LEGUMINOS^. 



469 



duncles long, 1 -flowered, awned, arched, at length recurved. 



I2, G. Native of Teneriffe. Flowers variegated with white and 

 rose colour. Leaves all simple. 



Pedunculate-&owered Rest-harrow. Fl. April. Clt. 1830. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



a little shorter than the corolla. %. H. Native of North* 

 west America, very common near springs in the valleys hetvveen 

 Spokap and Kettle Falls. This species is allied to T.fimhriatamy 

 Lindl. p. 185. no. 53. of the present volume, but is sufficiently 

 distinct. The vexillum and win^js are shorter and more acute, 



7 Ononis conjuga'ta (herb. Lamb.) leaves bifoliate, nerved, the flowers smaller, white, the keel and wings tipped with a fine 



glabrous, oblique, obtuse ; stipulas large, adnate to the stem at purple, and the whole plant more slender. This plant might 



the base, ovate-cordate, acuminated and mucronate; petiole prove perhaps very useful as a clover, the herbage forming a 



ending in a spine ; legume hairy ; sepals acute, lanceolate, dense, short sward. It is extremely nutritive, and preferred to 



longer than the corolla ; pedicels 1 -flowered, axillary, solitary. 

 Jj . G. Native of Mexico. 



CimugateAe^yedi Rest-harrow. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 Ononis bicolor (Moris, elench. Sard. fasc. iii.) plant clothed 



every thing else by deer and horses in its native country. 



Spinulose-iootheA Trefoil. PI. prostrate. 

 14 Trif5lium polyphy'llum (Meyer, verz. pfl. p 

 quite glabrous ; leaves radical, pctiolate ; leaflets 7-9, nearly 



139.) 



with clammy glandular villi ; leaves trifoliate; leaflets oblong- linear, serrulated; stipulas subulate ; scape naked ; flowers um- 



bellate, becoming at length reflexed ; corolla twice the length of 

 the calyx ; calycine teeth nearly equal, subulate ; ovary biovu- 

 late. %. H. Native of the western region of Caucasus, at 

 the height of 3G00 or 4300 feet. AUied to T. alpimmy Lin. 

 p. 192. no. 131. of the present volume. 

 Many'leafleited Trefoil. PI. :^ to | foot. 



obpvate, serrately toothed at the apex ; stipulas large, length of 

 petioles; peduncles axillary, awned, 1-2-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves ; corolla twice the length of the calyx, 

 but the legumes are 3-times longer than it and drooping. ©. H. 

 Native of Sardinia, in fields, on the south side. Corolla pale 



yellow, having the keel tipped with purple. It comes very near to ^ „„^ _ _. ^ ._ ^ 



y.viscosa^ Lin. no. 14. of the present volume, in habit, but differs 15 Lotus austra^lis (Andr. hot. rep. C24.) stem pilose, her- 



m the leaflets being equal in size and sha}>e, and in the corolla baceous, and perhaps procumbent; leaflets and stipulas about 

 and legume being much longer than the calyx ; it also diflfers equal in size, obovate-lanceolate ; peduncles elongated ; flowers 

 jroin 0. gemintfldray Lag. p. 160. no. 29. and O. bijlora of 

 Ycsf, p. 159. no. 121. of the present volume, in the hairs being 

 tipped with red glands. 



Tnccoloured-aowered Rest-harrow. Fl. June, Jul. PI. 1 ft. 



SubtribeU. Trifoliece,]}.l67. 



, ^ -^^^^.^ne'lla azurea (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 136.) plant present volume 

 clothed with soft pubescence ; stem branched, diflfuse ; stipulas " ' 



ovate-cuspidate, toothed ; leaflets obovate, toothed ; heads dense- 

 ttowered, pedunculate; legumes villous, nearly linear, com- 

 pressed, nerved, 4.6-seeded, ending in a hooked beak. ©. H. 

 watiye of Persia, on hills near Baku, Lenkeran, and Swant. 

 ^ntohum coerulescens, Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 509. Flowers blue. 



3-6, disposed in racemose heads at the tops of the peduncles ; 

 calycine segments longer than the tube ; stamens diadelplious, 

 the alternate filaments of the 9 connected ones very dissimilar 

 to the others. 11 . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 large, showy, pink, or rose-coloured. Sims, hot. mag. 13G5. 

 This plant should follow L, Ardbicus, Lin. p. 197. no. 27. of the 



Southern Bird's-foot Trefoil. Fl. July, Aug. 



Clt. 1800. 



PI. ascending. 



16 Hosa'ckia unifolia^ta (Hook, fl. bor. amer. 135.) plant 

 decumbent, hairy, much branched ; leaves usually with 1 leaflet, 

 rarely with 2 or 3, almost sessile ; leaflets oval, acute at both 

 ends; stipulas obsolete; peduncles 1-flowered, with 1 ovate 

 bractea under the flower. 0. H. Native of North America, 

 on the shores of the Columbia. Corolla yellow. This species 

 approaches H. decumbens, Benth. in the size and shape of the 

 leaflets and in the hairiness, but in its flowers to //. parvijibra, 

 Benth. p. 200. no. 4. of the present volume. 



One-leajletted Hosackia. PI. decumbent. 



Sublribe IIL Clitorice, p. 201. ' 



17 PsoRA^LEA pnYsoDES (Dougl. mss. Hook, fl. bor. amer. 

 p. 136.) smoothish ; leaves pinnately trifoliate, rarely with 5 

 leaflets ; leaflets broadly rhomboid-ovate, acute, mucronate, ob- 



Aoiollow T. ccerulea, Ser. p. 171. no. 1. of the present volume. 



^^Mre-flowered Trigonella. PL 1 foot. 



JO Trigoxe'lla ARcu ATA (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 136.) plant 

 pubescent, diflfuse; leaflets obovate, denticulated ; stipulas semi- 

 sagittate, toothed at the base; umbels sessile, 6-8-flowered ; 

 common peduncle awnless ; legume pube;scent, nearly terete, 

 ^''ect, arched, reticulately veined. ©. H. Native of Persia, 

 on the mountains of Talusah, near Swant. To follow T. Mons- 

 pciiaca, Lm. p. 175. no. 20. of the present volume. 



^rci^ed.podded Trigonella. PI. diffuse. 



diff ^'^^^^'^i-A mona'ntha (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 137.) plant , ^ . , . 



^se, puberulous ; leaflets obovate, and are as well as the scurely glandular, terminal one on a long petiole ; racemes pe- 



n-samtfaf« ^<.: — 1_- ._-.r.-i _.. 1 -n. _ _ t dunculate, loose, axillary, longer than the leaves; calyx much 



inflated, hairy, hardly shorter than the corolla, with the teeth 

 nearly equal. If. H. Native of North America, on the banks 

 of streams, in open sandy, and gravelly soils, from the great 

 falls of the Columbia to the Rocky Mountains. Legumes glan- 

 dular, l-seeded. It is easily distinguished from the other species 

 by its broader leaflets, as well as by its large inflated calyx, 

 which almost conceals the flower. The plant comes nearest to 

 P. incana, Nutt. p. 203. no. 42. of the present volume. 



Bladder-calyxed Psoralea. PL 1^ foot. 



18 Psora'lea brachiata (Dougl. mss. Hook, fl. bor- amer. 



^nii-sagittate stipulas toothed or cut ; legumes axillary, soli- 

 '■y» sessile, elongated, terete, straightish, reticulately veined. 



low T ^^^'^^ ^f Persia, near Lenkeran and Swant. To fol- 

 * -* • prostrdta^ p. 1 74. no. 7. of the present volume. 



J^ie^onrererf Fenu-Greek. PI. diffuse. 

 ^.^-^^^^o^'e'lla Mexica'na; stem erect, leaflets obovate, 

 ^^neitoriD, obcordate, sharply toothed at the apex ; stipulas lan- 



cu? ^^^A ^"^^'^^^' ciliated ; racemes pedunculate ; legumes reti- 



ated, mucronate, rather falcate, many-seeded. ©. H. Na- 



Lj^ 0* Alexico. Flowers white or yellow. To follow T. striata, 



• P* 174. no. 11. of the present volume. 



^/ex/can Trigonella. PI. | to 1 foot. 



183 \ ^'^^^^^^^ spiNULosuM (Dougl. mss. Hook, fl. bor. amer. 



SDi '^P^'^f '^^^e» glabrous ; leaflets oblong, acute at both ends, 



juiously denticulated, and terminating in a stiff spine ; sti- 



r as ovate, acuminated, shining, serrated ; involucrum 1 -leaved, 



invor^^^ "^"^tifid ; heads of flowers globose, longer than the 



"crum ; calycine teeth narrow-subulate, pungent, straight, 



p. 137. t. 53.) stem erect, flexuous, a little branched, 

 villous ; leaves palmately 5-foliate, clothed with adpressed hairs; 

 leaflets elliptic ; peduncles axillary, elongated, longer than the 

 leaves ; racemes oblong, spicate, rather loose ; bracteas and 

 teeth of calyx leafy and lanceolate ; flowers erect. %. F. Na- 

 tive of North America, on the plains of the Saskatchawan, from 

 Carlton House to Edmonton House. Root fusiform. Flowers 



