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the morning, and sleeps at four in the afternoon. Native of 

 both Indies and China. There is a variety of this species 

 found in Ceylon and China. 



54. Hedysarum Barbatum ; Bearded Hedysarum. Ra- 

 cemes oblong, somewhat branched ; legumes bent in ; calices 

 hairy; stem procumbent, from three to five inches in length, 

 branched, round, somewhat shrubby at the base, even ; 

 branches procumbent, almost simple, short, round, pubescent; 

 flowers terminating in a sort of spike, comose ; peduncles 

 long, two, approximating, filiform ; the flowers nodding, pale 

 blue. Native of Jamaica, in the dry sandy parts. 



55. Hedysarum Lagopodioides. Racemes oblong; legumes 

 bent in; calices hirsute; stem undershrubby, upright, two 

 feet high, round, hispid, with diffused branches; flowers 

 dark purple, in oblong, dense, very hirsute, terminating 

 spikes; seeds flattish, brown, even, small. Native of China 

 and New Caledonia. 



56. Hedysarum Microphyllum. Leaves ovate, villose; 

 stem frutescent, upright, smooth; flowers terminating, pani- 

 cled ; petioles capillary, purple, smooth ; flowers on capillary 

 pedicels, alternate or subdichotomous, flexuose, purple, his- 

 pid ; corolla purple. It flowers in August and September, 

 and is a native of Japan. 



57. Hedysarum Racemosum. Leaves oblong, stipuled, 

 smooth; stem frutescent, upright; racemes axillary, upright, 

 very long; legumes smooth. Racemes a hand or more in 

 length, from upright spreading, capillary, smooth, often 

 several ; pedicels solitary or in pairs, one-flowered, very 

 short, capillary. Native of Japan. 



58. Hedysarum Caudatum. Leaves oblong, smooth ; stem 

 herbaceous ; panicle terminating; calix hirsute; corolla pur- 

 ple ; legume almost linear, with ferruginous down on it. 

 Native of Japan. 



59. Hedysarum Tomentosum. Leaves tomentose under- 

 neath ; stem angular, tomentose ; racemes axillary. The 

 whole plant, except the surface of the leaves, is tomentose; 

 stipules two, at the base of the petiole, broad at the base, 

 bristle-shaped. Native of Japan. 



60. Hedysarum Sericeum. Leaves emargmate, villose; 

 stem frutescent, upright; flowers axillary, solitary, on very 

 short peduncles ; stipules bristle-shaped ; calices silky, 

 tomentose. It flowers in. September and October. Native 

 of Japan. 



61. Hedysarum Virgatum. Leaves obtuse, with a point; 

 stem angular, hairy ; peduncles capillary, three-flowered : 

 it is herbaceous, with hairy angles, upright, purplish ; 

 branches alternate, filiform, angular, hairy, from erect 

 spreading, wand-like; flowers axillary; peduncles hairy, 

 three-flowered at the tip, from spreading reflex, an inch 

 long. Native of Japan. 



62. Hedysarum Pilosum. Leaves ovate, acuminate; stem 

 decumbent, rough with hairs; racemes axillary; each raceme 

 has about four flowers; peduncle capillary, scarcely the 

 length of the petiole ; corolla purple. It flowers in Septem- 

 ber. Native of Japan. 



63. Hedysarum Striatum. Leaves oblong, stipuled ; stem 

 herbaceous; flowers axillary, solitary ; stipules at the base 

 of the petiole, ovate, membranaceous, ferruginous, pressed 

 close; flowers single, on very short peduncles from the axils 

 of the leaves; calix hairy; corolla purplish. Native of 

 Japan. 



64. Hedysarum Volubile; Twining Hedysarum. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong; stem twining; root perennial; spikes of flowers 

 axillary, on very long, slender, smooth, peduncles; flowers 

 distant, two or three together, generally opposite; banner 

 broadish, first concave, then flat, and bent back, with a green- 



ish spot at the base; wings of a middling length, applied to 

 the keel, which is compressed and cuspidate ; the whole of 

 a very lively purple, except in the hidden parts of the banner, 

 which changes to an obscure dun colour. Native of North 

 America. 



65. Hedysarum Triangulare. Leaves ovate, acute, marked 

 with lines ; all the nerves underneath, with the midrib above, 

 are very tomentose ; umbels axillary ; branches three-sided, 

 flexuose ; Bowers small, sessile, in a peduncled axillary um- 

 bel ; angles of the branches tomentose. Thunberg gathered 

 it in Java. 



**** With pinnate Leaves. 



66. Hedysarum Argentatum ; Silvery Hedysarum. Leaf- 

 lets silky underneath, and shining; legumes jointed ; stem 

 leafless ; scapes the length of the leaves, or higher, somewhat 

 tomentose, white; spike terminating; calicine leaves near 

 the length of the corolla, which is violet-coloured or white, 

 with the wings shorter than the banner; the legume consists 

 of two or three lanuginous joints, enveloped in the dry 

 flower. Perennial, and a native of Siberia. 



67. Hedysarum Alpinum ; Alpine Hedysarum. Legumes 

 joined, smooth, pendulous ; stem upright, somewhat shrubby, 

 round, simple, branched ; flowers yellow, in small upright 

 racemes. Native of Siberia -and Cochin-china. 



68. Hedysarum Obscmum; Creeping-rooted Hedysarum. 

 Stipules sheathing; stem upright, flexuose; flowers pendu- 

 lous; root perennial, creeping; root-leaves on the flowering 

 plant none ; stem-leaves few, alternate ; leaflets three to 

 eight on each side, with an odd one, ovate, oblong; flowers 

 eight lines in length, imbricate, pendulous, on short peduncles, 

 varying in number, having no scent; corolla violet-purple or 

 red, seldom white; banner spotted with white above the 

 claw; that and the wings nearly of the same length ; the keel 

 shorter; germen commonly red. It flowers on the higher 

 Alps, of which it is a native, in July. 



69. Hedysarum Coronarium ; Common Hedysarum, or 

 French Honeysuckle. Legumes jointed ; prickly, naked, 

 straight; stem diffused; root biennial. From the angles 

 which the leaves form with the stem and branches, peduncles 

 come out five or six inches in length, sustaining spikes of 

 beautiful red flowers, which open in June and July, and per- 

 fect seeds in September, after which the roots commonly 

 decay ; but if the plants be cut down before they seed, they 

 will last longer. It is a native of Spain and Italy. Ray ob- 

 served it in Sicily. In Calabria it grows wild in great luxu- 

 riance, near four feet high, affording excellent nourishment 

 to horses and mules, both green and made into hay; but it 

 does not endure the spring well in the north of Italy: and on 

 that account we may reasonably infer that it could not be 

 profitably cultivated in England. Osbeck mentions, that he 

 saw it brought into Cadiz in great bundles, as food for the 

 cattle. In German, French, Italian, and Spanish, it has the 

 name of Sulla ; the Germans also call it Kronenklee, Schild- 

 klee, and Spanische Klee. The French also use the names of 

 Sainfoin d'Espagne, and Sainfoin a bouquets ; and the Dutch 

 call ilSierlyk haanekop. In England it was formerly called 

 Red Satin-Flower, or Red-flowered Fitchling, as well as Red 

 or French Honeysuckle, the name it still retains. It may be 

 propagated by sowing the seeds in April, in a bed of light 

 fresh earth ; and when the plants come up, they should be 

 transplanted into other beds of the like earth, and in an open 

 situation, at about six or eight inches' distance from each 

 other, leaving a path between every four rows, to go between 

 them to hoe and clear them from weeds. In these beds they 

 may remain till Michaelmas, and may be then transplanted in- 

 to the large borders of a parterre or pleasure-garden, allowing 



