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LEGUMINOSiE. CLIX. Onobrychis. 



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sides. If . ? H, Native country unknown. Hedys. echinus, circinnata, Desv. 1. c. Flowers cream-coloured, but the mil- 



Poir. suppl. 5. p. 19. Perhaps only 0. caput-gdlli. 

 Hedgehog Saintfoin. PI. i foot. 



lum is lined with red, and with a yellow mark at the base. 



Rayed'^odded Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1ft. 

 25 O. peduncula'ris (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) leaflets linear- 32 O. Michau'xii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stem erect, 



smoothish ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, nnicronate, glabrous; spikes 

 elongated, loose-flowered ; wings sagittate, shorter than tie 

 calyx, with the auricles diverging ; calyxes villous ; legumes 

 clothed with velvety tomentum. 7/ . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Hedys. cryptapterum, Lher. herb. O. picta, Desv. in herb. 

 Desf. Flowers pale, with the vexillum striated. The figure in 

 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 42. agrees pretty well with this species. 



Michaux's Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft, 



33 O. orna'ta (Desv. 1. c.) stem erect, flexuous, glabrous 

 beneath, but pubescent above ; leaflets ovate, cuspidate, clothed 

 with hoary pubescence beneath ; spikes elongated ; wings longer 

 than the calyx; legumes villous. 1/. H. Native of Galatia. 

 Hedys. orn^tum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1215. Hedys. coronariura. 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 439. Flowers red? Legumes semi-orbicular. 



Decked Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



lanceolate, villous; peduncles very long, bearing racemes of 

 flowers at their tops; legumes 1-seeded, prickly. ©.? H. 



Native about Tangiers. Hedys. pedunculare, Cav. anal. sci. 

 nat. 1801. vol. 4. p. 75. 



Ijong-pedu7icled Saintfoin. P], 1 foot. 



26 O. incurvVta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) leaflets oblong, 

 silky beneath ; spikes of flowers incurved ; wings 3 times shorter 

 than the carina; legumes 1 -seeded, hairy, with a prickly crest. 

 }/. H. Native country unknown. Hedys. incurvum, Horn, 

 hort. hafn. 2. p. 702. Flowers pale red. 



Incurved-spikcd Saintfoin. PI. ascending. 



27 O. Carpa'tiiica (D.C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stems ascending; 

 leaflets lanceolate ; wings length of vexillum ; legumes glabrous, 

 I'seeded, prickly. If.. H. Native of the Carpathian moun- 

 tains. Hedys. Carpathicum, Walds. et Kit. in Willd. enum. p. 

 776. Flowers red. 



, 34 O. vENosA (Desv. 1. c.) stem almost naked ; leaflets elliptic, 

 Carpathian Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI asc. villously-tomentose beneath, outer one a little larger than the 

 28 O. Bergeria'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stems diffuse, - - - 



Bmoothish ; leaflets obovate, rather retuse, and rather pilose ; 

 stipulas scarlous; corolla shorter than the calyx; legumes 1- 

 seeded, prickly; prickles subulate, a little hooked. 1^. H. Na- 



rest ; peduncles radical, longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, 

 distant ; wings shorter than the calyx ; legumes very villous. 

 %. H. Native of Tunis, on the mountains of Sbiba, and of 

 Persia, as well as the island of Cyprus- 



tive of Campagna, near Girace. Hedys. Bergerianum, Spreng. fl. atl. 2. p. 179. t. 201. Corollas pale yellow 

 pug. p. 2. t. 74. Habit of a species of Medicago. ^. . « . - . _. r .^ 



venosum 



Bergcr's Saintfoin. PI. diffuse. 



Veimj Saintfoin. PI. 4 foot. 



Sect. H. HvMENOBRYVHrs (from v^jyv, hymen^ a membrane, 

 and 



/5p 



iO 



hrycho, to gnaw ; in reference to the species con- 



tained in this section being furnished with a membranous crest 

 on the back of the legume). D. C. legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 

 346. Legumes falcate or somewhat orbicular, wrinkled, and 

 prickly in the disks, expanded into a membranous, denticulated, 

 or entire crest the whole length of the back. This section agrees 

 with the genus Hymenocdrpus, but differs in the pods being 1- 

 seeded, not many-seeded, and in the disks of the pods being 

 wrinkled, not smooth, as in that genus. 



2D O. TouRNEFORTii (Dcsv. joum. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 81.) 

 stem erect, velvety ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acute, velvety be- 

 neath ; spikes of flowers cylindrical, erect ; wings longer than 

 the calyx ; calyx and legumes velvety. 1/ . H. Native of Ar- 

 mania and Galatia. Hedysarum Tournef6rtii, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1214. O. orientMis incana flore luteo, &c. Tourn. cor. 26. 

 Flowers yellow, about the size of those of Hedysarum corona^ 

 num. Legumes falcate. 



ToiirneforVs Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



30 O. Palla'sii (Bieb. pi. ross. 1. t. 55.) stem erect, hairy; 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong, acuminated, tomentose beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers cylindrical ; wings shorter than the calyx, oblong, and 

 with one tooth at the base of each ; calyx villous ; legumes pu- 

 bescent. % . H. Native of Iberia and Tauria, on calcareous 

 hills. Hedi 



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35 O. Ptolema'ica (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stem erect, to- 

 lous; leaves with 3-6 pairs of elliptic villous leaflets; spika 

 about the length of the leaves ; wings shorter than the calyx; 

 legumes silky, orbicular, 2-seeded. %. F. Native of Egypt, 

 in the desert of Suez. Hedys. Ptolemaicum, Delil. fl. segvp. 

 111. t. 39. f. 1. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 18. Flowers yellow, painted 

 with brown lines. Said to be allied to O. vendsa, but differs in 

 the legumes being lunulate, with entire margins, and 2-seeded. 



Ptolemais Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. V\.\ foot 



Sect. HI. Dendrobry^chis (from levhpoy^ dendron^ a tree, 

 d /3pux«^> brycho, to gnaw ; in allusion to the species contaiDed 



vii. proA 



m this section being shrubby). D. C. legum. mem. 



Legumes smooth, unarmed, and crestless. 



shrubby. 



36 O. coRNu^TA (Desv. joum. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 81.) stem 

 erect, shrubby ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, pubescent ; peduncles 

 divaricate, few-flowered, and at length become spines; w^P 

 of flower longer than the calyx; vexillum villous, crenated^t 

 the apex. Pj . F. Native of the Levant, about Barbout(ex 

 Tourn. voy. 2. p. 249. with a figure), and of Eastern Caucasus, 

 in subalpine situations (ex Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 181.) Hedys. cor- 



nutum, Lin 



239. Flow 



. spec. 1060. O. orientalis, Jaume, fara.nat. ^P 

 ers purple. Legumes reticulatefl in the disk. *^^' 

 haps the Caucasian plant is the same as the Armenian one. 



spec 



Bieb. fl. taur. 



FL June, Auff. Clt. 1816. Sh. ito 



et suppl. no. 2. p. 178. O. Buxbaumiana, Desv. journ. bot. 1. c. 

 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 42. Flowers cream-coloured, but the vexillum 

 is painted with purple veins. 



Pallas s Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. 



31 O. radia'ta (Bieb. cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 73.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, mucronate, hairy beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers cylindrical ; wings sagittate, twice the length of the 



calyx ; calyx and legumes villous. %. H. Native of Caucasus, _^ o„v,..^^ ...an tue 



Iberia, and Cappadocia, on hills among stones. Hedys. radiJl- Hedys^ p^mlium, Lhl.' man^^^ 



37 O. TRAGACANTHoiDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stemerecit 

 shrubby ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate ; peduncles at length haraeD- 

 ing into spines, and divaricate ; wings longer than the <^y* ' 

 vexillum obtuse, glabrous. Fj . F. Native of the Levant. Sttpul* 

 membranous, white, concrete in one, which is bifid at the ape*- 

 Tragacanlh'like Saintfoin. Shrub i to 1 foot. , ^^ 



88 O.? Wmila (Desv.L c. p. 84.) stem suffruticose; lej^^ 

 oval-oblong ; calyxes glabrous ; wings shorter than the ve*'""J 

 and the vexillum shorter than the keel. ^2 . F. Native of Spa"*- 



turn, Desf. ann. rau8. 12. t. 13. Bieb. suppl. no. 1450. Hedys. Z)waj/ Saintfoin 



unkno 



Buxbaumii, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 1150. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Bu^baum, Hedya. circinn^tum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1213. O. 



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Sbcx. IV. EcHiNOBEx'cnis (from tx^voQ, echinos, a 



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