﻿Localities. —On dry elulky hills and open downs, in various parts of Eng- 

 land. — Oocfordsh. Bullinglon Green; Slokenchuich Hills; Henley: Dr. Sns- 

 thori>. Between Begbiook and Woodstock; Fields near Cheyney Lane; and 

 near Headington Wick Copse: W. B. — Berks; Near Childswell Farm; old 

 Stone Pits S. E. of South llitiksey : W. B. — Bedfordsh. Barton Hills, and Ford 

 End pastures: Rev. ('. Abbot. — Cambridgcsh. On Gogmagog Hills; New- 

 market Heath; and in Chalk-pit Close: Rev. R. Rkliian. — Devon. About 

 halfway between Teignmouth and Torquay: Dr. Wnmruxo . — Durham ; In 

 fields near Ryhope, and on Hartondown Hill; on the Magnesian Limestone; 

 and in a field at the Salt Meadows near Gateshead: Mr. J. Thornhill, jun. in 

 Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham. — Gloucestersh. On the higher grounds 

 of this county, both wild and cultivated: Dr. Withering. — Herts; About 

 Royston: Dr. Martyn. — Norfolk; About Burnham: Mr. Crowe. — Somer- 

 setsh. Near the locks on the canal at Combehay, near Bath : Rev. C. C. Bab- 

 inoton. Wick Cliffs near Bath : Mr. Svvayne. — Wanvicksh. About Grafton 

 and Bilsley: Mr. Porton. — Wilts ; On Salisbury Plain: Dr. Martyn. — 

 Near Great Bedwyn : W. Bartlett, Esq. — Yorksh. Near Malton. — WALKS. 

 Anglesey ; On a gorsey bank, in a paik between Penlraelh and Llanddyfnau: 

 Rev. H. Davies. 



Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 



Root somewhat woody, running deep into the ground. Stems 

 several, round, striated, 2 or 3 feet long, at first procumbent, but 

 more upright when in flower, smooth, leafy, not much branched. 

 Stipuhn in pairs, egg-spear-shaped, terminated by a long point, 

 membranous at the edges, and sometimes fringed with a few hairs. 

 Leaves pinnate. Leafstalks furrowed above, slightly hairy, leaf- 

 lets 8 or 10 pairs, with an odd one; those of the lower leaves 

 elliptical, of the upper spear-shaped, or strap-spear-shaped, all of 

 them pointed, entire, smooth above, often a little hairy beneath. 

 Flower-stalks axillary, slightly hairy, ascending, longer than the 

 leaves, and each bearing a dense tapering spike of handsome, 

 variegated, crimson flowers, with numerous narrow membranous 

 bracteas interspersed. Calyx about one-fourth the length of the 

 corolla, with spear-shaped, hairy segments, the two upper of which 

 are distant ; the lowermost the shortest. Standard of the Corolla 

 (fig. 3.) egg-shaped, slightly notched at the end, partly bent back, 

 flesh-coloured, and striated with 8 or 10 deeper coloured lines; 

 wings (fig. 4.) very small, not half the length of the calyx, sp°ar- 

 shaped, red and white; keel reddish, with deeper coloured lines. 

 Legume upright, semi-orbicular, hard, bordered with sharp flat 

 teeth, hairy at the sides, and strongly reticulated with prominent, 

 partly spinous, ribs and veins. 



Saint-foin has been long cultivated in France and other parts of the Conti- 

 nent, and as an agiicultural plant was introduced from the latter country in:o 

 England about the middle of the 17th century. It has since been a good deal 

 cultivated in the chalky district-, and its peculiar value is, that it may be grown 

 on soils unfit for being constantly under tillage, and which would yield little if 

 laid down in grass. This is owing to the long and descending roots which will 

 penetrate and thrive in the fissures of rocky or chalky substrata, which other 

 artificial grasses could not reach. The roots of tins plant have been known to 

 be Ironi 10 to 17, and even upwards of 20 feet long. Its herbage is said to be 

 equally suited for pasturage or for bay, and that eaten gteen it is not apt to swell 

 or hove cattle like the clovers or lucern. — Mr. A. Young says, that upon soils 

 proper for this plant, no farmer can sow too much of it ; and in The Code of 

 Agriculture it is pronounced to be “ one of the most valuable herbage plants 

 we owe to the bounty of Providence.” The soils best adapted to the growth of 

 this plant, are those which are dry, with a loose subsoil, namely, the several 

 sorts of chalks, hazel moulds, sands, and gravels, on any of which it succeeds 

 very well. The best time for sowing the seed is in February or March ; some 

 cultivators sow in April, and sometimes later; but the March sowing is by far 

 the most usual, and undoubtedly the best. See Baxter’s Lib. of Ayricul. and 

 Horlicul. Knowledge , and Don's Gen. Syst. of Ginn, and Dot. 



