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“HEDYSARUM Iatifolium. 
- Broad-leaved Hedysarun. 
NIADELPHIA DECANDR TA; 
Nat. ord. Lecumtnosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. IX. Cor. irrecularis 
papilionacea. Stam. 10 diadelpha. Legum. articulatum articulis mono- 
spermis. 
HEDYSARUM. ° Cal. 5-fidus, persistens. Carina transverse obtusa 
Legum. articulis subrotundis compressis. Herba aut ‘rariis siffrutices ; 
-folia simplicia aut gemina aut ternata aut impari-pinnata, stipulis a pelioto 
distinclis; ternatorum petioluli zz petiolum arteculati, sepé substipulacet 
stipuld filiformi; flores axillares pedunculis unt aut multifloris, aut sepins 
terminates spicati 2. paniculati; horum bractez nunc majores varie constructe 
nunc parve aut subnulle. Legum. forma varium modo subcytindricum arti 
culis truncatis, modd compressum et frequentér utrinque aut hinc tantum ad 
articulos contractum. Species queedam articulo unico \-spermo, alia 1-3- 
phylle, alice plures pinnatifolie preterca distincte fructit cristato et ided 
Sorsan a genere distrahende. Motus in foliolis HebDysari gyrantis ne 
liaris. Juss. loc, cit. 362. : Ap aoe 
Div. Folits stmplicibus. ; 
H. latifolium, fruticosum, (subfulvo-pubescens,) obliquum, — Foliis simplici- 
bus rotundaté reniformi-cordatis, subrepandis. ~ Stipulis semicordatis 
cuspidatis. Racemis axillaribus, hamato-setosis. Leguminibus 8.5. 
_articulatis, margine inferiori emarginatis. Roxburgh MSS. in Evin 
Banksiano, cum tab. ined. (ex anglico vers. ) 
Hedysarum latifolium. Carey Hort. Bengal. 57. 
Caulis brevis, lignosus, glabriusculus, Rami obliqui, ferine horizontales 
wel reclinati, ubi teneriores villosi. Folia alterna (hic inde licet rare in sum- 
mo ramo sub racemo occurrit horum par oppositum) bifaria, brevi-petiolata 
subrotundo-cordata, subtus tomentosa, supra scabrata, longituding 3 4-unciali 
wel ed circa, latitudine feré equali. Stipule ramez semicordate cus Nee 
petiolares subulate. Racemi azillares et terminales, horizontales att 
longiores folio, pilis setaceis hamatis vestiti. Vlores tripli, parvuli late is 
purel; medius sertor lateralibus. Bractee triple, triquetre, cates Te We 
mina plana, hamato-setulosa, 4-5-articulata margine inferiori “it ofittione 
emarginata, Roxb. loc. cit. (ex angl.). 
The sample here figured was sent by Mr. Lambert from 
Boyton House, in Wiltshire, and formed part of a plant, 
the produce of some seed collected in China by Sir George 
Staunton, during the period he was associated with Lord 
Amherst in the embassy to the court of that empire. We. 
see no feature suggesting any_reason for distinguishing 
it from the Hepyvssrum J/atifolium of Dr. Roxburgh, by 
whom it had been cultivated in the Botanic Garden at 
Calcutta, having been brought by Colonel Hardwicke from 
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