300 



LEGUMINOSJE. CLVIII. HEDYSARUM. 



Splendid Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. ^ ft. 



* * Plants with stems. Calycinc segments subulate or linear. 

 Legumes prickly. 



5 H. PA'LLIDUM (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 177.) stems procumbent ; 

 leaves with 6-7 pairs of elliptic-orbicular, pubescent leaflets ; 

 spikes or racemes of flowers oblong, crowded ; wings of flower 

 thrice the length of the calyx ; joints of legume orbicular, 

 prickly. Tj . H. Native of Barbary, near Mascar. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1251. ? Flowers pale rose-coloured, about the size of 

 those of H, coronarium. 



Pale-RoweTed Hedysarum. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl.pr. 



6 H. CORONA'RIUM (Lin. spec. 1058.) stems diffuse; leaves 

 with 3-5 pairs of elliptic or roundish leaflets, which are clothed 

 with pubescence beneath, and on the margins ; spikes or racemes 

 of flowers ovate, crowded ; wings of flower twice the length of 

 the calyx ; legumes glabrous, with 2-5 orbicular prickly joints. 



$ . H. Native of Spain and Italy, in fields and meadows. 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 155. Mart. fl. rust. 115. Riv. tetr. irr. t. 

 98. Besl. hort. eyst. 13. t. 2. f. 1. H. clypeatum, Ger. amac. 

 1235. Park, parad. 339. t. 337. f. 10. Flowers deep red or 

 white. In Calabria this plant grows wild in great luxuriance 

 near 4 feet high, affording excellent nourishment to horses and 

 mules, both green and made into hay ; but it does not well bear 

 the spring in the north of Italy, and therefore we may presume 

 that it will not bear our climate well enough to answer the pur- 

 poses of husbandry. Orbeck mentions that he saw great bun- 

 dles of it brought to Cadiz as food for cattle. The plant is 

 called in Italian and Spanish Sulla. In German it is called 

 Kronencklee, Schildklee, and Spanischeklce. In French Sainfoin 

 d'Espagne, and Sainfoin a boiiquets. In Dutch Sierlyk haane- 

 kop. Parkinson calls it Red satin-Jlon<er or Red-Jlomered Fitch- 

 ing, but it is commonly known in British gardens under the name 

 of French honeysuckle. 



Garland Hedysarum or French honeysuckle. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1596. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



7 H. HU'MILE (Lin. spec. 1058.) stem erect; leaves with 7-9 

 pairs of linear-cuneiform, obtuse leaflets ; flowers racemose ; 

 wings one-half shorter than the carina, and with the vexillum 

 also shorter than the carina ; joints of legume 2-3, orbicular, 

 villous, and muricated with tubercles, when in a young state 

 they are tomentose. $ . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Sicily, and Spain, on dry sandy hills. J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 336. 

 f. 1. Pluk. aim. t. 50. f. 2. H. coronarium /3, Lain. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 665. Flowers purple, smaller than those of H. coronarium. 



Dwarf Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. PL i to 1 ft. 



8 H. SPINOSI'SSIMUM (Lin. spec. 1058. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonymes,) stems diffuse ; leaves with 5-7 pairs ofobovate or ob- 

 long, emarginate, smoothish leaflets ; spikes capitate, few-flow- 

 ered ; wings one-half shorter than the carina ; vexillum about 

 equal in length to the carina ; joints of legume 2-3, orbicular, 

 pubescent, and prickly; the prickles hooked at the apex. Q. 

 H. Native of Spain, and the south of Italy. Pluk. phyt. t. 50. 

 f. 2. Flowers purple, 8 lines long. 



1 'ery-sjnny-yodded Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. 

 PI. diffuse. 



9 H. CAPITA' TUM (Desf. atl. 2. p. 177. but not of Burm.) 

 stems decumbent ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of obovate-obtuse leaf- 

 lets ; spikes or racemes of flowers ovate, loose ; wings of corolla 

 twice the length of the calyx ; legumes villous and prickly, with 

 orbicular joints. Q. H. Native of Barbary, near Cafsa and 

 Lacalle, also of Corsica. Sims, bot. mag. 1251, but the flowers 

 are less erect. H. glomeratum, Dietr. H. Corsicum, Balb. 

 cat. hort. taur. 1813. p. 39. append. 1. p. 12. H. decumbens, 

 Dennsf. nom. bot. 217. ex Balb. Flowers rose-coloured, about 

 the size of those of H. coronarium. 



Cii]>i/alc-fto\\ere<\ Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. PI. decum 



10 H. CARMJSUM (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 177. t. 200.) stems de- 

 cumbent ; leaves with 5 pairs of obovate, truncate, mucronate, 

 fleshy, glabrous leaflets ; spikes of flowers racemose ; flowers 

 spreading. If. . H. Native of Barbary, in sandy places by the 

 sides of rivulets. Flowers rose-coloured, about the size of those 

 of //. coronarium. 



Flesh (/-leaved Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 decumbent. 



11 H. FLEXUOSUM (Lin. spec. 1058.) stems diffuse ; leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of elliptic or oblong leaflets ; spikes of flowers 

 ovate ; legume jointed, rather undulated, prickly. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Asia. H. siliqua undulata, Hiv. tetr. irr. t. 213i Flowers 

 red, tinged with blue, about the size of those of H. coronarium, 

 of which it is perhaps only a variety. 



/Ye.raoMS-stemmed Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1671. 

 PL 1 foot. 



12 H. VA'RIUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1206.) stem ascending; 

 leaves with 7 pairs of elliptic acute leaflets, which are pubescent 

 above, and tomentose beneath ; legumes articulated, rough. If. . 

 H. Native of Armenia. Flowers yellowish ? ex Vaill. H. 

 orient;\le incanum floribus variis magnis, siliqua aspera, Tourn. 

 cor. 27. 



Parious-fiovtered Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



13 H. ANOMALUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 341.) stem suffruticose, 

 diffuse ; upper leaves trifoliate, and are, as well as the branchlets, 

 rather villous ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate, terminal one much 

 the largest ; spikes few-flowered ; legumes with 2 prickly joints. 

 T; . H. Native country unknown. According to the legume 

 this species belongs to section Echinolbbium, but its habit is very 

 distinct from the other species. 



Anomalous Hedysarum. Shrub 1 foot. 



* Plants caulescent. Segments of the calyx subulate. 

 Legumes pilose or pubescent, or crestedly wrinkled, but not prickly. 



14 H. TRICHOCA'RPUM (Desv. in herb. mus. par. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 341.) stem erect, clothed with adpressed silky down ; leaves 

 with 7-8 pairs of oblong-cuneated obtuse leaflets, which are 

 clothed with silky pubescence on both surfaces ; legumes with 

 only one oval, compressed, reticulated joint, bearing on the 

 nerves very long hair-like bristles. Native of Persia. Perhaps 

 the same as Onobrychis cristata of Desv. 



Hairy-fruited Hedysarum. PI. 1 foot. 



15 H. LASIOCA'RPUM (Ledeb. in hort. dorp, suppl. 1824. p. 4.) 

 stem erect ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather pubescent ; racemes 

 elongated, axillary ; bracteas exceeding the pedicels ; teeth of 

 calyx lanceolate, about equal in length to the tube ; vexillum 

 length of the wings, but shorter than the carina ; legumes pen- 

 dulous, pilose, with somewhat quadrangular joints. I/. H. 

 Native of the Altaian mountains. Flowers purple. 



Woolly-fruited Hedysarum. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 ft. 



16 H. RUTIDOCA'RPUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 341.) stems ascend- 

 ing ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of elliptic obtuse leaflets, which are 

 pubescent beneath ; spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate, crowd- 

 ed; vexillum emarginate, a little longer than the keel ; wings 

 twice the length of the calyx ; legumes reticulately wrinkled, and 

 clothed with hoary pubescence, with 2-3 orbicular joints. 

 If.. H. Native of Siberia, in the desert between the rivers 

 Oby and Irtisch. H. prostratum, Pall, ex herb. Patrin. 

 Flowers purple. 



Wrinkled-fruited Hedysarum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 PL prostrate. 



17 H. TAU'RICUM (Pall. nov. act. petrop. 10. p. 315.) stem 

 erect; leaves with 4-6 pairs of lanceolate-linear leafleis, which 

 are clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; spikes of flowers 



