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umbel of flowers at the apex ; FIG. 42. 



legumes glabrous, a little arched. 

 Tj . F. Native of the Island of 

 Minorca. Lam. ill. 620. f. 2. 

 Curt. bot. mag. t. 427. Leaves 

 and calyxes either glabrous or pi- 

 lose. 



Minorca Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. 

 May, Ju. Clt. 1776. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 H. COMOSA (Lin. spec. 1050.) 

 stem herbaceous, prostrate ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves, 

 bearing an umbel of flowers at the 

 apex ; legumes arched, sinuated on 

 both margins, rough from minute 

 prominent tubercles. 7/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, in Germany, Italy, 



France, Austria, Britain, in calcareous soils ; plentiful in Kent, 

 Cambridgeshire, and Berkshire, and in most chalk countries, 

 as well as of the north of Africa. Smith, engl. bot. t. 31. Jacq. 

 austr. 5. t. 431. Riv. tetr. 97. H. perennis, Lam. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 657. Leaflets 7-1 l,obovate, obtuse, very minutely mucronate. 

 Legumes with their joints neither dilated nor bordered, (fig. 42.) 

 Tufted Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. April, Aug. Brit. PI. pr. 



3 H. HELVE'TICA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 308.) stems 

 herbaceous, procumbent ; peduncles longer than the leaves, bear- 

 ing an umbel of flowers at the apex ; legumes compressed, 

 curved, smooth; leaflets 9-11, obovate, obtuse, mucronate. 

 1{..H. Native of Switzerland. H. comosa, Schleich. Legume 

 broad, arched. An elegant plant, much larger in every part 

 than the last species. 



Swiss Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. pr. 



4 H. GLAU'CA (Ten. fl. neap. 2. p. 165. t. 69.) stems herba- 

 ceous, ascending ; leaves glaucous ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, bearing an umbel of flowers at the apex ; legumes 

 arched, rather scabrous, constantly of 5 joints. 1^ . H. Native 

 of Naples, on the rocks of Magella. Calyx pubescent. Allied 

 to H. comosa. 



Glaucous Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. asc. 



2. Hoots annual. Legumes rvith roundish recesses. 



5 H. SCA'BRA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 312.) peduncles twice the 

 length of the leaves, bearing an umbel of flowers at the apex ; 

 legumes arched, scabrous at the seeds, the rest clothed with a 

 kind of lepidoted pubescence. O- H. Native of Spain, in 

 the kingdom of Murcia, near the city. Style long, compressed, 

 permanent at the top of the legumes. 



Scabrous-podded. Horse-shoe- Vetch. PL prostrate. 



6 H. BICONTORTA (Lois. not. in ann. soc. Lin. par. vol. 4. 

 1827.) stem branched, spreading; leaflets linear; peduncles 

 length of leaves, usually bearing 3 flowers at the apex ; legumes 

 scabrous, twisted into a double circle. Q. H. Native of Mont- 

 pelier. 



Tn'ice-tmisted-podded Horse-shoe- Vetch. PL spreading. 



7 H. MULTISILIQUOSA (Lin. spec. 1050.) peduncles a little 

 shorter than the leaves, 2-4-flowered ; legumes quite smooth, cir- 

 cularly incurved. O- H. Native of Spain, Italy, south of France, 

 and Barbary, in exposed stony or sandy places. Mill. fig. 278. 

 f. 2. Ferrum equinum polyceratum, Col. ecphr. p. 300. with a 

 figure. F. multiflorum, Moench. meth. 119. Plant smooth. 



.Ma!7/-/>o<WerfHorse-shoe-Vetch. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt.1683. PL pr. 



8 H. MONOCA'RPA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 480.) flowers ax- 

 illary, almost sessile, solitary ; legumes quite glabrous. O- H. 

 Native of Eastern Caucasus, on hills about Schamachi. H. 

 unisiliquosa, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 174. exclusive of the synonymes. 



One-fruited Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 PL prostrate. 



9 H. UNISILIQUOSA (Lin. spec. 1050.) flowers axillary, sessile, 

 solitary ; legumes a little incurved, hairy in the middle part of 

 the joints. O- H. Native of the south of Europe, Barbary, 

 and the Levant, in exposed stony places. Lam. ill. t. 630. f. 3. 

 Mill. fig. 278. f. 1. Ferrum equinum vulg&re, Col. ecphr. 

 p. 300. with a figure. F. uniflorum, Moench. meth. 119. 



One-podded Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1570. 

 PL prostrate. 



10 H. CILIA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 3 13.) peduncles rather shorter 

 than the leaves ; legumes arched, hispid at the seeds, and ci- 

 liated on one side. 0. H. Native of Spain and Italy. 



Var.a.; peduncles 4-6-flovvered. O- H. Native of Spain, 

 near Aranjuez. H. ciliata, Willd. berl. mag. nat. ges. 1808. 

 p. 173. 



Far. ft; peduncles 3-flowered. Q. H. Native of Spain, 

 in the provinces of Granada and Murcia. H. annua, Lag. nov. 

 spec. 23. p. 299. 



Var. y ; peduncles 2-flowered. Q. H. Native of Italy, 

 about Naples, as well as of Sicily and Tauria. H. dicarpa, 

 Bieb. suppl. 480. 



Ciliated-podded Horse- shoe- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1818. PL prostrate. 



1 1 H. BIFLORA (Spreng. pug. 2. p. 73.) peduncles very short, 

 2-flowered ; legumes minutely ciliated on both margins. . H. 

 Native country unknown. Flowers twin, axillary, almost ses- 

 sile, but the peduncles becomes elongated after flowering. Ciliae 

 of legume very short. 



Two-flowered Horse-shoe- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 181 C. 

 PL prostrate. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are worthy of cultivation 

 in every garden, on account of their neatness and beauty. The 

 H. Baleanca is the only species which requires protection in a 

 greenhouse in winter. It thrives in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and cuttings of it strike root readily under a hand-glass. 

 The perennial herbaceous kinds are well fitted for ornamenting 

 rock-work or banks : they are propagated by dividing at the 

 root or by seeds. The annual species are also well fitted for 

 rock-work, where their seeds should be sown early in spring. 



CXXXIX. SECURI'GERA (from securis, a hatchet, and 

 gero, to bear; in reference to the form of the pods). D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 609. prod. 2. p. 313. Securidaca, Tourn. inst. t. 224. 

 Lam. ill. t. 629. but not of Lin. Bonaveria, Scop. Neck. elem. 

 no. 1320. Desv. journ. vol. 3. p. 60. t. 4. f. 7. Securilla, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 314. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, DecAndria. Calyx short, bilabiate, 

 lower lip 3-parted, upper one bidentate. Claws of petals rather 

 longer than the calyx. Keel acute. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Legume compressed, flat, with rather prominent sutures, the 

 seeds separated by spongy substance, not articulated, linear, 

 ending in a long beak at the apex. Seeds 8-10, compressed. 

 Herb, with the habit of Coronilla. 



1 S. CORONILLA (D. C. 1. c.). O- H. Native of the south of 

 Europe, from Spain to Tauria. Coronilla securidaca, Lin. spec. 

 1048. Securidaca lutea, Mill, dict.no. l.fig. 232. Securidaca, 

 legitima, Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 153. Flowers yellow, 3 or 4 in an 

 umbel. 



Coronilla-like Hatchet- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Cl. 1562. 

 PL prostrate. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 

 open ground in any kind of soil. 



SUBTRIBE II. EUHEDISA V RE,E (plants agreeing with Hedy- 

 sarum in important characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. 313. Flowers 



