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LEGUMINOS. LXVII. TRIGONELLA. 



1 T. CCERU'LEA (Scr. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stem 

 upright ; leaflets ovate, lower ones ovate-roundish, denticulated ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, toothed at the base ; heads pedunculate, 

 dense-flowered : calycinu teeth linear, longer than the tube ; 

 petals white, lined with blue ; legume ovate, beaked, nerved 

 lengthwise, 2-3-seeded ; beak long, straight ; seeds globose, 

 olive-coloured, wrinkled from dots ; radicle rather prominent. 

 O- H. Native of Bohemia and Switzerland. Sturm, deutsch. 

 fl. 1. fasc. 15. Trifolium melilotus coeriilea, Lin. spec. 1077. 

 Melilotus ccerulea, Lain. diet. 4. p. 62. Sims, bot. mag. 2283. 

 Flowers blue. 



/He-flowered Trigonella. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1562. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



2 T. BESSERIA'NA (Ser. mss. in B.C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stem 

 decumbent ; stipulas membranous, lanceolate ; racemes oblong, 

 pedunculate ; legume 2-seeded, short, pilose, veined, tapering 

 into a mucrone at the apex, 3-times longer than the calyx. 

 H. Nativeof the south of Podolia, and Bessarabia. Melilotus 

 procumbens, Besser. enum. volh. 30. no. 946. Very like T. 

 cceridea, but differs in the decumbent habit, the narrower leaflets, 

 the smaller flowers, the larger legumes, and the brown seeds. 



Besser's Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. proc. 



3 T. MARITIMA (Delil. in Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 361.) stem 

 diffuse, glabrous ; leaflets obversely cordate, glabrous, denti- 

 culated ; peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves ; flowers 

 disposed in capitate umbels, reflexed ; legume short, acute, 

 turgid at the base, striated, straight. Q. H. Native near 

 Alexandria, on the sea-shore. Flowers yellow. 



Sea-side Trigonella. PI. diffuse. 



4 T. UNCINA'TA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 181.) stems 

 ascending; leaflets oblong-ovate, denticulated; stipulas linear- 

 setaceous ; flowers disposed in dense spikes ; calyx nerved, bi- 

 labiate, upper lip entire, short, lower lip 4-cleft ; legume ovate, 

 pilose, beaked, hardly nerved, 1 -seeded ; beak long, curved; 

 seeds ovate, compressed, wrinkled from dots, black ; radicle 

 hardly prominent. . H. Native of Iberia and of France, 

 about Libourne. Trifolium Melilotus hamosum, Bieb. fl. taur. 

 2. p. 207. and suppl. 705. Melilotus uncinata, Besser. cat. 

 hort. crem. 1816. no. 155. M. hamosa, Link. enum. 2. p. 266. 

 but not of Lamarck. M. uncinata, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 648. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Hooked-podded Trigonella. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1798. PI. 1 ft. 



5 T. LITTORA'LIS (Guss. cat. 1821. p. 83.) stem branched, 

 rather diffuse ; leaflets cuneiform, denticulated at the apex ; 

 legumes pedicellate, umbellate, declinate, rather falcate, com- 

 pressed, tapering to both ends, obliquely and reticulately veined ; 

 peduncles spinose. O- H. Native of Sicily, among stones by 

 the sea-side. Corolla yellow. This species is allied to T. ma- 

 ritima, but it differs in the leaflets being cuneiform, not obcor- 

 date, and in the legumes being acute at both ends, not turgid 

 at the base, somewhat falcate, not straight, as well as in being 

 pilose, not glabrous. 



Shore Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. diffuse. 



6 T. CALLICERAS (Fisch. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 515.) stems 

 ascending ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, sharply toothed at the 

 apex ; stipulas linear-subulate ; teeth of calyx acute, length of 

 tube ; lcgum,e falcate, somewhat spirally striated, having a long 

 beak; seeds 5-6, ovate, wrinkled from dots. Q. H. Native 

 of Iberia. D. C. mem. soc. gen. 2. p. 135. hort. gen. fasc. 2. 

 with a figure. Lotus medicaginoides, Retz. obs. 2. p. 38. no. 

 74. T. oxyrhyncha, Fisch. in litt. Flowers yellow. 



Pretty-horned Trigonella. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 1816. PI. ascend. 



SECT. II. FO?NUM-GR.E V CUM (from fee num., hay, and Grcectis, 

 Greek ; Greek hay ; the T. Fofnum-Graecum was formerly made 

 into hay in Greece). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 182. Fce'- 



num-Graecum, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 408. t. 230. Flowers sessile, 

 solitary, and twin. Legume elongated, compressed, ending in a 

 long beak, and reticulated lengthwise. 



7 T. PROSTRA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 571.) stems diffusely pro- 

 cumbent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, cuneiform, sharply serrated ; 

 calyx pilose ; teeth of calyx subulate, length of tube ; legume 

 falcate, longer than the beak, 6-secded ; seeds small, ovate, and 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, wrinkled from dots ; radicle hardly 

 prominent. Q.H. Nativeof Provence and about Montpelicr. 

 T. Foe'num-Grse'cum ft, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 551. J. Bauh.hist. 

 2. p. 365. f. 2. Flowers white. 



Prostrate Fenugreek. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. prost. 



8 T. GLADIA'TA (Stev. cat. hort. gor. 1808. p. 112. Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 2. p. 222. and suppl. p. 516.) plant covered with rufous 

 pili ; stems spreading ; leaflets triangularly-obovate, toothed at 

 the apex ; teeth of calyx linear, length of tube ; legume falcate, 

 about equal in length to the beak, tomentose, striated with veins. 

 O- H. Native of Tauria, in fields. Perhaps only a variety of 

 F. prostrata. Flowers white. 



Sword-podded Fenugreek. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 spreading. 



9 T. FOS'NUM-GR^E'CUM (Lin. spec. 1402.) stem erect, sim- 

 ple ; leaflets obovate, obsoletely toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 falcate, entire ; calyx pilose; the teeth subulate, length of tube ; 

 legume falcate, twice the length of the beak, reticulated length- 

 wise, many-seeded ; seeds large, ovate, wrinkled from dots ; 

 radicle rather prominent. O- H. Native of the south of 

 France. Gaertn. fruct. t. 152. f. 3. Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 211. 

 Woodv. med. bot. t. 158. T. gladiata, Hortul. This plant was 

 formerly cultivated by the Romans, and is still occasionally em- 

 ployed in the agriculture of the south of Europe. The seeds 

 have a strong disagreeable smell, and an unctuous, farinaceous 

 taste, accompanied with a slight bitterness. An ounce renders 

 a pint of water thick and slimy. To rectified spirit they give 

 out the whole of their distinguishing smell and taste, and after- 

 wards to water a strong flavourless mucilage. These seeds are 

 never given internally, their principal use being in cataplasms 

 and fomentations, for softening, maturating, and dispersing tu- 

 mours, and in emollient glysters. They were also an ingredient 

 in the oleum e mucilaginibus ; but this has no longer a place in 

 the pharmacopaeia. They are used by grooms and farriers for 

 horses. Fenugreek has not been cultivated in any quantity for 

 use in England, because it is an uncertain crop, occasioned by 

 the inconstancy of our weather. 



Common Fenugreek. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1597. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



SECT. III. BU'CERAS (from jGovc, bmts, an ox, and xcpnc, 

 keras, a' horn; in reference to the form of the pods). Ser. mss. 

 in D. C. prod. 2. p. 182. Buceratis, spec. Mccnch. metli. p. 

 143. Flowers disposed in pedunculate or sessile racemose 

 umbels. Legume cylindrically-compressed, a little arched, reti- 

 culated and mucronate. 



1. Racemes pedunculate. 



10 T. SPINOSA (Lin. spec. 1094.) stems spreading ; leaflets 

 obovate-cuneated, denticulated at the apex ; stipulas dis- 

 sected ; flowers in fascicles, sessile ; middle peduncle spinose, 

 sterile ; legume arched, compressed, declinate, very long, trans- 

 versely veined, glabrous, many-seeded ; seeds irregularly oblong, 

 wrinkled from dots ; radicle rather prominent. O- H. Native 

 of Crete. Buceras spinosa, Moench. meth. p. 143. Breyn. 

 cent. 79. t. 33. f. 1. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Spinose Trigonella. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. pr. 



11 T. STRIA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 340.) stems spreading; 

 leaflets obovate, denticulated at the apex, striped ; stipulas 

 linear, dilated at the base, and toothed ; umbels pedunculate ; 

 legume arched, compressed, very long, glabrous, having trans- 



