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pubescence ; leaflets 3, elliptic, obtuse, veiny, smoothish ; sti- 

 pulas subulate, acuminated ; racemes axillary, on rather long 

 peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated ; legume 

 5-6-jointed, joints quadrate, convex on one side, reticulated, 

 scabrous from stiff hairs. fj . S. Native of the East Indies 

 and the Sandwich Islands, Hedysarum purpureum, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. p. 57. Hedysarum siliquosum, Burm. zeyl. t. 53. f. 2. 

 Burm. ind. t. 55. f. 2. Flowers purple. This species should fol- 

 low D. siliquosum, D. C. p. 296. no. 126. of the present volume. 

 jPur^fe-flowered Desmodium. Shrub. 



76 HEDY'SARUM POLYMORPHUM (Led. fl. alt. 3. p. 338.) stem 

 ascending ; leaves with many pairs of elliptic or oblong leaflets, 

 which are rather silky beneath, or clothed with adpressed pili ; 

 spikes pedunculate, crowded ; keel a little shorter than the vex- 

 illum, but longer than the wings ; fruit erect, with the joints 

 wrinkled, and clothed with hoary pubescence. I/. . H. Native 

 of Altaia, in salt marshes at the river Tschuja, not far from the 

 mouth of the river Aigulak. Flowers rose-coloured. To follow 

 H. roseum, Steph. p. 301. no. 18. According to Ledebour, the 

 following are varieties of this plant. 



Var. a, pumilium (Led. fl. alt. 1. c.) prostrate ; leaflets 5-6 

 pairs. "2/.H. Native of Altaia. 



Var. ft, prostratum (Sievers, Led. 1. c.) prostrate ; leaflets 6-8 

 pairs. H. roseum, Steph. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 342. 



Var. /, adscendens (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 51.) ascending; 

 leaflets 7-9 pairs. T(.. H. H. rutidocarpum, D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 311. 



Var. S, suberectum (Led. fl. alt. 3. p. 339.) erectish ; leaflets 

 6-8 pairs. I/. H. H. Gmelini, Ledeb. H. Altaicum, Fisch. in 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 339. 



Var. t, elcitum (Led. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaflets 8-9 pairs. 



Polymorphous Hedysarum. Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate and 

 erect. 



77 HEDY'SARUM NEGLE'CTUM (Led. fl. ross. alt. t. 482. fl. alt. 

 3. p. 341.) plant caulescent, erect; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes elongated, axillary ; bracteas ex- 

 ceeding the pedicels ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, about equal in 

 length to the tube ; vexillum equal in length to the wings, but 

 shorter than the keel ; pods pendulous, pilose, with elliptic 

 joints. 7. H. Native of Altaia, on shady alps at the river 

 Koksun. H. lasiocarpum, Led. Flowers rose-coloured, but 

 there is also a variety with white flowers. 



Neglected Hedysarum. Fl. May, June. PI. i foot. 



78 ONOBRY'CHIS VAGINA'LIS (Meyer, verz. pfl. 145.) stipulas 

 large, concrete, opposite the leaves ; leaves with 6-9 pairs of 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse or acute leaflets, beset with soft pili 

 beneath as well as on the stem ; wings obtuse, unidentate at the 

 base, shorter than the calyx ; pods unknown. If. . H. Native 

 of Persia, on arid hills near Baku. This species comes near 

 to 0. Pallasii, Bieb. p. 306. no. 30. but is easily distinguished 

 from it by the concrete stipulas. 



Sheal/ted-stipuled Saintfoin. PI. 1 foot. 



79 ONOBRY'CHIS HETEROPHY'LLA (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 146.) 

 plant clothed with minute, adpressed, silky down ; stems procum- 

 bent or assurgent ; stipulas free, lanceolate ; radical leaves simple 

 and ternate, cauline ones with 2-3 pairs of ovate, or nearly or- 

 bicular, mucronulate leaflets ; wings acuminated, unidentate at 

 the base, longer than the calyx ; legumes very villous, with 

 prickly margins ; prickles setaceous, elongated. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Persia, in stony dry places on the mountains of Talusch 

 near Swant. Corolla yellowish, but sometimes finely streaked 

 with brown veins. To follow A. Pallasii, Bieb. p. 306. no. 30. 



Variable-leaved Saintfoin. PI. procumbent. 



Tribe IV. Vicie<e,p.311. 



80 VICIA COSTA' TA (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. 1. 1 08. fl. alt. 3. p. 346.) 



glabrous ; stem compressed, somewhat quadrangular ; leaves 

 with usually C pairs of rather alternate, petiolulate, reflexed, 

 ovate-oblong, mucronate, ribbed, rather glaucous, somewhat 

 coriaceous leaflets ; peduncles 3-8-flowered, about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; stipulas semi-sagittate or hastate ; teeth of calyx 

 nearly equal, lower one the longest, but one-half shorter than 

 the tube ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes pendulous, gla- 

 brous, nearly cylindrical, 2-4-seeded. 1. H. Native of Altaia, 

 on rocks at the river Katunja and Tschuja, and on the moun- 

 tains of Dolen-Kara. Flowers whitish ; the keel tipped with 

 purple. To follow V. sylv&tica, p. 316. no. 8. 



Ribbed-leaved Vetch. Fl. June, July. PI. 2 feet. 



81 VICIA LILA'CINA (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 366.) stem weak ; 

 leaflets 9-16, ovate-elliptic, alternate or opposite, mucronate, 

 clothed with adpressed pili beneath, the veins anastomosing ; sti- 

 pulas oblong, acuminated, ciliated, entire or semi-sagittate ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered, exceeding the leaves ; vexillum exceed- 

 ing the keel, but shorter than the wings ; style pilose ; legumes 

 oblong, compressed, glabrous, usually 3-seeded. If . H. Native 

 of Altaia, on mountains near Aleandrowsk, at the river Irtysch. 

 Flowers lilac, smaller than those of V. Crdcca. To follow V. 

 biennis, Lin. p. 319. no. 49. of the present volume. 



Z,zfoc-flowered Vetch. Fl. June, July. PI. cl. 



82 VICIA MEGALOTROPIS (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 368.) stems 

 and tendrils branched ; leaflets numerous, lanceolate-linear, alter- 

 nate or opposite, mucronate ; stipulas very narrow, ciliated, 

 linear, or semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves, or rather shorter ; flowers numerous, im- 

 bricate ; vexillum and wings about equal in length to the keel ; 

 style puberulous at the apex ; legumes horizontal, oblong, gla- 

 brous, 3-4-seeded, compressed. I/! . w . H. Native of Altaia, 

 on mountains at the river Uba, Ulba, Koksun, Tschanysch, &c. 

 Flowers with an emarginate purple vexillum, and with the wings 

 and keel white, tipped with bluish violet. To follow V. tenui- 



fblia, Lin. p. 317. no. 28. of the present volume. 

 Large-keeled Vetch. PI. cl. 



83 VICIA MULTICAU'LIS (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 50. fl. alt. 3. 

 p. 345.) stems and tendrils nearly simple ; leaves with 4-8 pairs 

 of alternate, or opposite, oblong-elliptic, mucronate leaflets; sti- 

 pulas sub-hastate ; peduncles exceeding the leaves, 4-8-flow- 

 ered ; vexillum equal in length to the keel and wings ; style 

 puberulous at the apex ; legumes horizontal, oblong, somewhat 

 reticulated, 6-8-seeded, rather compressed. I/ . H. Native of 

 Altaia, on mountains. V, alpina, Pall. itin. 2. p. 568. Flowers 

 almost the colour of the last species. 



Many-stemmed Vetch. Fl. May. PI. cl. 



84 E'RVCM AGRIGENTI'NUM (Gussone, in litt. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 367.) leaflets 8-10, elliptic, mucronate; tendrils trifid ; sti- 

 pulas semi -sagittate, deeply toothed ; peduncles 2-5-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments linear, equal, longer 

 than the tube ; legumes ovate, compressed, puberulous, reticu- 

 lately veined, 4-seeded. Q. H. Native of Sicily, about Agri- 

 gentum. Allied to E. tetrasjjermum, but differs in the legumes 

 being broader, puberulous, and in the stipulas being toothed. 



Agrigentum Lentil. PI. 1 foot. 



85 LA'THYRUS ALTA'ICUS (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 53r fl. alt. 

 3. p. 355.) stem weak, pubescent, tetragonal, but not winged ; 

 leaves with 3-5 pairs of oblong or ovate mucronate leaflets, 

 which are pilose beneath ; stipulas semi-sagittate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, a little toothed ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes cylindrical, villously pubescent. % . H. Native 

 of Altaia, on the lower mountains. Root creeping. Corolla 

 reddish-violet, changing to bluish. To follow L. palustris, Lin. 

 p. 334. no. 30. of the present volume. 



Altaian Lathyrus. Fl. May, June. PI. cl. 



86 O'ROBUS SUBVILLOSUS (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 483. fl. a't. 

 3 p 2 



