Tab. 6931. 

 HEDYSARUM microcalyx. 



Native of the Himalaya. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminoss. — Tribe HedysarejE. 

 Genus Hedysarum, Linn.; {Benth. et Huok.f. Gen. PL vol. i. p. 510.) 



Hedysarum (Eleutberotium) microcalyx ; glabrum, caule robusto ramoso folioso, 

 foliis pinnatis, pinnis 9— 13-jngis obovato-oblongis v. ellipticis acutis, nervis 

 numerosis tenuissimis, stipulis membran;teeis in unara 2-fidam connatis, 

 racemis longe pednnculatis pnberulis multifloris, floribus breviter pedicellutis, 

 braoteia parvis linearibus meinbranaceis, caljce parvo hemispherico ore obliqao 

 minute 5-denttto corolla pluries breviore, vexillo anguste obovato-spathulafo 

 apice 2-lobo, alis angustis vexillo aequilongis apicibus recurvis basi longiuscule 

 calcaratis, carina alis et vexillo multo majore dimidiato-oblongs obtnsa, 

 legumine 2-articulato articulis oblongis late marginatis plano-compressis reti- 

 cularis. 



H. microcalyx, Baker in Flor. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 147. 



This very handsome plant is a near ally of the common 

 Sainfoin, Hedysarum coronarium, L., but is a far more 

 beautiful species, a very free flowerer, and well adapted for 

 the climate of Great Britain. It is confined to the Western 

 Himalaya, where it extends from Garwhal, the province 

 west of Kumaon, to Cashmere, at elevations of 11,000 to 

 13,000 feet. It was discovered by Falconer half a century 

 ago, but remained long unpublished. The plant was raised 

 from seed and flowers in June. 



Desce. A tall nearly glabrous leafy shrub; branches 

 stout, herbaceous, fistular. Leaves a foot long and under, 

 rachis slender ; pinna3 eight to ten pairs, three-quarters to 

 one and a half inch long, opposite, petiolulate, oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, when mature glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy beneath, young softly appressedly hairy, 

 nerves very many, slender; stipules connate in pairs, mem- 

 branous, sheathing, simple or bifid, the lobes sometimes 

 elongate, uppermost on the young shoots sometimes two 

 inches long, sheathing the young leaves and racemes. 

 Racemes axillary, a foot long and under, very long- 

 peduncled, many-flowered ; bracts membranous, subulate ; 



ArniL 1st, 1887. 



