LEGUMINOSjE. CLXV. Alysicarpus. CLXVL Bremontiera. CLXVII. Cicer. 



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brous ; leaves ovate or roundish ; stipulas shorter than the pe- Leaves usually dotted with black, from some species of Puc- 

 tioles ; legumes between terete and compressed, rather reticu- ctnia. 



lated, smoothish, 5-6-jointed, much longer than the calyx. % 



Far. /3, Biirmdnni (D. C, prod. 2, p. 353.) legume with only 



M 



Ikium, Lin. spec. 1051, fl. zeyL 288. Burm. fl. ind. 164. 

 Hedys. cylindricum, Poir. diet. 5. p. 400. — Petiv. gaz. t. 26. 

 f. 1. Flowers purple. 



Money-fvort-leaved Alysicarpus. 

 n. 1 to 2 feet. 



Hedys. nummu- 5 or 8 joints, T2 . S. Native of Ceylon. Ornithopodium, &c. 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1777. 



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Burm. zeyl. 177. t. 82. Perhaps a proper species. 

 * Sand-7vood Bremontiera. Clt. 1826. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 Cult. See Alysicdrpus for culture and propagation. 



§ 2. Sarcblobce (from aa^% aap^oq^ sarx sarcoSy flesh, and \o- 

 /3oc, loboSf a lobe; in reference to the thick fleshy cotyledons). 



elliptic-roundish, pubescent beneath ; stipulas length of petioles ; Embryo with thick Jleahy cotyledons {i, 21.6.), which do not 



legumes .crete, velvety, 4-5-jointed, much longer than the calyx. 

 If. S. Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. Hedys. 

 moniliferura, Lin. mant. 102. — Burm. ind. t. 52. f. 3. Flowers 

 purple. 



Nccklace-hearing Alysicarpus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. prostrate. 



5 A. gluma'ceus (D. C. prod. 2. p. S5S.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; stipulas length of petioles ; joints 

 of legume 4-6, roundish, compressed, wrinkled. %. G. Native 

 of Arabia Felix. Hedys. glumaceum, Vahl. symb. 2. p, 106. 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1172.' Hedys. violaceum, Forsk. descr. 136. 

 Vahl. symb. 1. p. 54. Flowers yellow, but reddish inside. 



Glumaceous Alysicarpus. PL procumbent. 



undergo any change at the time of germination. The seeds of all 

 the plants contained in this division of Legtiminosce are used as 

 food in different countries, while none of those of the first division, 

 Phyllolohce, are so employed. 



Tribe IV, 



M (plants agreei; 



D. C. 



Bronn. diss. p. 133. 

 Viciae, 



legum. mem, vii. prod. 2. p. 353. 



Adans. fam. 2. p. S29. Corolla papilionaceous (f. 

 46. d.). Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free (f. 46. g.). 

 Legumes continuous (f. 46. /*.). Cotyledons thick, farinaceous, 

 not changing, even in germination, when above the earth, but re- 

 maining inclosed in the spermaderm. Radicle curved inwards 



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The leaves of all the plants contained in this tribe 



are abruptly-pinnate (except in some species of the genus Ctcer, 



6 A. STYRAciFOLius (D. C. prod. 2. p- 352.) stem villous ; which are impari-pinnate), with the common petiole ending in a 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, clothed with villous pubescence beneath; bristle or tendril instead of a leaflet, the petiole not jointed above 

 stipulas length of petioles, which are villous ; joints of legume the stem. This is a very natural tribe, which agrees with Pha- 



3-i, glabrous, wrinkled transversely, a little longer than the 

 calyx. ' -- " - -._•'- -^ - 



\ . S. Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. 



Hedys. styracif olium, Lin. spec. 1052. 

 1' lowers red. 



A. cylindricus, Desv. 



%rfla;-W^(/ Alysicarpus. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. as. ? 



7 A. RUGosus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) stem glabrous, but 

 with a pilose, decurrent line the whole length ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent beneath and on the margins ; sti- 

 pulas longer than the petioles ; joints of legume 4-5, roundish, 



seolece in the twining habit and thick cotyledons. 



CLXVII. CrCER (from kikvq, kikys, force or strength. 

 The Ciceronians had their name from the pulse, as the Pisons 

 had from pisum or pea, and the Lentuli from the lens or lentil). 

 Tourn. inst. 389. t. 210. f. 2. Lin. eren. no. 1189. Gaertn. 



gen 

 D.C. prod. 2. p. 354. 

 SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-lobed, with 



fruct. 2. p. 326. t. 151. 



Lin. 



the tube more or less gibbous on the upper side ; lobes acumin- 

 ated, with 2 or 4 of the upper ones lying upon the vexillum. 



—Annual 



It. S. Native of Guinea. Legume turgid, 2-seeded. Seeds gibbous, mucronate. 



1173. Flowers red? 



compressed, wrinkled transversely. 

 Hedys. rugbsum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 



^mi/eeZ-podded Alysicarpus. PL 1| ^^t- 



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

 "nless in botanical gardens. They grow well in light rich soil, almost always solitary flowers from abortion. Fruit pilose. 

 and are increased by cuttings or seeds. ' " " ' ' 



herbs, clothed with numerous glandular hairs, with imparl or 

 abruptly-pinnate leaves ; having the leaflets and stipulas much 

 nerved, and the petioles ending in a tendril, and axillary and 



Legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. S53. 



^LXyi. BREMONTIERA (in honour of M. Bremontier 



* ™^" agricultural writer). D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. jan 

 *825. p. 93. " 



IjIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 ^tner truncate, hardly 5-toothed ; teeth small, acute, rather 

 s'^ "^^ 9^^^^1a papilionaceous, 3-times longer than the calyx, 

 mens diadelphous. Legumes constantly of numerous, com- 

 pressed, l-seeded joints, which are prominent at the sutures and 



Seeds 



1 C. ARiETiNUM (Lin. spec. 

 leaflets ovate, serrated, equal ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 toothed; calyxes hardly gibbous, with the 



1040.) leaves impari-pinnate; 



somewhat 



qual 



in length to the wings of the corolla. G. H. 



segments 

 Native of Spain, 



Lam. ill. t. 632. Sims, hot. 



Italy, and the Levant, among corn 



The glandular hairs on the plant are full of acid 



The form of the seed 



IS 



im. Radicle incurved, Coty- 

 __ ong. — Shrubs with simple, oblong 

 ^^ves, which are canescent from short down, and standin 

 on petioles, tapering at both ends. Stipulas small, acute, not 



•carious. VU^f.. .^.n i„ ^ 



1 7^ ovate, with a lateral hyl 

 eaons fohaceous, obovate-oblor 



mag. 2274. 



juice. Flowers purple or white. 



like that of a ram's head. The seeds are eatable, and the plant 



is cultivated for their sake in the south of Europe and the Levant, 



where they are frequently eaten both raw and boiled. The 



seeds should be sown broadcast like tares, or in drills like peas, 



about 2 feet asunder, that there may be room for the branches 



gon 



racemes. ' ^ ^' 



\U ?•. -^^MOXYLON (D. C. 1. 



Mauritius, where it 



disposed 



is 



c), Tj . 

 called Bois'de-sahle, 



S. Native of the 



to spread, when the plants are fully grown, as also to hoe the 

 ground, to keep it clean from weeds, which is all the culture 

 these plants require. The plant flowers in June, and the seeds 

 ripen in August, but unless the season proves dry and warm 

 the plants decay in this country before the seeds are ripe. 

 i?^»i'4-/ieac?-podded or Common Chick-pea. Fl. July, 



Aug. 



or sand-wood. Clt. 1548. PI. 1 foot. 



?<l?.!r^^n"* Spreng. syst. append. 293. Legume with 12^^14 



Hedvs. 2 C. SoNGA'RicuM(Steph. exFisch. in lltt. D. C. legum. mem. 



ioint3. 



^^ .V..1L0 icieie out anguiariy compresbcu 



re as well as the leaves clothed with cinereous 



viii. with a figure) lower leaves impari-pinnate 



ruptly pinnate, bearing simple tendrils at the apex; 



obovate-cuneated, serrated, upper ones smallest ; stipuh 



upper ones ab- 



leaflcts 



