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verse, arched veins, many-seeded, assurgent ; seeds oblong, 

 somewhat truncate, having wrinkled lines. Q. H. Native of 

 Abyssinia. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1399. Flowers yellow. 



.Striped-leaved Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 y to 1 foot long. 



12 T. HAMUSA (Lin. spec. 1094.) stems decumbent; leaflets 

 ovate-cuneiform, denticulated at the apex ; legumes disposed 

 in racemes, declinate, hooked, terete ; common peduncle spinose, 

 longer than the leaves. Q. H. Native of Egypt. J. Bauh. 

 hist. 2. p. 357. Alp. egypt. t. 124. Flowers yellow. The 

 seeds of this plant are said to be used by the Egyptians in fo- 

 mentations for all kinds of pains. 



Hooked-podded Trigonella. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. dec. 



13 T. TORTA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36.) stem firm; 

 leaflets obcordate, toothed, obscurely nerved ; flowers umbel- 

 late ; peduncles short ; legume cylindrical, twisted, reticulated 

 lengthwise, stiff, glabrous. 0. H. Native of Egypt. Flowers 

 yellow. Plant quite smooth. 



Twisted-podded Trigonella. PI. foot. 



14 T. FLEXUOSA (Delil. ex Poir. suppl. 5. p. 362. but not of 

 Fischer) stem firm ; leaflets obcordate, toothed, obscurely nerved ; 

 legumes disposed in umbels, which are nearly sessile, com- 

 pressed, reticulated, twisted. . H. Native of Egypt. This 

 plant comes near to T. torta, but differs in the umbels being 

 nearly sessile, and in the teeth of the calyx being longer, the 

 legume also is very different, ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36. 

 Perhaps a variety of T. aiigu'iiKt, of Delil. 



Flexuous-podded Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PL | to | foot. 



15 T. FISCHERIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 183.) 

 stems spreading ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, striated, serrulated ; 

 stipulas straight, lanceolate-subulate ; flowers disposed in ra- 

 cemes, each containing about 6 ; common peduncle awnless ; 

 floriferous peduncle exceeding the leaf; calycine segments subu- 

 late, length of tube ; legume a little arched, erectish, flexuous- 

 ly-torulose, many-seeded ; seeds oblong, somewhat truncate, 

 wrinkled. Q. H. Native of Tauria, about Tiflis. T. flexu- 

 osa, Fisch. in hort. gor. ex Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 515. but not 

 of Delil. Flowers yellow. 



Fischer's Trigonella. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. | to I ft. 



16 T. ANGUI'NA (Delil. fl. Eegypt. p. 110. t. 110. f. 2.) stems 

 branched, prostrate ; leaflets ovate-cuneatcd, crenated ; stipulas 

 toothed ; heads of flowers nearly sessile ; legume linear, com- 

 pressed, pilose, plicately flexuous. . H. Native near Cairo. 

 Flowers yellow. 



<S'a/L-e-podded Trigonella. PI. prostrate. 



17 T. TE'NUIS (Fisch. in hort. gor. and Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 

 p. 514.) stems spreading; leaflets obovate-obcordate, striated, 

 serrulated ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed at the base, straight ; 

 flowers usually in fours ; floriferous peduncle awnless, about 

 equal in length to the leaf ; calycine segments subulate, length 

 of tube ; legumes usually twin, a little arched, erect, com- 

 pressed, transversely and flcxuously reticulated ; seeds ovate, 

 compressed, somewhat truncate, wrinkled from dots ; radicle 

 hardly prominent. . H. Native of Tauria, on mountains about 

 Tiflis. This species is allied to T. cancellata. Flowers yellow. 



Slender Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. proc. 



18 T. HAMIGERA (Spreng. neueentd. 3. p. 158.) legumes pe- 

 dicellate, linear, hooked, declinate, pubescent ; fructiferous pe- 

 duncles unarmed; leaflets cuneated, toothed, silky. Q. H. 

 Native of? Perhaps T. tenuis, ex Spreng. 1. c. 



Hook-bearing Trigonella. PI. i foot. 



19 T. CANCELLATA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 218. Poir. diet, 

 suppl. 5. p. 361.) stems spreading, much branched; leaflets 

 cuneated, serrated ; stipulas subulate, small ; fructiferous pe- 

 duncle awnless, about equal in length to the leaf; legume arched, 



glabrous, compressed, reticulated with veins ; seeds oblong, 

 somewhat truncate, wrinkled from dots. . H. Native of? 

 Flowers yellow. 



Latticed Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. dec. 



2. Racemes sessile. 



20 T. MONSi-EU v ACA (Lin. spec. 1095.) pilose; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, serrulated ; teeth numerous ; 

 stipulas linear-subulate ; umbels sessile ; segments of calyx su- 

 bulate, length of tube ; legumes usually 7, sessile, crowded, 

 arched, divaricate, short, obliquely veined ; seeds oblong, some- 

 what truncate, olive-coloured, wrinkled with dots. . H. Na- 

 tive of the south of 'Europe. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. t. 142. 

 Breyn. cent. 80. t. 33. f. 2. Buceras elliptica, Mocnch. meth. 

 p. 143. Flowers yellow. 



Montpelier Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1710. PI. pr. 



21 T. ELA'TIOR (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grBec. t. 762. ex prod. 2. 

 p. 108.) stem erect ; stipulas lanceolate, toothed ; legumes dis- 

 posed in racemes, pendulous, rather falcate ; peduncle elongated. 

 0. H. Native of Asia Minor and the Island of Cyprus. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Taller Trigonella. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 T. PARVIFLORA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36.) stems as- 

 cending ; peduncle length of the leaflets, which are acuminated ; 

 stipulas ovate, acute, toothed ; legumes disposed in racemose 

 heads, ascending, linear-lanceolate, compressed, curved, usually 

 containing 2 seeds. Q. H. Native of Switzerland. 



Small-flowered Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 ascending. 



23 T. PINNATI'FIDA (Cav. icon. 1. p. 26. t. 38.) stem pros- 

 trate, tetragonal ; leaflets cuneated, truncate at the apex, pinna- 

 tifidly-toothed ; stipulas pinnatifid ; umbels sessile ; legumes 

 usually 4 together, sessile, linear, arched, reticulately veined ; 

 seeds oblong, truncate, wrinkled from dots ; radicle rather pro- 

 minent. . H. Native of Spain. T. media, Delil. ill. 722. 

 Flowers yellow. 



I'innatifid-stipuled Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. 

 PI. prostrate. 



24 T. POLYCERA'TA (Lin. spec. 1093.) stems diffuse; leaflets 

 cuneiform, dentate at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, rather 

 toothed at the base ; umbels sessile ; legumes almost sessile, 

 usually 4 together, erect or erectish, long, linear, reticulately - 

 veined ; seeds oblong, somewhat truncate, yellow, wrinkled from 

 dots; radicle rather prominent. . H. Native of the south 

 of France. Flowers yellow. 



Many-horned Trigonella. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. PI. 

 diffuse, 1 1 foot long. 



25 T. ./EGYPTIACA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 95.) stem prostrate; 

 branches short, erect ; leaflets ovate-cuneiform, denticulated ; 

 stipulas entire ; umbels sessile ; legumes somewhat compressed, 

 erectish, reticulated with veins. Q. H. Native of Egypt. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Egyptian Trigonella. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. prost. 



26 T. POLYA'NTHA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 77.) stem 

 diffuse ; leaflets obovate-cordate, quite smooth, rather fleshy, 

 obscurely toothed ; legumes sessile, crowded, rather falcate, 

 glabrous; common peduncle sessile, mucronate. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Flowers yellow. 



Many-jlowered Trigonella. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



27 T. ORNITHORHY'NCHOS (Fisch. ex Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 

 p. 85.) leaflets roundish, rather serrated, fleshy ; peduncles spiny; 

 legumes on very short peduncles, umbellate, reflexed, and re- 

 curved, beaked. Q. H. Native of the Russian empire. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Bird's-beak-podded Trigonella. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

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