292 DIADELPHIA— DEGANDRIA. Hedysarum. 



other petals paler. Legumes above an inch long, curved down- 

 ward, bright bay-coloured, rough with minute prominent points ; 

 their joints crescent-shaped, nearly cylindrical, obscurely two- 

 edged, but without any of the marginal dilatation remarkable in 

 other species. 



364. HEDYSARUM. Saint-foin. 



Linn. Gen.3S2. Juss. 3G2. Fl. Br. 778. Tonni. t. 225. Lam. 



t. 628. Gcertn. t. 155. 

 Onobrychis. Tourn. ^ 211. 



Cal. tubular, permanent, divided half way down into 5 awl- 

 shaped, straight seoments. Cor. of 5 petals; standard 

 ovate-oblong, keeled at the back, slightly cloven, reflexed 

 at the sides ; wings oblong, straight, narrower than the 

 other petals ; keel of 2 united petals with separate claws, 

 compressed almost flat, very abrupt and straight, almost 

 rectangular, in front. Filam. 10; 9 in one flattish tube, 

 open above ; tlie tenth awl-shaped, distinct, usually 

 shorter; all capillary, and bent upwards, at the extremity. 

 Anth. roundish. Germ, ovate, or oblong, compressed. 

 Style awl-shaped, curved upwards. Stigma simple, acute, 

 naked. Legume of one or more roundish, compressed, 

 bivalve but close joints, each containing a solitary, kid- 

 ney-shaped seed. 



A very numerous, herbaceous or shrubby genus, with pin- 

 nate, ternate, or simple leaves ; copious, handsome, clus- 

 tered, crimson or purplishj^oKw^ ; and seed-vessels so va- 

 rious, that an over-curious flibricator of genera might 

 here find ample employment, though not to any good 

 purpose. Stt/losanthes of Swartz, and Hall i a of Thun- 

 berg, have indeed been well removed from the original 

 Hedysarum. 



1. H, Onobrychis. Common Saint-foin. Cock's-bead. 



Leaves pinnate, nearly smooth. Legume single-seeded, 

 toothed at the margin and ribs. Wings of the corolla 

 not longer than the calj'x. Stem elongated. 



H. Onobrychis. Li/i«. Sp. PZ. 105.0. Wil\d.v.?>.\2\b. Fl. Br.77%. 



Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 96. Mart. Rust. t. 47. Jucq. Austr. t. 352. 

 Onobrychis. Riv. Tetrap. Irr. t. 2. Dod. Pempt. 548./. 

 O. n. 396. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 172. 



O. seu Caput gallinaceum. Rail Sijn. 327. Ger. Em. 1243./, 

 O. major, siliculis echinatis cristatis in spica digestis. Moris, v. 2. 



J31. ser^, 2. t. W.f. 10. 



