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brbus ; leaves ovate or roundish ; stipulas shorter than the pe- 

 tioles ; legumes between terete and compressed, rather reticu- 

 lated, smoothisb, 5-6-jointed, much longer than the calyx. I/ . S. 

 Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. Hedys. nummu- 

 larium, Lin. spec. 1051. fl. zeyl. 288. Burm. fl". ind. 164. 

 Hedys. cylindricum, Poir. diet. 5. p. 400. Petiv. gaz. t. 26. 

 f. 1. Flowers purple. 



Money-mort-leaved Alysicarpus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1777. 

 PI. 1 to' 2 feet. 



4 A. MO.NILIFER (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) stem hispid ; leaves 

 elliptic-roundish, pubescent beneath ; stipulas length of petioles ; 

 legumes terete, velvety, 4-5-joinled, much longer than the calyx. 

 y. . S. Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. Hedys. 

 moniliferum, Lin. mant. 1 02. Burm. ind. t. 52. f. 3. Flowers 

 purple. 



Necklace-bearing Alysicarpus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. prostrate. 



5 A. GLUMA'CEUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; stipulas length of petioles ; joints 

 of legume 4-6, roundish, compressed, wrinkled. If.. G. Native 

 of Arabia Fel'x. Hedys. gluniaceum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 106. 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1172. Hedys. violaceum, Forsk. descr. 130. 

 Vahl. symb. 1. p. 54. Flowers yellow, but reddish inside. 



Glumaceous Alysicarpus. PI. procumbent. 



* * Legumes articulated, furrowed, and wrinkled transversely. 



G A. STYRACIFOLIUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 352.) stem villous ; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, clothed with villous pubescence beneath ; 

 stipulas length of petioles, which are villous ; joints of legume 

 3-4, glabrous, wrinkled transversely, a little longer than the 

 calyx, Tj . S. Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. 

 Hedys. styracif olium, Lin. spec. 1052. A. cylindricus, Desv. 

 Flowers red. 



Styrax-leaved Alysicarpus. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. as. ? 



7 A. RUGOSUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) stem glabrous, but 

 with a pilose, decurrent line the whole length ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent beneath and on the margins ; sti- 

 pulas longer than the petioles ; joints of legume 4-5, roundish, 

 compressed, wrinkled transversely. 1. S. Native of Guinea. 

 Hedys. rugosum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1173. Flowers red? 



Wrinkled-podded Alysicarpus. PI. 1^ foot. 



Cult. The species of this genus are not worth cultivating, 

 unless in botanical gardens. They grow well in light rich soil, 

 and are increased by cuttings or seeds. 



CLXVI. BREMONTIE'RA (in honour of M. Bremontier, 

 a French agricultural writer). D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. Jan. 

 1825. p. 93. Legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 353. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 rather truncate, hardly 5-toothed ; teeth small, acute, rather 

 distant. Corolla papilionaceous, 3-times longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Legumes constantly of numerous, com- 

 pressed, 1-seeded joints, which are prominent at the sutures and 

 truncate at both ends, at length separating from each other. 

 Seeds ovate, with a lateral hylum. Radicle incurved. Coty- 

 ledons foliaceous, obovate-ohlong. Shrubs with simple, oblong 

 leaves, which are canesoent from short down, and standing on 

 short petioles, tapering at both ends. Stipulas small, acute, not 

 scarious. Flowers small, purple, disposed in axillary, spicate 

 racemes. 



1 B. AMMOXYLON (D. C. 1. c.). J? . S. Native of the 

 Mauritius, where it is called Bois-de-sable, or sand-wood. 

 Mullera verrucosa, herb. mus. par. but not of Pcrs. Hed}s. 

 ammoxylon, Spreng. syst. append. 293. Legume with 12-14 

 joints. Branches terete but angularly compressed at the apex, 

 and are as well as the leaves clothed with cinereous pubescence. 



Leaves usually dotted with black, from some species of Puc- 

 c'mia. 



Var. />, Burmanni (D. C. prod. 2. p. 353.) legume with only 

 5 or 8 joints, Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Ornithopodium, c. 

 Burm. zeyl. 177. t. 82. Perhaps a proper species. 



Sand-wood Bremontiera. Clt. 1826. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Alysicarpus for culture and propagation. 



^ 2. Sarcolobae (from <rap trapKot, sarx sarcos, flesh, and \o- 

 /3oc, lobos, a lobe ; in reference to the thick fleshy cotyledons). 

 Embryo with thick fleshy cotyledons (f. 21. &.), which do not 

 undergo any change at the time of germination. The seeds of all 

 the plants contained in this division of Lcgwminosce are used as 

 food in different countries, while none of those of the first division, 

 Phyllolobae, are so employed. 



Tribe IV. 



VICIE'.55 (plants agreeing with Vicia in some characters). 

 Bronn. diss. p. 133. D. C. legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 353. 

 Viciae, Adans. fam. 2. p. 329. Corolla papilionaceous (f. 

 46. d.}. Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free (f. 46. g.). 

 Legumes continuous (f. 46. h.}. Cotyledons thick, farinaceous, 

 not changing, even in germination, when above the earth, but re- 

 maining inclosed in the spermaderm. Radicle curved inwards 

 (f. 21. f. e.~). The leaves of all the plants contained in this tribe 

 are abruptly-pinnate (except in some species of the genus Cicer, 

 which are impari-pinnate), with the common petiole ending in a 

 bristle or tendril instead of a leaflet, the petiole not jointed above 

 the stem. This is a very natural tribe, which agrees with Pha- 

 sebleae in the twining habit and thick cotyledons. 



CLXVII. CTCER (from KIKVC, kikys, force or strength. 

 The Ciceronians had their name from the pulse, as the Pisons 

 had from pisum or pea, and the Lentuli from the lens or lentil). 

 Tourn. inst. 389. t. 210. f. 2. Lin. gen. no. 1189. Gcertn. 

 fruct. 2. p. 326. t. 151. B.C. prod. 2. p. 354. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-lobed, with 

 the tube more or less gibbous on the upper side; lobes acumin- 

 ated, with 2 or 4 of the upper ones lying upon the vexillum. 

 Legume turgid, 2-seeded. Seeds gibbous, mucronate. Annual 

 herbs, clothed with numerous glandular hairs, with impari or 

 abruptly-pinnate leaves ; having the leaflets and stipulas much 

 nerved, and the petioles ending in a tendril, and axillary and 

 almost always solitary flowers from abortion. Fruit pilose. 



1 C. ARIETINUM (Lin. spec. 1040.) leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, serrated, equal ; stipulas lanceolate, somewhat 

 toothed ; calyxes hardly gibbous, with the segments equal 

 in length to the wings of the corolla. O- H. Native of Spain, 

 Italy, and the Levant, among corn. Lam. ill. t. 632. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 2274. The glandular hairs on the plant are full of acid 

 juice. Flowers purple or white. The form of the seed is 

 like that of a ram's head. The seeds are eatable, and the plant 

 is cultivated for their sake in the south of Europe and the Levant, 

 where they are frequently eaten both raw and boiled. The 

 seeds should be sown broadcast like tares, or in drills like peas, 

 about 2 feet asunder, that there may be room for the branches 

 to spread, when the plants are fully grown, as also to hoe the 

 ground, to keep it clean from weeds, which is all the culture 

 these plants require. The plant flowers in June, and the seeds 

 ripen in August, but unless the season proves dry and warm 

 the plants decay in this country before the seeds are ripe. 



Ram's-head-podded or Common Chick-pea. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Clt. 1548. PI. 1 foot. 



2 C. SONGA'RICUM (Steph. exFisch. in litt. D. C. legum. mem. 

 viii. with a figure) lower leaves impari-pinnate, upper ones ab- 

 ruptly pinnate, bearing simple tendrils at the apex ; leaflets 

 obovate-cuneated, serrated, upper ones smallest ; stipulas ovate, 



