Tas. 8091. 
HEDYSARUM MULTIJUGUM, var. aptcunarem. 
Central Asia. 
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LecuMminosm. Tribe HEpYsareR. 
Hepysarum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol.i. p. 510; Fedisch. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. i. vol. vii, p. 254. 
Hedysarum multijugum, Mawim. in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersh. vol. xxvii. 
p- 464, var. apiculatum, Sprague, var. nov.; a typo foliolis paucioribus 
apiculatis supra glabris recedit. 
Frutex usque 4 ped. altus,e basi ramosus, ramis ascendentibus basi 1 poll. 
diametro vel ultra, ramulis fastigiatis gracilibus flexuosis leviter costatis 
ut folii rhachi et inflorescentia minute appresse pubescentibus. Folia 3-6 
poll. longa, 8-13-jnga, rhachi supra excavata ; foliola elliptico- vel ovato- 
oblonga, acute apiculata, 2-9 lin. longa, 14-4 lin. lata, supra glabra, 
subtus minute appresse pubescentia. Stipule deltoidew, acuminate, 
2-3 lin. longee. Racemi 3-1 ped. longi, 9-25-flori; pedicelli 1 lin. longi; 
bractezx subulate, extra pilosee, circa 1 lin. longse ; bracteolz bracteis con- 
formes, minores. Ca/yx postice ultra medium spathaceo-fissus, extra minute 
appresse pubescens, cirva 3 lin. longus; dens anticus usque ad 1 lin. 
longus, ceteri ei subaquales vel obsoleti. Veail/um suborbiculare, retu- 
sum, circa 7 lin. diametro, ungue 1 lin. longo, Alz inzequales, ad apicem 
attenuate, 3-43 lin. linge. Carinez sezmenta 5 lin. ionga, vix 3 lin. lata, 
unguibus 3 lin. longis exclusis. Vagina staminalis circa 6 lin. longa. 
Ovarium sericeo-pubescens, stipite circa 3 lin. longo. 
The variety apiculatum has been grown at Kew for 
many years, and its origin is now unknown. It differs in 
several respects from the typical wild form represented in 
the Kew Herbarium. The leaflets are fewer and larger ; 
they are apiculate, instead of being obtuse or retuse, and 
are glabrous on the upper surface. ‘he calyx is more 
distinctly spathaceous, and sometimes has only the anti- 
cous tooth clearly developed, the remaining ones being 
obsolete. Finally, the ovary is longer stipitate than in the | 
typical form. 
There is a fine bed of H. multijugum, var. apiculatum, 
close by the Refreshment Pavilion. Owing to the’ fasti- 
giate character of the branching, a large number of 
racemes are often produced at the same level on a single 
bush, and the result is very effective. Flowering com- 
mences in June, and lasts into July. 
Descr.—A shrub, four feet high or less. Branchlets 
fastigiate, slender, flexuous, very slightly ribbed, minutely 
Avcust Ist, 1906. 
