL June, Aug. Ult. 1G40. PL \; ft. 



28 H. bkachyse'mum; stem erect; leaves with 5-9 pairs of 

 ovate smooth leaflets ; stipulas concrete ; bracteas longer than 

 the pedicels ; vexillum one-half shorter than the keel, but about 

 equal in length to the wings ; legumes smooth, pendulous. If . H. 

 Native of the Altaian mountains, at the metal mines of Riddessk. 

 H.obsciirum Altaicum, Fisch. in litt. 

 semum, D. C. prod. 2. p. 343.— GmeL sib. 4. t. 10. 

 larger than those of //. obscurum, purple, seldom white 



ft 



Flowers 



™l- .tin, 3. p. 763. t. 5. f. 1. ed. gall, append, no. 368. t. 92. larger than tliose of //. «6,c„r«™, purple, seldom wn le. 

 f. f~Gmel. sib. 4. ,. ss. Calyx'ui.h i'short .eeth. Corolla Shor,-ba„nercdHeiy,.,ujnmJu^^^^^^^ 



pal 

 iiors 



This is a very handsome plant, very grateful to 29 H. ALi-rNUM (Lin. spec. 1057.) stem erect ; leaflets oblong 



tremelv usefuHn fixinrsand or lanceolate, pubescent beneath ; upper st.pulas distinct ; brae- 



tremelv usetul m hxm^ sand. ^^^^ ^ ^^1^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ p^^.^^j^ . ,^^^,^^^ pendulous, quite 



" Native of Siberia and Dalmria. Jacq. vwd. 



>jes, and extremely useful in fixing sand. 

 'ly^h Hedysarum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 «3 H. Ibe'ricum mieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 177.) st 



1782. Shrub. 



glabrous. 11 . H.. 



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