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 Galega orientalis. Oriental Goats-Rue. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. dentibus subulatis, subaequalibus. Legumen striis ob- 

 liquis, seminibus interjectis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Galega orientalis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis ovato-Ianceolatis 



acutis, stipulis ovatis., leguminibus pendulis. Marsck, a 



Bieb. Flor. Taur. cauc. 2. p. 182. Snppl. p. 4S5. 



Cent. PL rar. Ross. 2. t 67. 

 Galega orientalis; foliolis ovato-acutis nervosis laevibus^ 



stipulis ovatis integerrimis. ham. Encycl. 2. p. 596. 



Per soon Syn. 2. p. 330. 

 Galega orientalis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis ovatis acuminatis 



glabris, stipulis ovatis, floribus cernuis. fVilld. Sp. PL 



S. p. 1241. Hort. Kew ed. alt. 4. p. 355. 

 Galega orientalis latifolia aitissima. flore caeruleo. Tournej. 



Cor. p. 27. 

 Galega montana. Schuliesobs.pAbb. Hoffm. Hort. Mosq. 



n. 1402. Bonn Cantab, ed. 9. p. 244. Lodd. Catal. 



1820. p. 46. 



Descr. Stem herbaceous, flexuose, obscurely fluted, pu- 

 bescent at the upper and smooth at the lower parts. Stipules 

 oval, concave, reflexed, quite entire, except that sometimes 

 they have two little processes at the base. Leaves pinnate : 

 leaflets about seven pair, rounded at the base, pointed at the 

 end., lively green, somewhat villous on the under side. Pe- 

 duncles generally two together from the axil of the terminal 

 leaf. Flowers pale violet, in a long raceme, pendulous from 

 short horizontal pedicles. Bractcs linear-lanceolate concave, 



reflexed. 



