LEGUMINOSiE. 



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pubescence ; leaflets 3, elliptic, obtuse, veiny, smoothish ; sti- glabrous ; stem compressed, somewhat quadrangular ; leaves 



with usually 6 pairs of rather alternate, petiolulate, reflexed, 

 ovate-oblong, miicronate, ribbed, rather glaucous, somewhat 

 coriaceous leaflets ; peduncles 3-8-flowered, about equal in length 

 to the leaves; stipulas semi-saglttate or hastate; teeth of calyx 



pulas subulate, acuminated ; racemes axillary, on rather long 

 peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated ; legume 

 5-6-jointed, joints quadrate, convex on one side, reticulated, 

 scabrous from stiff hairs. b . S. Native of the East Indies 



and the Sandwich Islands. Hedysarum purpureum, Roxb. horf . nearly equal, lower one the longest, but one-half shorter than 

 bang. p. 57. Hedysarum siliquosum, Burm. zeyl. t. 53. f. 2. the tube ; style bearded at the apex; legumes pendulous, gla- 



Burm. ind. t. 55. f. 2. Flowers purple. This species should fol- brous, nearly cylindrical, 2-4-9eeded. 1^. H. Native of Altaia, 



hw D. siliquosum y D. C. p. 296. no. 126. of the present volume. 



P«r;)/e-flowered Desmodium. Shrub. 



76 Hedy'sarum polym5rphum (Led. fl. alt. 3. p. 338.) stem 

 ascending ; leaves with many pairs of elliptic or oblong leaflets, 

 which are rather silky beneath, or clothed with adpressed pili ; 

 spikes pedunculate, crowded ; keel a little shorter than the vex- 

 illura, but longer than the wings ; fruit erect, with the joints 

 wrinkled, and clothed with hoary pubescence. 1/ . H. Native 



on rocks at the river Katunja and Tschuja, and on the moun- 

 tains of Dolen-Kara. Flowers whitish ; the keel tipped with 

 purple. To follow F. sylvdtica^ p. 316. no. 8. 



7^i66^rf-]eaved Vetch. Fl. June, July. PI. 2 feet. 



81 ViciA lila'cina (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 3(SQ.) stem weak ; 

 leaflets 9-16, ovate-elliptic, alternate or opposite, mucronate, 

 clothed with adpressed pili beneath, the veins anastomosing; sti- 

 pulas oblong, acuminated, ciliated, entire or semi-sagittate; pe- 



of Altaia, in salt marshes at the river Tschuja, not far from the duncles many-flowered, exceeding the leaves ; vexillum exceed- 

 mouth of the river Aigulak. Flowers rose-coloured. To follow ing tlie keel, but shorter than the wings ; style pilose; legumes 



oblong, compressed, glabrous, usually 3-seeded. 7/. H. Native 

 of Altaia, on mountains near Alcandrowsk, at the river Irtysch. 

 Flowers lilac, smaller than those of V. Cracca. To follow V. 



H. roseumy Steph. p. 301. no. 18. According to Ledebour, the 

 following are varieties of this plant. 



Far. a, pUmilium (Led. fl. alt. 1. c.) prostrate ; leaflets S-G 

 pairs. 7/.H. Native of Altaia. 



Far. /3, prostratum (Sievers, Led. 1. c.) prostrate ; leaflets 6-8 

 pairs. H. roseum, Steph. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 342. 



Var. y, adscendens (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 51.) ascending; 



leaflets 7-9 pairs, 

 p. 341. 



Vau I, suherectum (Led. fl. alt. 3. p. 339.) erectish ; leaflets 

 6-8 pairs - -- 



biennis, Lin. p. 319. no. 49. of the present volume. 

 Zi/«c-flowered Vetch. Fl. June, July. PI. cl. 

 82 ViciA MEGALOTROPis (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 368.) stems 

 and tendrils branched ; leaflets numerous, lanceolate-linear, alter- 

 1(1. H. H. rutidocarpum, D, C. prod. 2. nate or opposite, mucronate; stipulas very narrow, ciliated, 



linear, or semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal 



p^ - ^ . H. H. Gmelini, Ledeb. H. Alt^icum, Fisch. in 



^- C. prod. 2. p. 339. 



^ar. £, elatum (Led. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaflets 8-9 pairs. 

 Polymorphous Hedysarum. Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate and 



77 Hedysarum negle ctum (Led. fl. ross. alt. t. 482. fl. alt. 



• p. 341.) plant caulescent, erect; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 



pubescent beneath ; racemes elongated, axillary ; bracteas ex- 



in length to the leaves, or rather shorter ; flowers numerous, im- 

 bricate ; vexillum and wings about equal in length to the keel ; 

 style puberulous at the apex ; legumes horizontal, oblong, gla- 

 brous, 3-4-seeded, compressed. }/ . v_y. H. Native of Altaia, 

 on mountains at the river Uba, Ulba, Koksun, Tschanysch, &c. 

 Flowers with an emarginate purple vexillum, and with the wings 

 and keel white, tipped with bluish violet. To follow F. tenui- 

 fbliay Lin. p. 317. no. 28. of the present volume. 

 Large-keeled Vetch. PI. cl. 



ceeding the pedicels; teeth of calyx lanceolate, about equal in 83 Vicia multicau'lis (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 50. fl. alt. 3. 



ength to the tube ; vexillum equal in length to the wings, but p. 345.) stems and tendrils nearly simple ; leaves with 4-8 pairs 

 , orter than the keel; pods pendulous, pilose, with elliptic of alternate, or opposite, oblong-elliptic, mucronate leaflets; sti- 



joints. 

 Koks 



n. H. 



Native of Altaia, on shady alps at the river 

 th "^' ^* lasiocarpum, Led. Flowers rose-coloured, but 

 ^nere is also a variety with white flowers. 



^^glected Hedysarum. Fl. May, June. PI. ^ foot. 

 J '8 Onobry^chis vagina'lis (Meyer, verz. pfl. 145.) stipulas 

 ^|"ge, concrete, opposite the leaves; leaves with 6-9 pairs of 

 . ^^e or obloner. obtuse or acute leaflets, beset with soft pili 



g» 



ba&!^ k ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ *^^ ^^^"^ » wings obtuse, unidentate at the 

 ^ase, shorter than the calyx ; pods unknown. IJ. . H. Native 



to O P^^' ^^ ^"^ ^^^^^ "^^^ Baku. This species comes near 

 ^'Pallasii, Bieb. p. 306. no. 30. but is easily distinguished 

 »rom It by the concrete stipulas. 



rj^^'^'^^-stipuled Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



pi Y'^^^^^^^^^^s heterophy'lla (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 146.) 



P nt clothed with minute, adpressed, silky down ; stems procum- 



orassurgent; stipulas free, lanceolate ; radical leaves simple 



bir l^'^^^^^* caulfne ones with 2-3 pairs of ovate, or nearly or- 



t},^"'?'"' ^ucronulate leaflets; wings " ' -^-^^ ^ 



Pri 11 ' ^^^ger than the calyx ; legumes very villous, with 

 tite f p ^'■^^'^^ ' prickles setaceous, elongated. If. . H. Na- 

 nea % ^^^^^^ ^" stony dry places on the mountains of Talusch 

 witK ^^^"^' Corolla yellowish, but sometimes finely streaked 

 P brown veins. To follow J. Pallasii, Bieb. p. 306. no. 30. 

 «^'«6/e-leaved Saintfoin. PI. procumbent. 



Trite IV. Viciece, p. 311. 

 ^^ VJciA costa'xa (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. 1. 1 08. fl. alt. 3. p. 346.) 



pulas sub-hastate ; peduncles exceeding the leaves, 4-8-flow- 

 ered ; vexillum equal in length to the keel and wings ; style 

 puberulous at the apex ; legumes horizontal, oblong, somewhat 

 reticulated, 6-8-seeded, rather compressed. 7/. H. Native of 

 Altaia, on mountains. V. alpina, Pall. itin. 2. p. 568. Flowers 

 almost the colour of the last species. 



Many-stemmed Vetch. Fl. May. PI. cl. 



84 E'rvum AaRiGENxf num (Gussone, in litt. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 367.) leaflets 8-10, elliptic, mucronate; tendrils trifld ; sti- 

 pulas semi-sagittate, deeply toothed ; peduncles 2-5-flowercd, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments linear, equal, longer 

 than the tube ; legumes ovate, compressed, puberulous, reticu- 

 lately veined, 4-sceded. ©. H. Native of Sicily, about Agri- 

 gentum. Allied to E. tetraspermum^ but diflTers in the legumes 

 being broader, puberulous, and in the stipulas being toothed. 



Agrigentum Lentil. PI. 1 foot. 



85 La'thyrus Alta'icus (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 53. fl. alt. 

 acuminated, unidentate at 3. p. 355.) stem weak, pubescent, tetragonal, but not winged ; 



leaves with 3-5 pairs of oblong or ovate mucronate leaflets, 

 which are pilose beneath ; stipulas semi-sagittate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, a little toothed ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves; legumes cylindrical, villously pubescent. %. H. Native 

 of Altaia, on the lower mountains. Root creeping. Corolla 

 reddish-violet, changing to bluish. To follow Z. palustris, Lin. 

 p. 334. no. 30. of the present volume. 



Altaian Latbyrus. Fl. May, June. PI. cl. 



86 O*R0BCS"suBViLi.d3U3 (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 483. fl. alt. 



3p 2 



