Hosackia
(named in honour of David Hosack, 1769-1835, once Professor of Botany in the University of New York). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus comprising about twenty-five species of pretty dwarf hardy annual or perennial herbs, found in Oregon, California, Mexico, &c. Flowers yellow or reddish, usually disposed in umbels. Leaves impari-pinnate, or rarely trifoliolate. Hosackias are very rare in cultivation, but are well adapted for rockwork, and thrive in any ordinary garden soil. They may be easily increased by seeds, or by divisions. H. bicolor (two-coloured). fl. six to ten in each umbel; standard and keel yellow; wings white. Summer. l. with seven to nine leaflets. h. 1 1/2ft. North America, 1823. Perennial. SYN. Lotus pinnatus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 2913).
H. crassifolia (thick-leaved). fl., umbels capitate, many-flowered, nodding; petals greenish, with chocolate-coloured middles. June. l. pinnate, with an odd one; leaflets opposite or alternate, ovate or oval, mucronulate; stipules herbaceous, ovate, acute. h. 3ft. California. Perennial. (B. R. 1977, under name of H. stolonifera.)