LXXII. 



TRIGONELLA FCENUM-GR.^CUM. 



Common Fenugreek. 



Class XVII. DiADELPHiA.— Orc?er IV. Decandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Leguminos^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, five-cleft. Carina very 

 small, together with the alae and vexillum, resembling 

 a tripetalous corolla. Legiimen oblong, compressed, or 

 cylindiical, nearly erect, many-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Legumen sessile, nearly erect, falcate, lon- 

 gitudinally reticulated, many-seeded. Seeds large, 

 ovate, wrinkled, and dotted. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek . . • • (iouxs^a;, Theophrastus, Hippocrates ; tsXjj, Discorides. 



( Foeaum graecum sativum. Bauh. Pin. 348. Park. Theatr, 109G. 



I Foenum graecum. Ger. Em. WQG. Dod.526. Tragus, 597- 

 Latin -^ Fuchs, 758, c. 308. 



j Trigonella Fcenum-graecum. Lin. Sp. PI. 1095. Roth. 



L Germ. ii. 219. Gcertn. Fruc. t. 152. 

 French .... Feimgrec. 

 Italian.... Fiengreco ; Fienogreco. 

 Spanish . . . Fenogreco ; Alholva. 

 Portuguese . Fenogrego. 



German . . . Bockshoru ; Kuhkornklee ; Fcenugraec. 

 Dutch .... Hoornklaver ; Fenigrick. 

 Danish . . , Foenugraeck ; Groeskhiie ; Bukkeliorn. 

 Swedish .... Fenugrek. 

 Polish Fengrek. 



Description. — The root is annual, long, tapering, whitish, 

 and fibrous. The stem is erect, round, fistulous, nearly simple, 

 slightly hairy, and rises about two feet in height. The leaves 



