308 .  DIADELPHIA- 
Pist. single, superior. : a 
_. Germen oblong, nearly cylindrical, slightly comt- 
ressed, straight, as long as the cylinder of the lower 
; lament, wick yalors att Ee 7 re 
Style awl-s , or thread-shaped, ascending, - 
be ni and situation with the Gea of the 
lower filament, and. placed in the middle of them, 
shrivelling. : ee 
Summit downy as far as it is turned upwards, placed 
directly under the anthers. nas bike 
S.Vess. Legumen oblong, compressed, blunt, with 2valves, — 
and a seam running lengthwise both above and below; — 
both seams straight, but the upper seam falling near — 
the base, and the lower seam rising towards the end. — 
‘Tt opens at the seam. ge ei eR 
Szxps several, roundish, smooth, fleshy, pendant, marked — 
with a prominence caused by the young plant near the — 
insertion of the eye. When the young plant is ex- 
cluded, the side lobes retain the » of half the seed. 
Receptacles to the ; small, very she 
slender at the base, blunt and oblong at the part 
which they an = eae we lengtwiss fe 
upper seam only of the pod, but alternately, so thé 
valves being separated, the seeds adhcre alternately 
_» _ Oss. This class is perfectly natural, and the structure 
the flowers extremely singular: their situation is gem 
obliquely pendant. Reigee 
_ The figure of the Lecumen is not of so much q 
in ascertaining the genera as some have imagined ; but the Cu 
which has been hitherto thought unworthy of notice, is of t 
greatest use. The Leaves never should be considere® 
forming the characters of genera. “ 2 
- _The Szeps of this ciass furnish food for men, and ot 
animals: they are farinaceous and flatulent. The Lea 
food for cattle. None of them are poisonous. 
Dr. Pulteney, in a note added to his translation of 
Suecicus, says, “ A general view of this class shews at one 
“ very acceptacle its plants are to almost all cattle ; 
“ sheep refused none, and horses not ‘more than thre 
“ the whole number with which they were tried. “They: 
“ the richest food for cattle, and are cultivated in divers P* 
“ Europe, with all possible attention. With us, the Tat! 
“* pratense (or Clover) is mostly sown. Lately some t11@® 
“been made with the Hepysarum Onobrychis, (S@ 
“and some have thought that it answers better than clover 
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