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Show The BARAT -‘PiseH The flowers ftandin a kindof fpikes, on long, flender foorftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves; andtheyare large andred: The pods are fhort and crefted; fo that they refemble in fome degree acock’s comb , whence the plant has its name. “he feeds are large and brown. It is found wild in dry, hilly paftures, and flowers in Augult. C. Bauhine calls it Oxobrychis foliis vicie frufiu echinato majori. It is fownin fields for the foodof cattle, in the DIVISION IL The troducing of this plant. We receivedthefeeds from France, where it has been long ufed; and nowit is once upon a footing in our country, it will not lofe its place again. It is wonderful the ufe of it fhould have been fo long either unknown or neglected among us. It has been famous for the fame purpofe thefe two thoufand years : the Greeks cultivated it; and, fromits caufing{ plenty of milk in their cows, calledit polyalon. 7% 2,.7 lis echinatis magnis. Theroot is flender and white, long, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are pinnated in a regular man- ner: each confifts of eight or ten pairs of narrow, pointed pinnz upon amiddle rib: andthere is an odd one at the end: their colour isa pale green. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and of a The flowers ftandin long, thick fpikes at the tops of the ftalks and branches ; and are moderately large, and very beautiful; their colour is a bright red, and they have ftreaks of a pale or flefhy tinct. The whole is glofly, like polifhed coral; and the mixture of colour bears fome refemblance to that of the juice and feeds ofa frefh-opened ripe pomegranate. oer whitith colour: they oftentrail uponthe ground a: “7 and feldom rife to more thanten inches hich ; r nal The flowers ftand at the tops in great clufters, andare of a pale red. x : , J he feed-veffel is large and prickly, and contains a fingle large kidney-fhapedfeed. It is a native of the fouth of France, and flowers in Auguft. It is found near the fea coafts. C. Bauhine calls it Onobrychis frudiu echinaty minor, HEfloweris papilionaceous, 3, ae Me, a Yi Mh 1 Nha 8 Bae SPPHLTe Reshestec BeateeSB AR ENED, 7S RE AS 04 GS SR Es Thofe of which there is no {pecies naturally wild in this country. oN Ui HATCHET i Siu nipped at the end. VETCEH The vexillu 3 m is lo ng and co efled, it t i < Thecarina is ftrait, ai compreea ffed, and d: broadeft The aleare long andftrair, in the outer part; and it is, as ic were, cut off, and fpl it a part of its length. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and is dividedinto five fegments: thefe are long, 1g» Natrow, ftrait, and fharp-pointed ; and they remain when the floweris fallen, The feed-v. effel is of an oblong form, andis compofed of feve ral joints, hung together in the manner of a chain Linneus places this among the diadelpbia decandria; tk 1¢ threads in th rs a ‘ aided twoaffortments, nine in one, and a fingle one for the othe ¢ flower being divided into T. He joins this and the oncbrychis, as we have obfery ed, under one head: but the diftin@ion is ob. slo vious andgreat ; the feed-veffel ofts the ong brychi ry s being eing but a fingle piece, i andcontaining only a fingle feed, and that ofthe bedy/ars m being compofed of many fuch pieceslink ed together, and containing feveral feeds. Where the diftinGtions are thus certain, ic is ver ; sit y Wrong to confoundthe genera, forthe fcienceis rendered eafy by the number of thofe diftin@ions As we have no proper Er lifh name for this genus, the beft method will be always to ufe the Latin one rum. We have add ed the commonreceived E, nglifh term ; but, being compofed of two words, It 18 wrong for:a generical diftinétio n, French Honeyfuckle. TPS Ade 5 oe : Hedyf arumfiliqui s articul atis‘ rugofis. 7X4, The root is long, thick, and furnithed with numerous fibres. Aarft srayes are large, long, and pinnate d: poled eachof five or fix pairs of pin- by which it is commonly knownin gardens, we have preferved it. It would be better to call it The great fearlet hedyfarum. Umes If, nz; which are large, broad, and ofa dufkygreen, and have an odd oneof like figure at the end. The ftalks are numerous, upright, and of2 pale green: they are not much branched , and are of a tough fubftance. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the Toot ; but they are of a pale andyellowith green, he FN Ui8. The vexillum is of a roundith, and fomewhat heart-fathioned are formedlike the fingers ofa hand. Common Lupine. SUG 2,0 Lupinus vulgaris caulibus ramofis. flender, white, and fur- green. ade HEDYSARUM " “FAHEflower is of the papilionaceous form, 295 It is a native of the warm parts of Europe; and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Onobrychis femnine clypeato afpero major. Others, Hedyfarum clypeatum. Our Englith nameis very injudicious ; but being that tructure, and has the edges comprefled and turned back. The alz are of an oval fhape, and nearly of the length of the vexillum ; and they converge in the lower part. The carina is divided or fplit at the bottom, and is of ahooked fhape: it is undivided at the end, and is ofthe length of the ala, but narrower. The cup is formedofa fingle piece, andis divided only into two fegments. The podis lar; long, and fomewhat flatted; and it contains feveral large roundith feeds. The leaves The firft leaves rife in fmall clufters; and are of the fingered fhape, each being compofed of about feven parts regularly expanded: theyare placedon long footftalks, andare of a dufky green The flalk is round, upright, firm, hairy, of a whitifh colour, and. confiderably branched: it is three feet high. Theleaves upon this refemble thofe from the root, but they are {maller : each is compofed of about feven narrow parts; andthe colouris a pale Forticn Genera, or FcP nifhed with a fewfibres. Sb SM SM Sm PR Me Ree ee , Rh HER BAL, LUE? TP NvR? Len The root is Jong, Olt BRITISH FOREIGN SPECIES, Prickly-headed Cockfcomb: his 4H; EPR BzAPL. manner of clover: and it anfwers the farmer’s purpofe muchbetter. Nothing is a greater im. provement in the modern hufbandrythanthe in- from the bofoms of the leaves, and in a kind of fpikes, fix or more growing in a double feries on each footftalk : they are large, and of a beautiful blue. Naturally the colour is fimple and unmixed, but art has rendered the Mower double and firipeds and we frequently fee it very beautiful in our gardens. It is a native of the fouth of Fra where it flowers in their corn-f t C. Bauhine calls it Lupinus /ylva/ a ruleo. Others, Lupinus flore ceruleo majore. Out people, the Blue lupine. 3- Small-flowered Blue Lupine, Lupinus anguftifolius flore minorecz The flowers are numerous and large: they ftand feveral together on fhort footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves. Their colour is naturally white ; but the fkill of our gardeners has variegated it in many ways. We {ee ftriped flowers and double flowers in this fpecies. The feed-veflels are long and large; and the feeds are broad, and fomewhat flatted. It isa native of Spain; whence it has been brought into our gardens, andhasthere furnithed us with this number of beautiful varieties. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lupinus fativus flore albo, 2. Blue Lupine. Lupinus flore majore cert The root is long, white, thick, and furnithed with feveral confiderable fibres. The firft leaves are numerous; andthey are placed on Jong, flenderfootftalks: they are compofed each of five parts, fpread in the manner of fingers; and thefe are oblong, narrow, wide afunder, andof a pale green. The ftalk is upright, round, and of a pale green: it is not much branched, andis two feet anda half high. The leaves on this refemble thofe from the root; but theyare fmaller, and of a paler green. The flowers are placed on long footftalks rifing The root is compofed of a long body, and innumerable fine fibres. The ftalk is lender, upright, ofa pale green, anda yardhigh. The leaves are placed on long footftalks; and each is compofed of five orfix parts, which are flender, fharp-pointed, and of a bluith green. The flowers ftand three or four together, in a kindof loofe fpikes, on long footftalks, rifing from the bofoms of the leaves ; and they ate fmall, and of a deep blue, inclining to purple. This is their natural colour; but, like the others, they admit great variation fromculture. The pods are long andlarge. It is a nativeof Italy, and flowers in July. Ray calls it Lupinus anguftifolius ceruleus elatior. Others, Lupinus flore parvo ceruleo, and Lupinus procerior ceruleus. 4. Yellow Lupine: Lupinis flore luteo. 7 Eto 12 The root is eompofed of numerous fpreading fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, of a brownith colour, foft, hairy, and neara yard high. The leaves are placed on long footftalks ; and each is compofed of about nine parts, fpread in the manner offingers, andof a yellowifh green. ‘The flowers are placed on long footftalks in : kind en Ee See 294 |