A hardy perennial. Native of Siberia. Not recorded in 

 the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis ; Hedysarum alpinum 

 of the first edition having been determined to be the same 

 with H. obscurum of Linnaeus, a native of Switzerland, 

 figured at No. 282 of this work. The species under con- 

 sideration is much larger and handsomer 



Communicated from Mr. Knight's Exotic Nursery in the 

 King's-Road in May 1819. 



