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of the corolla very Ihort; fcapes fubradicate. Stems 
under ground woody, above ground fcarcely any. The 
fpike refembles that of the foregoing fpecies, but is 
whitifli. Native of Provence, the county of Nice* and 
Siberia. Perennial. 
79. Hedyfarum caput galli, or cock’s-head hedyfa- 
fum : legumes one-feeded, teeth of the creft fubulate ; 
wings very Ihort, ftem diffufed. Native of France and 
Sicily ; it flowers in July and Auguft. 
80. Hedyfarum crifta galli, or cock’s-comb hedyfa- 
rpm : legumes one-feeded, prickly ; divifions of the 
creft lanceolate, toothletted. Native of the Levant. 
81. Hedyfarum crinitum, or crooked-podded hedyf¬ 
arum : racemes long; legumes bent in ; ftem fhrubby. 
The ftrutfture of the fructification perfectly refembles 
that of H. lagopodioides and barbatum ; and it is Angu¬ 
lar, that after the flowering is over, each pedicel is bent 
back in an arch, the three larger hairy fegments of the 
calyx being bent back, fo that the fmooth legume is hid, 
and wrapped up among the pedicels fo as not to be vifi- 
ble-perfectly, as in the above-mentioned fpecies. It 
differs, however, in having a lofty, upright, fhrubby, 
ftem, aimoft arboreous ; and pinnate leaves, with five 
oblong leaflets. Native of India, China and Cochin- 
China. Introduced in 1780, by fir Jofeph Banks, bait. 
8i. Hedyfarum comofum : leaves pinnate, lanceolate ; 
racemes elongated, cylindric ; ftem fhrubby. Branches 
angular, villofe. Leaflets three pairs, with an odd one, 
. linear-lanceolate, a fpan long and more, fmooth on both 
fid.es, aimoft equal, veined. It feems to be diftinft 
enough from H. crinitum, from which it differs in hav¬ 
ing narrower longer leaves, and a more ftender raceme, 
terminated by bra&es in form of a coma. According 
to Jacquin, this very handfome plant has a perennial 
root ; an upright round ftem, a foot and half high, leafy 
all pver, clofely hifpid, with very minute white hairs ; 
flowers at firft red, but changing to blue, foon falling. 
It was found in the Eaft Indies.by Koenig, and in Gui¬ 
nea by Iffert. 
83. Hedyfarum cornutum, or horned hedyfarum: leaf¬ 
lets linear; legumes one-feeded, even; ftem fhrubby; 
peduncles permanent, thorny. Native of the Levant. 
84. Hedyfarum incanum, or hoary-leaved hedyfarum: 
leaves without ftipules, hoary underneath ; ftem ereft ; 
flowers in racemes, drooping. Native of Japan. 
85. Hedyfarum lineare, or linear-leaved hedyfarum : 
leaflets lanceolate-linear ; fpikes terminating ; legumes 
ftraight, fmooth, and even ; ftem diffufed. Stem fuf- 
fruticofe, two feet high, branched. Flowers dark vio¬ 
let-coloured, fmall, in upright fpikes. Native of Cochin- 
China. The root is efteemed to be deobftruent, emme- 
nagogue, and to create an appetite. 
Y r . New Species from Miller’s Di< 51 . 86. Hedyfarum 
fericeum: leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, filky under¬ 
neath ; flowers in fpikes, axillary, and terminating. 
Stem fhrubby, fix or fevenfeet high, dividing into feve- 
ral branches. Leaflets pale, green above; flowers 
frpall, bright purple. Thunberg and Vahl have given 
the fame trivial name of fericeum to other fpecies. See 
No. 60, and 76. Native of Vera Cruz. 
87. Hedyfarum villofum : leaves ternate; ftem dif¬ 
fufed, villofe; flowers in terminating fpikes; calyxes 
very villofe. This is an annual plant, feldom rifing 
more than eight or nine inches high, fending out feveral 
branches from the root, which are diffufed and hairy. 
Native of Vera Cruz. 
88. Hedyfarum glabrum : leaves ternate ; leaflets ob- 
cordate ; ftem panicled ; legumes fmooth, one-feeded. 
Stem about two feet high ; the upper part branches into 
panicles of flowers, which are of a pale purple colour. 
Native of Campeachy. 
89. Hedyfarum fcandens: leaves ternate; leaflets 
obovate; Item twining; fpike very long, bent back. 
Stem twining, and climbing, to the height of ten or 
twelve feet. Leaves on pretty long footftalks. Flowers 
SARUM. 
dark purple, fitting clofe to the ftalk. Native of Vera 
Cruz. 
90. Hedyfarum pedunculatum : leaves ternate, the 
middle leaflet on a longer petiole ; racemes axillary* 
upright, very long. Root perennial ; fcm annual, 
eredt, about two feet high ; the flowers are produced 
in Jong axillary fpikes, growing ere£t; they are fmall, 
and of a bright yellow colour, feflile, and fucceeded by 
jointed pods, ftraight on one fide. Native of South Ca¬ 
rolina. 
Propagation and Culture. The firft fpecies is propa¬ 
gated by feeds, which will frequently lie a year in the 
ground before they vegetate ; fow them therefore in 
pots filled With light earth, and plunge them into a mo¬ 
derate hot-bed ; if the plants do not appear by the be¬ 
ginning of June, take the pots out of the bed, and place 
them where they may have only the morning fun, and 
in the autumn plunge them into an old bed of tanner’s 
bark under a frame ; in fpring plunge them into a frelh 
hot-bed, which will bring up the plants. When thefe 
are fit to remove, put them fepatately into fmall pots 
filled with light earth, and plunge them into a very mo¬ 
derate hot-bed, fhading them from the fun till they have 
taken new root; then gradually inure them to the open 
air, into which remove them in June, placing them in a 
flieltered fituation, where they may remain till the au¬ 
tumn ; at which time plunge them into an old tan-bed 
under a frame, where they may be protected from 
froft, and in mild whether enjoy the free air. In a warm 
border, by covering it in frofty weather, this plant will 
endure our winters, wjien they are not f'evere. 
The other fimple-leaved forts (2-18) and the two¬ 
leaved fort, together with the greateil part of the reft, 
are too tender to thrive in the open air ; for their native 
places of growth are the Eaft or Weft Indies. They 
are propagated by feeds, which muft be fown upon a 
hot-bed early in the fpring. When the plants are fit to 
remove, they muft be each planted in a feparate fmall 
pot, filled with light earth ; plunging them into a frefh 
hot-bed, where they fhould be fcreened from the fun 
till they have taken new root; after which they may be 
treated in the fame manner as other tender plants ; al¬ 
ways keeping them in the bark-ftove or glafs-cafe, other- 
wife they will not produce feeds, nor even always flower, 
in England. They require as much air as poflible in 
warm weather. Many of the forts feldom flower till 
the fecond: year.. 
Of No. 35, the feeds may be fown the beginning of 
April, in a bed of light frefh earth. When the plants 
are come up two inches high, they fhould be tranfplant- 
ed where they are to remain for good ; but if they are 
not too thick in the feed-bed, they may be fuffered to 
remain there until the following autumn; at which 
time they fhould be carefully taken up, and tranfplant- 
ed into the borders where they are defigned to Hand ; 
for their roots generally run down very deep, fo that it 
is not fafe to remove them often. This plant produces 
its flowers about the fame time of the year as the for¬ 
mer, and if the feafon proves fovourable, perfefls its 
feeds in autumn; and the roots will abide in the open 
air very well, refilling the fevereft cold, provided they 
are planted in a dry foil. 
The common French honeyfuckle, and other hardy 
forts, are propagated by lowing their feeds in April, in 
a bed of light frefh earth; and when the plants come 
up, they Ihould be tranfplanted into other beds of the 
like earth, and in an open fituation, at about fix or eight 
inches diftance from each other, leaving a path between 
every four rows, to go between them to hoe, and clear 
them from weeds. In thefe beds they may remain un¬ 
til Michaelmas, then may be tranfplanted into the large 
borders of a parterre or pleafuive-garden, allowing them 
at leaft three feet diftance from other plants, among.lt 
which they Ihould be interfperfed, to continue the fue- 
cefiion of flowers ; where they will make a fine appear¬ 
ance 
