French Honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium), a beautiful leguminous biennial, only seen in flower-gardens in northern Europe, but pretty extensively cultivated in Italy, the Balearic Isles, &c., as green fodder or for hay. The genus Hedysarum contains many species, extensively diffused over the warmer parts of the world. A few are found in cold regions, as H. alpinum of the Alps or H. fruticosum in Siberia. The bast of H. lagopodioides of the East Indies yields a textile fibre.
French Honeysuckle
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 824
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