LIST OF EGYPTIAN LEGUMINOS^. 57 



Trigonella fomum-gr(ECum, L. 



Trigonella fcenum-grescum is a plant which^ in former 

 days, was much esteemed. We only know it in England 

 as a condiment to mix with mouldy hay. 



Native name Helva. The scent very peculiar ; said to 

 be used as a condiment in Thorley's Food for Cattle. 



In cultivated ground. 



I doubt whether this be indigenous. In fact it is so 

 generally cultivated in the East that it would be difficult 

 to say where it is truly spontaneous. 



Mediterranean basin ; Abyssinia. 



T. hamosa, L. ; Lx. Exs. 43. 

 Egypt ; Tropical Nubia. 



T. laciniata, L. ; Lx. Exs. 45. 



The plant found about Alexandria, chiefly about Gabari, 

 is the var. /3. subsessilis, = T. arguta, Vis., = T. nilotica, 

 Presl. 



The typical T. laciniata is found near Cairo. 



T. maritima, Dclile ; et var. yS. dura. 



T. dura, Vis. 



Sardinia ; Sicily ; Tunis ; Lower Egypt ; Joppa. 



The luxuriant forms of the typical T. maritima, grown 

 near irrigated land, differ so widely from the var. /3. dura 

 that it is difficult to believe they are the same species ; but 

 there seems little doubt of this being the case. 



