HEDYS'ARUM CAUCAS'ICUM. 
CAUCASIAN HEDYSARUM. 
Class. 
BIADELPHIA. 
Order. 
DECANDBIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEO U MINOS A. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Caucasus. | 
2 feet. 
June & July. 
Perennial. 
in 1820. 
No. 835. 
The two Greek words, edus, aroma, signifying 
sweet, perfume, have here been compounded for a 
generic name ; which, doubtless, by the ancients 
with whom it originated, was applied to an odorife- 
rous plant , the common Fenugreek is supposed to 
be that plant, and from which the Hindoos are said 
to extract an oil which they use in their ointments. 
We have already published three species of He- 
dysarum, all of them ornamental for the borders, 
requiring very little care at the hand of the cultiva- 
tor. Although in its native alpine regions, the 
Hedysarum Caucasicum seldom grows above a foot 
or eighteen inches high, still, under culture in our 
gardens, and in rich soil, it will grow to nearly 
double that height ; and is one amongst the most 
attractive of the genus ; its racemes of flowers, thus 
lengthened by luxuriance, and elevated on long pe- 
duncles, become thereby more conspicuous than 
either of those previously noticed. 
It may be divided for increase; or, as it ripens 
seeds, these may be sown, and if the seedlings re- 
main undisturbed, their roots will penetrate deeply, 
and the plants be finer than if otherwise propagated. 
Don’s Syst. Bot, 2, 302. 
