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LEGUMINOS/E. LXIV. ANIHVLLIS. 



9 A. SPLE'NDENS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1018.) shrubby; leaves 

 pinnate, and are, as well as the branches, clothed with silky 

 tomentum ; hractea longer than the few-flowered head. Jj . F. 

 Native of Crete. Perhaps only a variety of the preceding. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Splendid Kidney-vetch. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



10 A. I'NDICA (Lour. coch. p. 429.) shrubby; leaves pinnate, 

 smooth ; leaflets ovate, nearly equal ; racemes oblong. Tj . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china, on mountains. Calyx red. Corolla 

 white. Perhaps the head of flowers is bracteate. A large 

 scandent shrub. 



Indian Kidney-vetch. Shrub cl. 



11 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 1013.) shrubby, procum- 

 bent; leaves pinnate, silky; leaflets 1 7, lanceolate, acute ; floral 

 ones palmately-trifoliate ; heads pedunculate, few-flowered. Tj . 

 F. Native of Portugal and Spain. Flowers small, variegated, 

 according to Tourncfort. 



1'ar table-leaved. Kidney-vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



12 A. SERI'CEA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 22. no. 291. but 

 not of Willd.) shrubby, erect ; leaves pinnate, clothed with silky 

 pubescence ; leaflets linear-oblong, unequal ; floral ones pal- 

 mately 3-5-foliate ; heads pedunculate, few-flowered. Jj . F. 

 Native of Spain, in the kingdom of Murcia. 



Silky Kidney-vetch. Shrub 1 foot. 



13 A. POLYCE'PHALA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 150 t. 195.) herba- 

 ceous, procumbent ; leaves pinnate, and are, as well as the 

 branches, villous ; leaflets 23-35, oval-oblong, equal, heads nu- 

 merous, sessile, distant, alternate. If . F. Native of Algiers, 

 in the fissures of rocks near Tlemsen. Flowers yellow. 



Many-headed Kidney-vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



14 A. MONTA'NA (Lin. spec. 1012.) herbaceous, tufted ; leaves 

 pinnate, and are, as well as the branches, white from villi ; 

 leaflets 15-19, oval-oblong; heads solitary, on long peduncles. 

 If. H. Native of the Alps of Europe. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 334. 

 Lam. ill. t. 615. f. 5. Lodd. bot. cab. 578. Barr. icon. 722. 

 Flowers pink or purplish. 



Var. ft, albiflora ; flowers white. 



Mountain Kidney-vetch. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1759. Pl.|toift. 



15 A. VULNERA'RIA (Lin. spec. 1012.) herbaceous, erectish ; 

 leaflets pinnate, with 5 or more unequal leaflets, the lower ones 

 smallest, and the terminal one much the largest ; heads of flowers 

 twin. I/ . H. Native of Europe, in fields and pastures fre- 

 quent, where the soil is dry and rather barren ; plentiful in Bri- 

 tain. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3850. Smith, engl. bot. 104. Vulne- 

 raria riistica, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 649. Vuln. heterophylla, Mcench. 

 meth. 146. Anthyllis vulneraria is recommended as an excel- 

 lent pasturage for sheep. A Mr. Young informs us that it 

 abounds greatly in the best meadows of the Pyrenees, at the 

 same time he says that its produce is not large. With us the 

 whole plant is dry, and looked upon as astringent ; this is owing 

 most probably to its affecting dry calcareous soils ; cultivated in 

 a rich soil it would doubtless become more succulent. Gesner, 

 it seems, first raised the report of the vulnerary properties of this 

 plant, which perhaps, like other soft and downy applications, 

 may on an emergency staunch the blood of rustic wounds, and 

 give nature and a good constitution time to perfect a cure. 



Var. a, lutea ; flowers yellow ; leaves and stems villous or 

 smooth. Lam. ill. t. 615. f. 1. 



Var. ft, albiflora; flowers white. Tourn. inst. 291. A. rus- 

 tica, Mill. diet. no. 3. 



Var. y, rubiflbra ; flowers red; leaves and stems sparingly 

 villous or smooth. Dill. hort. elth. 320. f. 413. A. Dillenii, 

 Schultes in herb, Balb. This plant is said to grow wild in Pem- 

 brokeshire. 



Var. I, hirsutissima ; flowers scarlet or red; plant very hairy. 



Var. c, Allionii ; flowers yellow; leaves, stems, and heads 

 very hairy. Astragalus vulnerarioides, All. ped. no. 1278. t. 

 19. f. 2. exclusive of the description of the fruit. 



Common ll'oitnd-irort. Fl. May, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



16 A. POLYPHY'LLA (Kit. ex Bess, in litt.) herbaceous; leaves 

 pinnate, villous ; leaflets 11-15, lower ones oblong, upper ones 

 linear, terminal one largest ; stem erect ; heads amjregate. I/ . 

 H. Native of Hungary, Volhynia, and Lithuania. Flowers 

 yellow. A. vulneraria var. polyphylla, D. C. prod. 2. p. 170. 



/ or. ft, Schiwereckia ; flowers yellow ; leaflets 9-13, all oval. 

 A. vulneraria, Schiw. ex herb. Besser. Very like A. poly- 

 cephala of Desf. 



J\fcmy-leafaUed Wound-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 PL 1 foot. 



17 A. INCI'SA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1017.) herbaceous, erectish; 

 leaves pinnate, with 1-2-pairs of wedge-shaped, deeply toothed, 

 leaflets, terminal one largest. If. H. Native of the islands 

 of the Archipelago. Flowers purplish-violet. Stipulas ovate. 

 Head of flowers small. 



CW-leafletted Kidney-vetch. PI. 3 to 1 foot. 



SECT. V. CORNICI'NA (from cornu, a horn ; in reference to the 

 shape of the pods). D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 170. 

 Calyxes inflated. Legume glabrous, 2 or many-celled, the seeds 

 separated by small dissepiments . Annual herbs, with pinnate 

 leaves, and yellow, capitate, bracteate flowers. Perhaps a pro- 

 per genus. 



18 A. TETRAPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 1012.) herbaceous, procum- 

 bent ; leaves pinnate, the terminal leaflets ovate and large, the 

 other 3 small and acute ; heads axillary, sessile, few-flowered ; 

 legume straight, 2-celled, 2-seeded, inclosed within the calyx. 

 O- H. Native of the south of Europe, in exposed places. Vul- 

 neraria vesicaria, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 650. Curt. bot. mag. 108. 

 Cam. hort. t. 47. Barr. icon. t. 554. Perhaps the leaves are 

 trifoliate, furnished with a small acute stipule. Flowers white. 



Four-leaved Kidney-vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. PL 

 decumbent. 



19 A. CORNICI'NA (Lin. spec. 1012.) herbaceous, erectish; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets 6-8, alternate, terminal one oblong, 

 large, the rest oblong-linear ; heads axillary, pedunculate ; le- 

 gume arched, 2-3-seeded, 2-3-celled, inclosed within the calyx. 

 O- H. Native of Spain. Cav. icon. 1. t. 39. f. 2. Flowers 

 pale-yellow. Stems erect, but usually procumbent. 



Horned Kidney-vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PL | foot. 



20 A. HAMOSA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 151.) herbaceous, procum- 

 bent; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-11, lanceolate, superior one 

 largest; heads pedunculate ; legume hooked, 1-6-seeded, longer 

 than the calyx. O- H. Native of Barbary, in corn-fields near 

 Calle. A. cornicina, Poir. itin. 



Hooked Kidney-vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PL proc. 



21 A. LOTOI'DES (Lin. spec. 1012.) herbaceous, erectish; 

 leaves pinnate; leaflets 5, oblong-linear, nearly equal ; heads of 

 flowers pedunculate ; legume straight, 6-8-seeded, 6-8-celled, 

 longer than the calyx. G). H. Native of Spain, in fields. Cav. 

 icon. 1. t. 40. Lower leaves hairy, the terminal leaflet largest. 



Lotus-like Kidney- vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. PL 

 \ foot. 



22 A. CHILE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 171.) herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent, hairy ; leaves pinnate, with 4 elliptic-lanceolate or ob- 

 long, nearly equal leaflets ; flowers axillary, solitary ; legume 

 straight, hairy. Q. ? H. Native of Chili, at Talcahuana. 

 Lotus utriculatus, Domb. et Lag. herb. Lotus subpinnatus, Lag. 

 nov. gen. 23. Stamens monadelphous. Legume longer than the 

 calyx. Root fibrous, furnished with globose scattered tubercles. 

 Stems numerous from the root. 



Chili Kidney-vetch. PL decumbent. 



