TIIIGONELLA. 



1. T. ruthenka. Small, or Ruffian, Fenugreek. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1093. Willd. n. 1. Ait. n. i ; excluding the fy- 

 Monym of Gmelin, which Linnsus fubfequently- difcovered 

 to belong to Medicago faleata. (Lotus n. 156 ; Amm. 

 Ruth. 119, and Melilotus n. 159 ; ibid. 120.) — Legumes 

 ftalfced, crowded, drooping, linear-lanceolate, ftraight. 

 Leaflets lanceolate-obovate, abrupt, with three terminal 

 teeth. — Common throughout Siberia. A hardy perennial, 

 flowering in June and July, fent by the Siberian botanift 

 Amman, to Miller, before the year 1741. Hejb nearly 

 fmooth. Stems numerous, fpreading or decumbent, much 

 branched, round, leafy. Leaves alternate, ftalked, of three 

 narrow, delicate leafets, tapering and entire towards the bafe, 

 toothed about the extremity ; the odd one largeft, an inch 

 long, on an elongated partial ftalk. Stipulas fmall, awl- 

 fhaped. Floiuers yellow within, purplifti externally, in 

 fhort, axillary, capitate clufters. Standard broad, almoft 

 orbicular. Calyx hairy, bell-ftiaped, with five lanceolate, 

 rather unequal, teeth. Legume half an inch long, com- 

 preffed, with four or five kidney-(haped/ff</j. We know 

 of no figure of this fpecies. 



2. T. platycarpos. Round-leaved Fenugreek. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1093. Willd. n. 2. Ait. n. 2. (T. n. 34 ; 

 Gmel. Sib. v. 4. 25. t. 9. Melilotus n. 158 ; Amm. Ruth, 

 119. "Comm. Petrop. v. 8. 209. t. 12. Comm. Goett. 

 V. I. 213. t. 13.") — Legumes ftalked, crowded, pendulous, 

 half-oval, compreffed. Stem diffufe. Leaflets roundifli- 



obovate, (liarply fcrrated Native of Siberia. Sent to 



England by Dr. Amman, with the foregoing. A hardy 

 biennial, flowering from June to September. Stem angular. 

 Leaflets often an inch long, and nearly as broad, fmooth. 

 Stipulas half arrow-fhaped, toothed. Floiuers like the laft, 

 but larger, fweet-fcented, yellow ftreaked with brown. 

 Calyx hairy. Legume above an inch long, fomewhat veiny, 

 many-feeded. 



3. T. hybrida. Mule Fenugreek. Pourret in Aft. 

 Tolof. V. 3. 331 Legumes ftalked, rather crowded, pen- 

 dulous, half-oval, compreffed, reticulated with prominent 

 veins. Stem diffufe. Leaflets roundifti-obovate, nearly 

 entire. — Native of the fouth of France. A fpecimen from 

 the author cited ftiews this to be nearly related to the laft ; 

 but the legume, though full-grown, is but one-third of an 

 inch long, moft elegantly marked with elevated reticula- 

 tions. The haves too are fmaller, and fcarcely toothed or 

 wavy. 



4. T. friata. Striated, or Abyffmian, Fenugreek. 

 Linn. Suppl. 340. Willd. n. 3 — Legumes umbellate, 

 linear, compreffed, incurved, reticulated ; their common 

 ftalk longer than the leaves. Leaflets wedge-fliaped, 



toothed Native of Abyffmia, according to the herbarium 



of I^innseus, who cultivated the plant at Upfal. Root an- 

 nuaL Stems fquare, diffufe. Leajlets half an inch long, 

 ribbed, fliarply toothed, as well as the Jl'ipulas, Floiuers 

 light yellow, about fix in each long-ftalked head, or umbeL 

 Legumes an inch long, narrow, flightly hairy, with fix or 

 kven feeds. 



5. T.poiyeerata. Many-horned, or Spanifli, Fenugreek. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 1093. Willd. n.4. Ait. n. 3. (Fcenum 

 gracum fylveitre ; Ger. Em. 1196. Lob. Ic. v. 2. 45.) 

 — LeguYnes nearly feffile, crowded, ereft, nearly ftraight, 

 longer than the leaves ; the common ftalk pointlefs. — Native 

 of Spain, Italy, and the fouth of France. Cultivated here 

 in the middle of the feventeenth century. Annual. Stem 

 branched from the bottom, diffufe, twelve or eighteen inches 

 long. Lea/lets obovate, toothed. Flowers yellow, three op 

 four together in little, axillary, almoft fefljle, heads. Calyx 

 hairy, as well as the young leaves. Legumes three or four, 



an inch and half long, narrow, clothed with clofe hairs, and 

 beautifully reticulated. 



6. T. hamofa. Hooked Egyptian Fenugreek. Linn. 

 &p. PI. 1094. Willd. n. 5. Ait. n.4. Sm. Fl. Graec. 

 Sibth. t. 764, unpubl. (Meklotus aegyplius, Alchime- 

 lech vocatus ;. Alpin. jEgypt. 122. t. 124. Baiih. Hift. 

 V. 2. 357.) — Legumes racemofe, ftalked, decli;iing, re- 

 curved, nearly cylindrical, even, hairy } their common ftalk 

 fpinous, longer than the leaf. — Native of Egypt, from 

 whence the Linnxan fpecimen was brought by Haffelquift. 

 Dr. Sibthorp met with it in Cyprus. A fmall, diffufe, an- 

 nual, hairy herb, whofe leajlets are wedge-ftiaped, ftrongly 

 toothed, on a long common Jlalk. Flowers deep yellow, 

 fragrant, in ftalked chdfiers, half an inch long. Legumes an 

 inch long, curved into a femicircle, quite deftitute of reti- 

 culations, both futures peculiarly dilated, pale and even ; 

 the fides green and very hairy. The feeds are faid to be 

 ufed by the Egyptians, in fomentations, for all kinds of 

 pains. 



7. T. torta. Twifted Egyptian Fenugreek Legumes 



umbellate, cylindrical, twifted, reticulated ; their common 

 ftalk much ftiorter than the leaves. Leaflets inverfely 

 heart -fliaped, toothed, obfcurely ribbed — Native of Egypt, 

 from whence Dr. Dehfle favoured us with wild fpecimens, 

 under the name of hamofa, but they do not agree with the 

 Linnaean fpecimen, nor with the fpecific charafter, any 

 more than with the figure in alpinus, as far as any thing can 

 be determined therefrom. The plant of Dr. Delifle is as 

 fmooth as poffible in every part, lujlems round, branched, 

 firm, hardly a fpan high. Leaves on long footjlalks, rather 

 flefliy ; leafets all of equal fize and (hape, one-third of an 

 inch long ; the odd one on a ftalk nearly its own length. 

 Flowers yellow, drooping, five or fix in each axillary umbel, 

 whofe ftalk is not half the length of the adjoining commoa 



footjlalk, and, after flowering, becomes very ftout, round, 

 and firm. Legumes drooping, rather more than half an inch 

 long, rigid, pale, flightly twifted fpirally, quite deftitute of 

 hairinefs, but marked with peculiar oblong reticulations of 

 elevated veins. 



8. T.fexuofa. Zigzag Egyptian Fenugreek. Delifle 



^gypt. MSS Legumes in nearly feffile umbels, com- 



prtffed, reticulated, zigzag. Leaflets inverfely heart- 

 fhaped, toothed, obfcurely ribbed — Native of Egypt. A 

 figure of this plant was deftined, under tlie above name, for 

 the great work on Egypt, but we have not heard that it has 

 proceeded fo far. This fpecies very clofely accords with 

 the laft in habit, and precifely in foliage, but the umbels are 

 nearly [eK\h , Jlowers fmaller, calyx-teeth longer and more 

 pointed. The legumes are effentially different, not only in 

 their compreffed figure, but in being ftrongly folded, or 

 plaited, as it were, into a zigzag pofition. If expanded, 

 they might poffibly equal the length of the laft. Both ap- 

 pear to be annual, and perhaps grow proftrate. 



9. T. hirfuta. Hairy Cape Fenugreek. Thunb. Prodr. 

 137. Willd. n. 6. — " Legumes racemofe, reflexcd. 

 Leaflets oblong, obtufe, villous." — Gathered by Thunberg, 

 at the Cape of Good Hcpe. 



10. T. villofa. Villous Cape Fenugreek. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 137. Willd. n. 7. — " Legumes racemofe, villous. 

 Leaflets obovate, fmooth." — From the feme country. 



11. T. armata. Thorny-branched Cape Fenugreek. 

 Thunb. Prodr. 137. Willd. n. 8. — " Legumes lateral, 

 hairy. Leaflets ovate, fmooth. Branches becoming 

 fpinous." — Native alfo of the Cape. — We have no farther 

 information concerning the three laft fpecies. 



12. T. fpinofa. Thorny -ftalked Fenugreek. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1094. Willd. n. 9. Ait. n. j. (Foenum gra- 



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