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ovatis oblongisve, confertim multifloris 3 lomcnti articulis duobus- 

 quatuor, orbiculatis, aculcalis, glabris. 



Hedysarum coronariurn Linn. Sp. p. io5S. Wiled. Sp. 3. p. 1209. DC. ! Prod. 



2. p. 34i. 

 Desf. Fl. atl. 2. p. i 7 6. Zeraph. Fl. mclit. Thcs. p. 22. Guss. Fl. sic. Frod. 2. 



p. /|6 1. Tenor. Fl. ncap. Syll. p. 367. Seisast. et Maur. Fl. rom. Prod. p. 23g. 



Ic. — Gaertn. Fr. 2. tab. i55. ic. 5. 



Hedysarum Riv. Tctr. irr. tab. 99. 



H. alterum clypeatum Lob. Obs. p. 5a3. ic. 2. •♦• et Icon. 2. tab. 77 . ic. 2. *♦■ 



( stipulis nullis ). 

 Onobrychis altera Dod. Pcmpt. p. 5^9- ic. •♦" 

 Astrayalus romanus, sive Hedysarum clypeatum, siliqua aspcra J. Bauh. Hist. 2. 



p. 333. ic. 1. a ct 2. f- Chaer. Sciagr. p. i5i. ic. 3. -\ ct 4- *♦" 



Caules saepe plures , semipedales , tripedales , ascendentes difiusive, 

 striati, adpresse pilosiusculi , simplices aut ramosi. Folia alterna , 

 tri-quinquejuga cum impari: foliola foliorum radicalium suborbicu- 

 lata, proxime sequentium elliptico-orbiculata, caeterorum elliptica 

 sensimque majora, omnia breviter petiolulata, in superiore pagina 

 glabra, viridia punctulisque nigris confertim notata, margine et in 

 inferiore pagina pubescentia lepidotaque. Stipulae lanceolatae. Pe- 

 dunculi striati, adpresse pilosi, folio longiores. Flores versus pe- 

 dunculorum summitatem in spicam densifloram , ovatam , oblongam 

 aut cylindrico-oblongam dispositi. Pedicelli calice multo breviores. 

 Bractea lanceolato-acuminata, membranacea , concava, pedicellorum 

 basim stipans iisque valde longior. Calix pubescens, laciniis lancco- 

 lato-subulatis. Corolla calice triplo longior, purpurea aut rosea, 

 speciosa, alis carina vix bre\ ioriijus , vexillo carinam paullo supe- 

 rantc. Lomenta subrecta, articulis saepe tribus, orbiculatis, ad mar- 

 ginem utrumque elevatis ibidemque aculeolis convergentibus , conico- 

 compressis, in disco autem paullo longioribus et apice subuncinatis 

 praedita. Semina subreniformia , subcompressa, laevia. 

 Ad margincs agrorum et in arvis Campidano di Cagliari: colitur etiam, pabu- 



lumque praestantissimum praebct. 

 Fl. aprili , majo. Tf 



