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LEGUMINOS;E. CL1X. ONOBRYCHIS. 



sides. Jf..? H. Native country unknown. Hedys. echinus, 

 Poir. suppl. 5. p. 19. Perhaps only O. caput-gAlli. 

 Hedgehog Saintfoin. PI. ^ foot. 



25 O. PEDUNCULA'RIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, villous ; peduncles very long, bearing racemes of 

 flowers at their tops ; legumes 1- seeded, prickly. O- ? H. 

 Native about Tangiers. Hedys. peduncuKirc, Cav. anal. sci. 

 nat. 1801. vol. 4. p. 75. 



Itong-peduncled Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



26 O. INCURVA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) leaflets oblong, 

 silky beneath ; spikes of flowers incurved ; wings 3 times shorter 

 than the carina; legumes 1-seeded, hairy, with a prickly crest. 

 l/.H. Native country unknown. Hedys. incurvum, Horn, 

 hort. hafn. 2. p. 702. Flowers pale red. 



Incurvcd-spikeA Saintfoin. PI. ascending. 



27 O. CARPA'THICA (B.C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stems ascending; 

 leaflets lanceolate ; wings length of vexillum ; legumes glabrous, 

 1-seeded, prickly. If.. H. Native of the Carpathian moun- 

 tains. Hedys. Carpathicum, Walds. et Kit. in Willd. enum. p. 

 776. Flowers red. 



Carpathian Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. asc. 



28 O. BERGEKIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 346.) stems diffuse, 

 smootliish ; leaflets obovate, rather retuse, and rather pilose ; 

 stipulas scarious ; corolla shorter than the calyx; legumes 1- 

 seeded, prickly; prickles subulate, a little hooked. If.. H. Na- 

 tive of Campagna, near Girace. Hedys. Bergerianum, Spreng. 

 pug. p. 2. t. 74. Habit of a species of Medicago. 



Berger's Saintfoin. PI. diffuse. 



SECT. II. HYMENOBRY'CHIS (from vfirjv, hymen, a membrane, 

 and ftpv\<ji, brycho, to gnaw ; in reference to the species con- 

 tained in this section being furnished with a membranous crest 

 on the back of the legume). D. C. legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 

 346. Legumes falcate or somewhat orbicular, wrinkled, and 

 prickly in the disks, expanded into a membranous, denticulated, 

 or entire crest the whole length of the back. This section agrees 

 with the genus Hymeiwc-drpus, but differs in the pods being 1- 

 seeded, not many- seeded, and in the disks of the pods being 

 wrinkled, not smooth, as in that genus. 



29 O. TOURNEFORTII (Desv. journ. hot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 81.) 

 stem erect, velvety ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acute, velvety be- 

 neath ; spikes of flowers cylindrical, erect ; wings longer than 

 the calyx ; calyx and legumes velvety. I/ . H. Native of Ar- 

 menia and Galatia. Hedy'sarum Tournefortii, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1214. O. orientalis incana flore luteo, c. Tourn. cor. 26. 

 Flowers yellow, about the size of those of Hedysarum corona- 

 rium. Legumes falcate. 



TourncforCs Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



30 O. PALLA'SII (Bieb. pi. ross. 1. t. 35.) stem erect, hairy; 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong, acuminated, tomentose beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers cylindrical ; wings shorter than the calyx, oblong, and 

 with one tooth at the base of each ; calyx villous ; legumes pu- 

 bescent. If. . H. Native of Iberia and Tauria, on calcareous 

 hills. Hedys. Pallasii, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1214. Bieb. fl. taur. 

 et suppl. no. 2. p. 178. O. Buxbaumiana, Desv. journ. bot. 1. c. 

 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 42. Flowers cream-coloured, but the vexillum 

 is painted with purple veins. 



Pallas's Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1S20. PI. 1 ft. 



31 O. RADIA'TA (Bieb. cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 73.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, mucronate, hairy beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers cylindrical ; wings sagittate, twice the length of the 

 calyx; calyx and legumes villous. If. H. Native of Caucasus, 

 Iberia, and Cappadocia, on hills among stones. Hedys. radia- 

 tum, Desf. ann. inns. 12. t. 13. Bieb. suppl. no. 1450. Hedys. 

 Buxbaumii, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 1150. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Buxbaum, Hedys. circinnatum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1213. O. 



circinnata, Desv. 1. c. Flowers cream-coloured, but the vexil- 

 lum is lined wiih red, and with a yellow mark at the base. 



7fojr/-podded Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



32 O. MiriiAL-'xn (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stem erect, 

 smooihish ; leafleis elliptic-oblong, mucronate, glabrous; spikes 

 elongated, loose-flowered ; wings sagittate, shorter than the 

 calyx, with tlie auricles diverging; calyxes villous; legumes 

 clothed with velvety lomentum. I/. H. Native of the Levant. 

 Hedys. cryptapterum, Lher. herb. O. picta, Desv. in herb. 

 Desf. Flowers pale, with the vexillum striated. The figure in 

 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 42. agrees pielty well with this species. 



Alichaux'.t Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. 



33 O. ORNA'TA (Desv. 1. c.) stem erect, flexuous, glabrous 

 beneath, but pubescent above ; leaflets ovate, cuspidate, clothed 

 with hoary pubescence beneath ; spikes elongated ; wings longer 

 than the calyx ; legumes villous. I/. H. Native of Galatia. 

 Hedys. ornatum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1215. Hedys. coronarium. 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 439. Flowers red ? Legumes semi-orbicular. 



Decked Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



34 O. VENOSA (Desv. 1. c.) stem almost naked ; leaflets elliptic, 

 villously-tomentose beneath, outer one a little larger than the 

 rest ; peduncles radical, longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, 

 distant ; wings shorter than the calyx ; legumes very villous. 

 If. H. Native of Tunis, on the mountains of Sbiba, and of 

 Persia, as well as the island of Cyprus. Hedys. venosum, Desf. 

 fl. all. 2. p. 179. t. 201. Corollas pale yellow. 



J'ciiii/ Saintfoin. PI. -J foot. 



35 O. PTOLEMA'ICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stem erect, vil- 

 lous ; leaves with 3-6 pairs of elliptic villous leaflets; spikes 

 about the length of the leaves ; wings shorter than the calyx ; 

 legumes silky, orbicular, 2-seeded. If.. F. Native of Egypt, 

 in the desert of Suez. Hedys. Ptolemaicum, Delil. fl. segyp. 

 111. t. 39. f. 1. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 18. Flowers yellow, painted 

 with brown lines. Said to be allied to O. i-cnosa, but differs in 

 the legumes being lunulate, with entire margins, and 2-seeded. 



Ptokmais Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. III. DENDROBRY'CHIS (from Sevdpov, dendron, a tree, 

 and fifivyu, bryclto, to gnaw ; in allusion to the species contained 

 in this section being shrubby). D. C. legum. mem. vii. prod. 

 2. p. 347. Legumes smooth, unarmed, and crestless. Stems 

 shrubby. 



36 O. CORNU'TA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 81.) stem 

 erect, shrubby ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, pubescent ; peduncles 

 divaricate, few-flowered, and at length become spines ; wings 

 of flower longer than the calyx ; vexillum villous, crenatcd at 

 the apex. Ij . F. Native of the Levant, about Barbout (ex 

 Tourn. voy. 2. p. 249. with a figure), and of Eastern Caucasus, 

 in subalpine situations (ex Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 181.) Hedys. cor- 

 imtum, Lin. spec. 1060. O. orientalis, Jaume, fam. nat. 2. p. 

 239. Flowers purple. Legumes reticulated in the disk. Per- 

 haps the Caucasian plant is the same as the Armenian one. 



Horned Saintfoin. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. -J- to 1ft. 



37 O. TRAOACANTIIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 347.) stem erect, 

 shrubby ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate ; peduncles at length harden- 

 ing into spines, and divaricate ; win^s longer than tlie calyx ; 

 vexillum obtuse, glabrous. Ij . F. Native of the Levant. Stipulas 

 membranous, white, concrete in one, which is bifid at the apex. 



Tragacanth-like Saintfoin. Shrub \ to 1 fool. 



38 O. ? PI/MILA (Desv. 1. c. p. 84.) stem suffruticose ; leaflets 

 oval-oblong ; calyxes glabrous ; wings shorter than the vexillum, 

 and the vexillum shorter than the keel. ^ . F. Native of Spain. 

 Hedys. pumilum, Lin. mant. 448. Fruit unknown. 



Dwarf Saintfoin. Shrub -| foot. 



SECT. IV. ECHINOBRY'CHIS (from e\ivos, cchinos, a hedge-hog, 



