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LEGUMINOS^. CLXIV. Alhagi. CLXV. Alysicarpus. 



Le 



large stipulas. 



4 



This species is remarlcable in having pinnate leaves and 



^ 



Native of Nipaul, near Sitaucund, Flower 



It is perhaps a species of D'lcirma. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Guinea Flemingia. 

 Cult. The species of this genus are not worth cultivating, 

 unless in botanical gardens. They will grow well in any light 



acute, »7. Ky. ]>ative oi rsipaui, near oiiaucuno. ^lowers 

 red. Manna Nepaulensis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 247. Hedys. 

 Hamiltonii, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 316. 



Nipa 

 Cult. 



Fl. April. Shrub 1^ to 2 feet. 

 These plants require to be grown in pots filled with a 



isoil, and cuttings will root, if planted in a pot of sand, with a mixture of sand, loam, and peat, in order that they may be she!- 



hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



SuBTRiBE III. ALHA'GE^ (plants agreeing with Alhagi 

 in some important characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. 352. Flowers 

 disposed in racemes (f. 45. A.) or spikes. Legumes almost te- 

 rete (f. 45, rf.). 



CLXIV. ALHA^GI(^nA«/or Algul is the Arabic name of 



the first species). Tourn. cor. 54. t. 489. Desv. journ. bot. 3. 



120. t. 4. f. 4. D. C. prod. 2. p. S5^, — Hedysarum species 



Manna, D. J)ox\, prod. fl. nep. 246. 



LiN. SYST. Diadilphiay Decdndria, 



toothed ; teeth small, nearly equal. 



tered in winter in a greenhouse. Young cuttings will root if 

 planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed over them ', but seed?, 

 if they can be procured, is a preferable mode of increasing tie 

 plants, which should be raised on a hot-bed. 



P" 



of Lin. 



Calyx campanulate, 5- 



Corolla papilionaceous, 



CLXV. ALYSICA'RPUS (from aXvtric, alysis, a chain, and 

 fcapTToc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the shape of the legume, 

 which is composed of many 1 -seeded joints, giving the whole 

 the appearance of a chain). Neck. elem. no. 1315. Desv. 

 journ. bot, 3, p. 120. t. 4. f. 8. D. C. prod. 2. p. 352.— Hallia, 

 Jaume, journ. bot. 3. p. 60. but not of Thunb. — Fabricia, Scop. 

 but not of Gaertn. 



with the petals almost equal in length, but the carina is a little Lin. syst. DiadHphia^ Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 



permanent, 5-cleft (f 45. a.) ; segments equal, lanceolate, acute 

 (f. 45. a.). Corolla small, papilionaceous (f. 45. c). Stamens 



shorter than the vexillum, which is obovate and complicated. 

 Keel straight, obtuse ; wings rounded at the apex. Stamens 

 diadelphous. Ovary linear, many ovulate. Style iillform, gla- 

 brous, acute. Legume stipitate, rather woody, terete, torulose, 

 few-seeded, not articulated. * Seeds reniform. — Oriental sub- 

 shrubs or herbs, with simple leaves and minute stipulas, and 

 axillary spinose peduncles. Flowers few, red, disposed in 

 racemes along the peduncles. 



diadelphous. Legume (f. 45. d.) constantly composed of many 

 closed, 1-seeded joints (f 45. e.), which are equal on both 

 sides, terete, or compressed, at length separating froni each 

 other. — Indian and African herbs, with scarious stipulas and 

 bracteas, and simple, linear, oval or roundish, entire leaves. 

 Racemes of flowers opposite the leaves and terminal, bearing 



1 A. Maurorum (Tourn. 1. c.) stem shrubby ; leaves obovate- pedicellate, twin, or solitary, distant flowers, which are either 



oblong; teeth of calyx acute, 

 of 



^ . G. Native of the deserts yellow or purple, and hardly longer than the calyx. 



other eastern coun- 



Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and 



Rauw. ilin. 94. with a figure. Hedys. Alhagi, Lin. 



Joints of legume smooth or irregularly netted. 



lues. 



spec. 1051. exclusive of some of the synonymes. Alhagi man- 1 A. btjpleurifohus(D.C. prod, 

 nifera, Desf. I. c Ononis spinosa, Hasselq. ed gall. 1. p. 138. 2, p. 352.) plant smooth; leaves 

 2. p. 187. but not of Lin. Manna Hebriica, D. Don, prod. fl. lanceolate-linear, acute ; stipulas 

 nep. 247. Spines strong, and longer than those of the follow- 



FIG. 45. 



ing. 



Flowers purple in the middle and reddish about the edges. 

 It is on this shrub that manna {Triingibin or Terengahin) is 

 found m Mesopotamia. It is chiefly gathered about Tauris, 

 where the shrub grows plentifully. Sir George Wheeler found 

 it growing in Tenos. Tournefort also found it in many places 

 in Armenia and Georgia. The manna is a natural exudation 

 from the leaves and branches of this shrub, which takes place 

 only in very hot weather. The Arabian writers believed that it 

 fell from the clouds upon the plant. At first the manna resem- 

 bles drops of honey, but soon thickens into solid grains, as big as 

 a coriander seed at most. It is collected with more or less care, 

 and is valued according to its purity, which is evinced by the 

 distinctness of the granulations. The manna of this country is 

 collected from the flowering ash, and has nothing to do with 

 Persian manna. 



Moon' Alhagi or Hebrew Manna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1714; 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



rather longer than 



lobes of calyx puberulous ; 



the petioles ; 



le- 



gumes terete, moniliferous, gla- 

 brous with 2-4 joints, a little longer 

 than the calvx. T> . S. Native 



calyx. ^ 

 of the East Indies. 



Hedys. rugo- 



sum, Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. no. 153. 

 Hedys. bupleurifolium, Lin. spec. 

 1081. Burm. ind. 163. Roxb. 

 2. t. 194. Sims, bot. mag. 

 Hedys. gramineum, Retz. 



Wendl. hort. herr. 



cor. 

 1722. 



obs. 5. p. 26. 

 1. t. 5,. Hedys. Cochin-chin6nse, 

 Schranck, hort. monac. 3. t. 23. 

 Flowers red. 



2 A. CAMELORUM (Fisch. Cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 72.) stem are longer than the petioles. 



...... ..^. (f. 45.) . , ^^ 



Far. ^, h^bridus (Burm. herb, D. C prod. 2. p. 352.) lower 

 leaves roundish, as in^. nummularifdlius, but the upper ^"5* , 

 oblong and acute, as in A. bupleurifblius, and the upper stipui 



herbaceous ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse ; teeth of calyx mani- 

 festly obtuse. 1/. F. Native of Caucasus, alx)ut the Caspian 

 Sea, Tartary, and in Middle Iberia, in arid fields. Hedys. 

 pseudo-Alhigi, Bieb. fl. taur. et suppl. no. 1442. Hedys. 

 Alhagi, Lerche, nov. act. cnr, 5. p. 167. Alhkgi pseudo-Alhiigi, 

 Desv. 1. c. Manna Caspica, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 247. 



Flowers red. 



Hare's-ear-leaved Alysicarpus. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 179J- 



ugh 



2 A. vAGiKA^tis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) stem rather rougj 



from short hairs; leaves rather cordate at the l>^^^' ^'.jji- 



ddle 

 terete. 



Gmel. itin. 2. p. 29. 



Manna exudes from this 



plant as from the last. 



CameVs Alhagi or Caspian Manna. 

 1816. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



oblong mucronulate, glabrous, but with the margins and rm 

 nerve rather pubescent ; stipulas length of petiole ; ^^&^^^^^^^^^ 

 reticulated, 4-5-jointed, rather pubescent, much longer ^"^° . 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 



calyx. 0. S. 



3 A. Nipaule'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 352.) plant shrubby ; 

 leaves obovate, mucronulate, veinless, clothed with silky-silvery 

 down on both surfaces ; calyxes longer than the pedicels ; teeth 



1 



zeyl. 287. 



Native of the East Indies and of benegJj 



Hedys. vagin-kle, Lin. spec. lO^i.i"' 



Hedy^ 



Burm, zeyl. t. 49. f. 1* y c^ - 



Hedys. ovalif olium, Vahl. in herb. Desf. 



Flowers red. 



Pl.p^ 



bupleurifolium, Sieb. pi. seneg. exsic. no. S9 



" Clt. 1790. 



Sheathed Alysicarpus. Fl. July, Aug. 



S A. KDMMULAKiFoLius (D. C. prod. 2. p. S53.) plan' &** 



