292 DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Hedysarum. 



other petals paler. Legumes above an inch long, curved down- 

 ward, bright bay-coloured, rough with minute prominent points ; 

 their joints crescent-shaped, nearly cylindrical, obscurely two- 

 edged, but without any of the marginal dilatation remarkable in 

 other species. 



304. HEDYSARUM. Saint-foin. 



Linn. Gen. '682. Juss. 362. Fl.Br.778. Tourn.t. 225. Lam. 



t.628. Gtertn.t. 155. 

 Onobrychis. Tourn.t. 211. 



Cal. tubular, permanent, divided half way down into 5 awl- 

 shaped, straight segments. Car. of 5 petals ; standard 

 ovate-oblong, keeled at the back, slightly cloven, reflexed 

 at the sides ; wings oblong, straight, narrower than the 

 other petals ; keel of 2 united petals with separate claws, 

 compressed almost flat, very abrupt and straight, almost 

 rectangular, in front. Filam. 10; 9 in one flattish tube, 

 open above ; the tenth awl-shaped, distinct, usually 

 shorter; all capillary, and bent upwards, at the extremity. 

 Anth. roundish. Germ, ovate, or oblong, compressed. 

 Style awl-shaped, curved upwards. Stigma simple, acute, 

 naked. Legume of one or more roundish, compressed, 

 bivalve but close joints, each containing a solitary, kid- 

 ney-shaped seed. 



A very numerous, hei'baceous or shrubby genus, with pin- 

 nate, ternate, or simple leaves-, copious, handsome, clus- 

 tered, crimson or purplish^Oci:w.S; ?iX\A seed-vessels so va- 

 rious, that an over-curious fabricator of genera might 

 here find ample employment, though not to any good 

 purpose. Stylosanthes of Swartz, and Hallia of Thun- 

 berg, liave indeetl been well removed from the original 

 Hedysarum. 



1. Yi. Onobrychis. Common Saint-foin. Cock's-head. 



Leaves pinnate, nearly smooth. Legume single-seeded, 

 toothed at the maigin and ribs. Wings of the corolla 

 not longer than the calyx. Stem elongated. 



H. Onobrychis. Linn. Sp. PI. 1059. Willd.v. 3.\2\5. Fl.Br.778. 



Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 96. Mart. Rust. t. 47. Jacq. Austr. t. 352. 

 Onobrychis. Riv. Tetrap. Irr. t.2. Dod. Pempt.548.f. 

 O. n. 396. Hall. Hist. v. ]. 172. 



O. seu Caput gallinaceum. Rail Syn.327. Ger. Em. 1243./. 

 O. major, siliculis echinatis cristatis in spica digestis. Moris, v. 2. 



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