TRIGONEL'LA RUTHEN'ICA. 
RUSSIAN FENUGREEK. 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOS^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Russia. 
18 inches. 
July. 
Perennial. 
in 1741. 
No. 610. 
The name Trigonia is deduced from the Greek 
TREis, three; and gonia an angle. Trigonella is 
its diminutive. 
This is a pretty trailer, which flowers abundant- 
ly, and is suitable for mingling with low plants and 
embellishing the front of borders. Its flowers are 
small, but their abundance and continuance com- 
pensate for any deficiency that may arise on this 
account. Humble plants, to carpet the parterre, are 
just as requisite as menials to perform the like office 
in the mansion. Society, on the broad scale, must 
be imperfect if deprived either of the lofty or the 
humble. 
To this genus belongs the Fenugreek of the shops 
— the Trigonella foenumgraecum ; seeds of which 
are imported from the southern parts of France and 
Germany, and sometimes used in cataplasms and 
fomentations, for maturing or discussing tumours. 
They are also frequently used as an ingredient in 
horse powders, but their virtues are little thought 
of by those who administer them. 
The Trigonella Ruthenica is a perfectly hardy 
plant, and will grow in any common garden mould. 
Don’s. Syst. Bot. 2, 176. 
