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Ay A: [ 282 [HEDYSARUM OBSCURUM. CREEPING- ROOTED HEDYSARUM. Clqfs and Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic CharabJer. Cor. carina tranfverfe obtufa. Legumen articulis i-fpermis. Specific CharacJer and Synonyms. HEDYSARUM olfcurum foliis pinnads, ftipulis vaginalibus, caule erefto flexuofo, floribus pendulis. Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. p. 676. Mant. 447- Jac1- Ft- Auftr. cv. z. t. 1 68. HEDYSARUM caule refto, ramofo; foliis ovatis; filiquis pendulis, laeviffimis, venofis. Hall. Hift. Heh. »• 3 95- ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato lasvi. Batth. Pin. Prof. JACQUIN, in the fecond volume of the Flora atiftriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate defcription of our plant, a native of the Alps of Germany and Switzer- hnd, and points out the characters in which it differs from the alpinum, for which it has fometimes been miftaken. It is a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a foot in height, produces its fpikes of pendulous flowers, which are of a moft Leautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto thefe '. ave not been fucceeded by feed-veflels with us; though we have cultivated the plant for feveral years. Its fize renders it a fuitable plant for rock-work, on which it ',^11 grow readily, increafing by its roots, which are of the t cuping kind. HALLER mentions a variety of it with white flowers.

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[ 282<br />

[HEDYSARUM OBSCURUM. CREEPING-<br />

ROOTED HEDYSARUM.<br />

Clqfs and Order.<br />

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.<br />

Generic CharabJer.<br />

Cor. carina tranfverfe obtufa. Legumen articulis i-fpermis.<br />

Specific CharacJer and Synonyms.<br />

HEDYSARUM olfcurum foliis pinnads, ftipulis vaginalibus,<br />

caule erefto flexu<strong>of</strong>o, floribus pendulis. Linn.<br />

Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. p. 676. Mant.<br />

447- Jac1- Ft- Auftr. cv. z. t. 1 68.<br />

HEDYSARUM caule refto, ram<strong>of</strong>o; foliis ovatis; filiquis<br />

pendulis, laeviffimis, ven<strong>of</strong>is. Hall. Hift. Heh.<br />

»• 3 95-<br />

ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato lasvi. Batth. Pin.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. JACQUIN, in the fecond volume <strong>of</strong> the Flora<br />

atiftriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate defcription<br />

<strong>of</strong> our plant, a native <strong>of</strong> the Alps <strong>of</strong> Germany and Switzer-<br />

hnd, and points out the characters in which it differs from<br />

the alpinum, for which it has fometimes been miftaken.<br />

It is a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a foot in height,<br />

produces its fpikes <strong>of</strong> pendulous flowers, which are <strong>of</strong> a m<strong>of</strong>t<br />

Leautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto thefe<br />

'. ave not been fucceeded by feed-veflels with us; though we<br />

have cultivated the plant for feveral years.<br />

Its fize renders it a fuitable plant for rock-work, on which<br />

it ',^11 grow readily, increafing by its roots, which are <strong>of</strong> the<br />

t cuping kind.<br />

HALLER mentions a variety <strong>of</strong> it with white flowers.

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