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and .white, or fometimes white only, on long upright ax¬ 
illary peduncles, difpofed in a fmall fpike ; legumes 
(hort, acuminate, fmooth, compreffed, containing one 
very fmall ovate feed. Diilenius thus defcribes the 
Ceylonefe plant, which is probably different from the 
Virginian. Annual. Stems many, (lender, from, a long 
fpan to a foot and a foot and half in length, round, red, 
hairy. Leaves at firft (ingle, afterwards moftly ternate, 
rou'ndifh, like thofe of ftfawberry-trefoil, fometimes ob- 
cordate, fometimes not; thickiih,-frequent; fmooth above, 
fomewhat hoary underneath, on Render hairy petioles ; 
at their bafe a pair of broadifh ftipules, and another pair 
at the bafe of the leaves, which are (lender. The flowers 
come out towards the end of the (talks, fometimes (in¬ 
gle, fometimes two,-three, or four, together, on extreme¬ 
ly (lender pedicels; they are fmall and purplifh ; the 
calyx is divided into five narrow hairy fegments. Le¬ 
gumes fliort, brown, with (lender tranfverfe wrinkles, ra¬ 
ther fmooth however than rough, with fome fine hairs 
ab@ut tlie edge. Seeds fmooth, greenilh afli-colour with 
black dots. Native both.of,the Eaft and Weft Indies. 
Diilenius fays, that it grew in the Eltham garden from 
Ceylon feeds, fent by Commelin. Miller received the 
feeds by Dr. Houftoun from the Havannah. They cul¬ 
tivated it therefore about the fame time. It flowers in 
July, and fometimes perfects feeds in Auguft or Sep¬ 
tember. 
52. Hedyfarum hamatum, or hook-podded hedyfarum : 
leaves nerved, naked ; fpikes feflile ; legumes two-feed- 
ed, covered, having a hooked point. Root long, deep. 
Sterns, many, round, hairy, from feven or eight inches 
to a foot in length, creeping, branched. Leaflets fmall, 
fmooth, (hining, ciliate, having many beautiful white 
nerves on the under furface. The flowers come out to¬ 
wards the top ; they are of an orange colour, with a lit¬ 
tle purple in the middle. Legume (mail, rough, feldom 
exceeding two lines in length, never containing above 
one feed, which is reddifti. Native of Jamaica, Hifpa- 
niola, and Ceylon. Swartz makes this fpecies to be of 
a genus totally diftin£T, and even very different from all 
the others of this clafs ; becaufe it has a corolliferous 
calyx, and an inferior germ, in the fame manner*almoft 
as Oenctkera. 
53. Hedyfarum triflorum: leaves obcordate, ftems 
procumbent, peduncles one-flowered,feldom three toge¬ 
ther. Steimannual, round, fliort, in tufts. Leaves ob¬ 
cordate, fmooth, fmall, petioled ; flowers white, on one- 
flowered, heaped, axillary,peduncles; legumes bowed, 
containing feveral feeds. Native of both Indies and 
China. The Eaftern cannot be diftinguiflied from the 
Weft-Indian plant; and yet the deferiptions do not per- 
fedtly agree. 
54. Hedyfarum barbatum, or bearded hedyfarum : 
racemes oblong fomewhat branched, legumes bent in, 
calyxes hairy. Stem procumbent, from three to five 
inches in length, branched, round, fomewhat (hrubby 
at the bafe, even; branches procumbent, almoft Ample, 
fliort, round, pubefeent. Native of Jamaica, in the dry 
fandy parts. 
55. Hedyfarum lagopodioides: racemes oblong, le¬ 
gumes bent in, calyxes hirfute. Stem underfhrubby, 
upright, two feet high, round, hifpid ; with diffufed 
branches. Leaves ternate, fometimes quinate. Seeds 
flatted, brown, e.ven, fmall. Native of China, and New 
Caledonia. 
56. Hedyfarum microphyllum: leaves ovate, villofe ; 
ftem frutefcent, upright, fmooth ; flowers terminating, 
panicled. Stein filiform, purple ; branches alternate, 
frequent, upright, like the ftem, fubdivided ; twigs ca- 
iilary, fliort, reflex, almoft covered, as well as the 
ranches, with ftipules. It differs from H. ftipulaceum 
in its frutefcent, upright ftem ; in its ovate, acute, vil¬ 
lofe, le'aves ; in having the flowers growing in a kind of 
raceme j from H. marilandicum, in its fcabrous legumes ; 
from H, frutefeens, in its fmooth ftem; and from H, re- 
A R U M. 
pens in having the racemes terminating. It flowers in 
Auguft and September. Native of Japan. 
57. Hedyfarum racemofum : leaves oblong, ftipuled, 
fmooth; ftem frutefcent, upright; racemes axillary, 
upright, very long ; legumes fmooth. 58. Hedyfarum 
caudatum : leaves oblong, fmooth ; ftem herbaceous ; 
panicle terminating ; legumes tomentofe. 59. Hedy- 
farum lomentofum; leaves tomentofe underneath ; ftem 
angular, tomentofe; racemes axillary. 60. Hedyfarum 
fericeum: leaves emarginate, villofe; ftem frutefcent, 
upright; flowers axillary,folitary. 61. Hedyfarum vir- 
gatum ; leaves obtufe, with a point; ftem angular, 
hairy ; peduncles capillary, three-flowered. 62. Hedyf¬ 
arum pilofum : leaves ovate, acuminate; ftem decum¬ 
bent, rough with hairs ; racemesaxillary. 63. Hedyf¬ 
arum ftriatum : leaves oblong, ftipuled; ftem herbace¬ 
ous ; flowersaxillary, folitary. All thefe are natives of 
Japan. 
64. Hedyfarum volubile, or twining hedyfarum: leaves 
ovate-oblong; ftem twining. Root perennial. Stems 
ramping, fix feet high and more, (lender, not thicker at 
bottom than at top, round, finely haired, twining from 
left to right, having joints diftant from each other a hand 
or a fpan; at every one of thefe is a trifoliate leaf, on 
long, (lender, fmooth, petioles; leaflets blunt, veined, 
deep green and (hilling on the, upper furface, paler and 
fomewhat glaucous on the under, with a down fcarcely 
vifible except in the young leaves. Native of North 
America. 
65. Hedyfarum triangulare: leaves ovate, acute, mark¬ 
ed with lines; umbels axillary; branches three-fided, 
flexuofe. This refembles H. lineatum in many refpedts, 
but tiie leaves are more acute, filky-tomentofe all over 
the back and on the edge of the upper furface, they are 
alfo darker. Thunberg gathered it in Java. 
IV. With pinnate leaves. 66. Hedyfarum argenta- 
tum, or filvery hedyfarum: leaflets .filky underneath 
and fliining ; legumes jointed; ftemleaflefs. Native of 
Siberia. Perennial. 
1 67. Hedyfarum alpinum, or alpine hedyfarum: le¬ 
gumes jointed, fmooth, pendulous; ftem upright. Stem 
fomewhat (hrubby, four feet high, round, Ample, branch¬ 
ed. Flowers yellow, in fmall upright racemes. Seeds 
many, oblong, kidney-fliaped, ferruginous. Native of 
Siberia and Cochin-china. 
68. Hedyfarum obfenrum, or creeping-rooted hedyf¬ 
arum : ftipules (heathing ; ftem upright, flexuofe; 
flowers pendulous. This plant commonly attains only 
the height of from two to fix inches or a little more, 
feldom being found a foot high ; hence differing mate¬ 
rially from the H. alpinum of Linnaeus, which reaches 
the human ftature. Root perennial, creeping. Stem 
annual, feldom branched, upright, terminated by a ra¬ 
ceme. Root-leaves on the flowering plant none ; ftem- 
leaves few, alternate; leaflets from three to eight on 
each fide, with an odd one, ovate-oblong, blunt, with 
a fmall point, entire, oppofite, on (hort petioles, hirfute 
underneath when viewed with a magnifier, marked with 
lines by veins alcending obliquely. Flowers eight lines 
in length, imbricate, pendulous, on (hort peduncles, va¬ 
rying in number, having no feent; corolla violet-purp'e 
or red, feldom white ; banner fpotted with white above 
the claw ; that and the wings nearly of the fame length ; 
the keel (horter. Germ commonly red. Legume ob¬ 
long, compreffed, fmooth, brownifh, with from one to 
four roundilh or oblong joints. Native of the higher 
Alps, where it flowers in July. Linnaeus named this 
fpecies from the obfeurity attending it; that, however, 
has been well cleared up by Jacquin, as above. Haller 
makes this the fame plant with H. alpinum; but Lin¬ 
naeus’s fpecimen from Swifferland is very well repre- 
fented in Haller’s figure, and it is certainly a fpecies very 
diftindt from the H. alpinum of Siberia. 
69. Hedyfarum coronarium, or common hedyfarum, 
or French honey-fuckle : legumes jointed, prickly, 
1 naked, 
