Plate 282 - Creeping- Rooted Hedysarum

[282] HEDYSARUM OBsCURUM.

CREEPING- ROOTED HEDYSARUM. *************** Class and Order.

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cor. carina transverfe obtufa.

Legumen articulis 1-spermis. specific Character and synonyms.

HEDYSARUM obfcurum soliis pinnatis, ftipulis vaginalibus, caule erecto flexuoso, floribus pendulis.

Linn. syst.

Vegetab. ed. 14.

Murr. p. 676.

Mant. 447.

Jacq.

Fl.

Auftr. v. 2. t. 168.

HEDYSARUM caule recto, ramoso; soliis ovatis ; siliquis pendulis, læviffimis, venofis.

Hall.

Hift.

Helv. n. 395.

ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato lævi.

Bauh.

Pin. 350.

Prof.

JACQUIN, in the fecond volume of the Flora austriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate description of our plant, a native of the Alps of Germany and switzer- land, and points out the characters in which it differs from the alpinum, sor which it has sometimes been miftaken.

It is a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a soot in height, produces its spikes of pendulous flowers, which are of a most beautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto these have not been succeeded by seed-vessels with us, though we have cultivated the plant sor several years.

Its size renders it a fuitable plant sor rock-work, on which it will grow readily, increafing by its roots, which are of the creeping kind.

HALLER mentions a variety of it with white flowers HULL subfcription Library Pub by W Curtis, S Geo.

Crefcent Nov 1 1794 Edwards del Sanjom sculp

[282] HEDYSARUM OBsCURUM. CREEPING- ROOTED HEDYSARUM. *************** Class and Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Character. Cor. carina transverfe obtufa. Legumen articulis 1-spermis. specific Character and synonyms. HEDYSARUM obfcurum soliis pinnatis, ftipulis vaginalibus, caule erecto flexuoso, floribus pendulis. Linn. syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 676. Mant. 447. Jacq. Fl. Auftr. v. 2. t. 168. HEDYSARUM caule recto, ramoso; soliis ovatis ; siliquis pendulis, læviffimis, venofis. Hall. Hift. Helv. n. 395. ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato lævi. Bauh. Pin. 350. Prof. JACQUIN, in the fecond volume of the Flora austriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate description of our plant, a native of the Alps of Germany and switzer- land, and points out the characters in which it differs from the alpinum, sor which it has sometimes been miftaken. It is a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a soot in height, produces its spikes of pendulous flowers, which are of a most beautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto these have not been succeeded by seed-vessels with us, though we have cultivated the plant sor several years. Its size renders it a fuitable plant sor rock-work, on which it will grow readily, increafing by its roots, which are of the creeping kind. HALLER mentions a variety of it with white flowers. HULL subfcription Library Pub by W Curtis, S Geo. Crefcent Nov 1 1794 Edwards del Sanjom sculp