OP ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS. I49 
1.— HEDYSARDM CORONARIUM, Lin. THB COMMON FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE, 
OR GARLAND FLOWER. 
SvNONYME.— H. clypeatum, Ger. | beneath, and on the margins. Spikes or racemes of flowers, ovate. 
Specific CniiucTEii. — Stems diffuse. Leaves with three or five crowded; wings of flower twice the length of the calyx. Legumes 
pairs of elliptic or roundish leaflets, which are clothed with pubescence | glabrous, with 2 — 5 orbicular prickly joints. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species, though it is merely an ornamental plant in our gardens, in Italy is used for 
forage. In Calabria, its native country, it grows four feet high, and affords excellent nourishment to horses and 
cattle both green and made into hay, and it is used for the same purposes in Spain. In England it makes a 
handsome border flower, and it has been in cultivation since 1596. 
2.— HEDYSARUM ROSEUM, Steph. ROSE-COLOURED FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. 
oblong or ovate, pedunculate ; vexillum emarginate, shorter than the 
carina ; wings length of the calyx ; legumes articulated, pubescent, 
reticulately veined. (G. Don.) 
Engraving. — Our^^. 2 in Plarte 35. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect; leaves with 6 — 8 pairs of oblongs 
lanceolate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed villi on both 
surfaces ; when young they are canescent beneath. Spikes of flowers 
Description, &c. — This species is a native of Siberia, whence it was introduced in 1803. It is quite hardy 
in British Gardens. 
beneath. Spikes of flowers ovate. Vexillum emarginate, longer than 
the wings, but shorter than the keel ; joints of legume reticulately 
veined, homy, f G* Don. J 
3.— HEDYSARUM TAURICUM, Pall. THE TAURIAN FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE, 
Synonymes.— H. roseum, Sims ; H. fruticonim, Hobl. 
Engraving Bot. Mag. t.996. 
Specikic Character. — Stem erect ; leaves with four or six pairs of 
lanceolate-linear leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed pubescence 
Description, &c. — This species closely resembles the last, and is frequently sold for it, but the flowers are 
of a much more brilliant colour. The standard is of a bright rose-colour, and the keel the richest and purest 
carmine, while the leaves are quite glaucous. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, and was introduced in 1804. 
It is quite hardy, but will not live many years, and if the seeds are sown in March or April it will flower the 
same year, that is, about July. It grows best in calcareous soil, and the flowers are of a deeper colour in soils 
of that nature than in any others. It grows from six inches to a foot high. 
OTHER SPECIES OF HEDYSARUM. 
H. HUMILE. Lin. 
A dwarf biennial species, with purplish pink flowers, which grows wild on sandy hills in the south of France. 
Introduced in 1640. 
H. CARNOSUM, Desf. 
The stems of this species are decumbent, and the leaves thick and fleshy. The flowers are rose-coloured, and 
in spreading racemes. The species is a native of Barbary, whence it was introduced in 1820. This is a most 
desirable species, but it is seldom to be met with. 
H. VARIUM, Willd. 
This species is a native of Armenia, and has yellowish flowers. It was introduced in 1820. 
H. LASIOCARPUM, Lede. 
The flowers are dark purple, and the pods quite woolly : a native of Siberia on the Altaian Mountains. 
