LEGUMINOS^. CLTX. Onobrychis. 



305 



^an^Z Saintfoin. Fl.June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 foot. 



sterns erect ; leaflets linear, mucronate, glabrous ; racemes cy- 

 lindrical, very long ; wings shorter than the calyx; keel about 

 equal in length to the vexillum ; legumes villous, prickly on the 



H. Native 



the prickles are hairy, and disposed in 3 rows. 11 . H. 

 ) of Spain. Hedys, eriophorum, Pourr. Flowers red ? 



Native 



Wool-hearing Saintfoin. 



PL trailing. 



back, and with the sides wrinkled and prickly. 

 of the Mareotic marsh in Egypt. 



villous. Prickles on the legumes arranged in two rows on each 

 side. — - - 



Lobes of calyx long and 



- 17 O. crini'ta (Desv. L c.) stems trailing; leaflets ovnte, ob- 

 tuse, pubescent, hoary ; legumes prickly on both sides ; prickles 

 pubescent. %. H. Native of the Levant. 



Hairy Saintfoin, 



18 O. ho'rrida (Desv. 1. c. t. 22.) stems declinate ; leaflets 



PL trailing. 



Flowers pale red. Very nearly allied to O. alba, but linear, acuminated, pubescent ; legumes crowded, large, lunate, 



differs from it in being glabrous. 



Mareotic Saintfoin. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 foot. 

 .110. a'lba (Desv. 1. c.) stem erect, velvety; leaflets linear, 

 mucronate, clothed with silky-pubescence on the under surface ; 

 spikes of flowers cylindrical ; wings shorter than the calyx ; keel leaflets oblong-li 

 a little longer than the vexillum ; legumes pubescent, crested on 

 the back, and furnished with longish prickles, but with the disks 



bearing spines ; spines acute, pubescent, longer than the crest on 

 the back of the legumes. 1^. H. Native of Barbary. 



Horrid Saintfoin. PL decliniite. 



19 O. sTENORiifzA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stem erectlsh ; 



_ ^ and beset with prickles on 



wrinkled, and furnished with short prickles. 1/ . H. Native of %. H. 



mucronate, ."5-4 pairs, clothed with silky- 

 hoary down beneath ; legumes crowded, clothed with hoary vihi, 



all sides : 



the prickles pubescent. 



Hungary, on calcareous mountains, and of Abruzzo by way sides, ph 



Hedys. album, Waldst. et Kit. pL hung. 2. t. 111. Stem an- der, simple. 



Native of Spain in the kingdom of Valentia, in arid 

 Hedys. stenorluzum, Dufour. in litt. Root long, slen- 



gular 



Upper leaves sessile. 

 W^A/7e-flowered Saintfoin. 



Flowers white. 

 Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1804. PL 1 ft. 



This plant differs from all the other species of the 



Flowers 



genus in the leaves having only 3 or 4 pairs of leaflets. 

 unknown. 



12 0. ECHiNA TUM ; Stem nearly erect, velvety ; leaves all pin- Slender-roofed Saintfoin. PL 1 foot. 



nate, petiolare ; leaflets linear, mucronate, pilose above, and 

 clothed with silky pubescence beneath, elegantly nerved ; spikes 

 of flowers cylindrical, short; wings falcate, acuminated, not half 

 so long as the calycine teeth; legume 1 -seeded, crested, and shorter than the vexillum 



20 O. ca'put-ga'lli (Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. C51.) stems erect ; leaf- 

 lets oblong or cuneate-obovate, mucronate, pubescent; spikes 

 few-flowered ; wings rather longer than the calyx ; keel a little 



prickly on the back, with the sides pitted and prickly in front. 

 ^. H. Native of Calabria, on calcareous hills. Hedysarum 

 ecliinatum, Guss. pL rar. p. 301. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Echinated-poddedSamt^oin. FL June, July. 



1 foot. 



legumes 



prickly on all sides. 0. H. 



Clt. 1831. PL 



rugged exposed places. 

 Lob. icon. 2. p. 81. f. 1. 



CocVs-head Saintfoin. 



rather pubescent, very 

 Native of the south of Europe, in 



Hedys, caput-galli, Lin. spec. 1059, 

 Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 FLJuly, Aug. Clt. 1731, PL 1 foot. 

 21 O. cri'sta-ga'lli (Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 652.) stems trailing; 

 13 O. petr^'a (Desv. 1. c.) stem erect; leaflets linear, mucro- leaflets cuneate, oblong or obovate, obtuse or retuse, pubescent ; 

 jiate; spikes cylindrical, on long peduncles; wings twice the 



length of the calyx; keel a little shorter than the vexillum ; *.v.^x ».,^^^ ...^ .««xw *..,^.» «^ .w^ , -^^^....o ^.^ 



egurnes crested, and denticulated on the back, but wrinkled and brous, crested on the back ; the crest parted into broad, flat, 

 toothless on the sides. %. H. Native of Caucasus, among oblong, toothed segments, having the disks wrinkled, and rather 

 ^^?f^^^*^^ r^^cks. Hedys. petrae'um, Bieb. fl. taur. et suppL prickly- ©. H. Native of the south of Europe, in rugged ex- 



Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 148. Hedys. crista-galli, Lin. 



spikes few-flowered ; calyxes about equal to the corolla ; wings 

 and keel about the same length as the vexillum ; legumes gla- 



1453. 



Corolla white, but with the keel tipped with purple, 

 i here are two varieties of the species, the one having the legumes 

 and leaves quite smooth, and the other having the under side of 

 the leaves and the legumes pubescent. 

 Rock Saintfoin. "" ' 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



PL U foot. 



posed places. 



syst. 563. Flowers pale red. 



Cock's-comb Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1710. PL proc. 



22 O. foveola'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stems trailing ; 

 leaflets cuneate-oblong, mucronate, villous ; racemes few-flow- 

 ered, hardly twice the length of the leaves ; legumes pubescent, 

 cres^ted on the back ; the crest divided into 3 or 4 entire unequal 



. It Y' gra'cilis (Bess. enum. pi. volh. p. 74.) stems ascend- 

 ing ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, mucronate, with the mid-rib -.w„ , ^..^ ..^„ . ..^ 



I y beset with adpressed pili above ; wings of flower hardly segments ; disks reticulated, with prominent, prickly, villous 



ger than the tube of the calyx ; legumes roundish, canescent, nerves, the hollows between the nerves deep and glabrous. ©. 

 toothed with prickles on the back, and with the sides reticulately 

 ^nnkled. '^, . H. Native of the south of Podolia. O. petrae^a, 



w>l^' *^'?""'* P- ^^' Flowers small, pale, the vexillum streaked 

 Jth pale red and yellow at the base, but having the keel tipped 

 •'»' til purple. . • ^ ^^ 



^Wer Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. ascending. 



asce d ^^'^^'"^'^ (^^l- pedem. no. 1191. t. 19. f. 1.) stem 

 n ing ; leaflets linear, mucronate ; spikes cylindrical, pedun- 



the^ ' -1?'"^^ longer than the calyx ; keel a little shorter than 



vexillum ; legumes glabrous, crested, and entire on the back, 



phin'^"Ti- on the sides. 7; . H. Native of Provence, Dau- 



t&x/n T •^' ^^^ Spain, on hills and among rocks. Hedys. 



cror' ' "J; ^P^*^' ^^^^' ^- tenuifolia, Moench. Hedys. mi- 

 cdrpum, Dufour, in litt. Flowers white. There are varieties 



brnn T""^^ ^'''^ glabrous and silky-villous leaves, and gla- 

 brous and pubescent legumes. ^ 



Ig ^ ^^'ntfoin. Fl.June, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. ascending. 



acute ^•,^'^''*^"ORA (Desv. 1. c.) stems trailing ; leaflets linear, 



and D ?T*,^^^^"^ 5 legumes clothed with hoary tomentum, crested 



F'ckly on the back, and wrinkled and prickly on the disks, 



VOL. II, 



H. Native of Sicily, on arid hills. Flowers pale red? 

 Foveolate-podded Saintfoin. Fl. June, July. PI. tr. 



23 O. iEQUiDENTA*TA (D'Urv. emim. pi. archip. p. 90.) stem 

 erect ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, rather pubescent ; 

 peduncles 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves ; legumes gla- 

 brous, somewhat orbicular, with the disks wrinkled and some- 

 what arched; the back crested, with the crest divided into equal 

 entire teeth. ©. H. Native of the islands of Candia and Melos 

 on hills. O, Cretica foliis vicias, fructu magno cristato et acu- 

 leate, Tourn. 26. Hedys. sequidentatum, Smith, fl. grae^c. prod. 

 3. p. 1752. O. cristata, Desv. journ. bot. 181 1. vol. 1. p. 83. 

 t. 23. Flowers red, having the vexillum streaked with blood- 

 colour. 



E qual-toothed-crested Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



•j" Species belonging to section Eubrychis^ hut are not suffi- 

 ciently knoTvn. 



24 O. echi'nus (D. C. prod. 2. p. S^Q.) stems glabrous; leaf- 

 lets linear, rather pilose, mucronate ; racenoc terminal ? simple ; 

 calyx villous; legumes thicki lanuginous, very prickly on all 



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