DI APE LI* HI A* 
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N° of . 
(Jenera* Growth. Species. Native of 
3d* Legumen somewhat two-celled, (not of the former). 
41 Amerimnon h „ 1 
42 * Astragalus^ s & h 47 Alps, Syr.Canada,&c. Brit. 3 
43 Biserruia h 1 Sicily 
44 Phaca h 10 Alps, Siberia 
4th. Legumen mostly one-seeded, (not of the former). 
Species in 
Britain* 
45 Acouroa 
h 1 
46 Deguelia 
h 1 
47 Glyeyrrhiza 
h 4 
Apulia, Spain 
48 Parivoa 
h 1 
49 Psoralia 
s 23 
Africa, America 
50 Trifolium 
h 46 
Italy, &c. 
Brit. 17 
5th. 
Legumen > 
rather jointed. 
51 JEschynomene, 
s 8 
America, India 
52 ,Coronilla 
s & h 11 
Crete, America 
53 Hedysarumf 
s & h 67 
Amer. Persia, E. Ind. Brit. I 
54 Hippocrepis 
h 4 
Italy' 
Brit, l 
55 MedicagoJ 
s & h 10 
America 
Brit. 4 
?, Gum tragacanlh is from a species of astragalus, called astragalus tragacaniha • 
But in M. Bilardier’s memoirs on the tree which furnisheth the gum tragacanth, 
he says that the astragalus tragacantha of Linnaeus, which is found at Marseilles, 
affords no gum : but that the true gum tragacanth occurs as an exudation from 
many species of astragalus ; though that found on Mount Lebanus, from whence 
it is chiefly collected, hath not hitherto been described by botanists. 
f The hedysarum gyrans 9 a shrub mentioned in the Sup,. Plan . of the younger 
Linnaeus, is very remarkable for its self-moving power ; it is a native of the E. in¬ 
dies, grows to the hight of about four feet, and in Autumn produces yellow flowers. 
Its leaves are three’d, those on the sides are smaller than those at the extremity, 
and in the day, they are cohtinually moving either upward or downwards, or in 
the segment of a circle; the last motion is performed by the twisting of the foot¬ 
stalk, and whilst one leaf is rising, the opposite is generally descending. A self- 
moving power at certain times is also discovered in the stamina of many plants. 
See note to collinsonia • 
+ The medicaga polymorpha hath many varieties, which consist in the shape of 
the pods; as some resemble snails; others, caterpillars; others, hedge-hogs, &c. 
Medicago arborea is the upright moon trefoil , and is supposed by some to be the 
cytisus of Virgil, Medijcagofalcata is th$ prostrate moon trefoil . 
