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ASTRAGALUS caryocarpus, T 
Nut-podded Mill-Vetch. © ` Y. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosa. Jussieu gen, 345. 
Div. VI. Cor, irregularis papilionacea. Legum. 1-Ioc. (in Astras 
golo et Biserrulá biloc.) 2-valv. Herbe aut frutices aut arbuscule d 
Jolia impari-pinnata. . 2h! t 
ASTRAG ALUS. Cal. l-phyllus, cylindricus, 5-dentatus, 5.^ 
fidus, aut nunc 5-partitus, sepiìs corolla brevior. . Vex. oblongum ova- 
tum aut rotundum, sepids emprginatum, ,nunc lateribus reflexis, alis 
longius aut nunc æquale, ^ Ala stipitatêe limbo oblongo, basi hinc auri- 
"eulato. Car. obtusa, alis brevior aut subsegualis, basi'bipes. Germ: 
sessile v. nunc stipitatum, forma varium. Stylus a basi v.'medio inc 
H flexus. Stig. simplex, subcapitatum. Legum. sessile rard stipitatum, 
formâ magnitudineque varium, biloc., semibiloc., v. vix semibiloc,; su- 
turá inferiore introflexà; sem. reniformia, numero paria in quoque 
loculo. Decand. Astrag. 22. 
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Dio. 1. Stipulis caulinis s. petiolo non adkarentibas." A. Corollis pur- 
pureis aut albo-roseis. o. Caulibus diffusis. © i 
A. caryocarpus, sericeo-canus, multiceps caulibus subsimplicibus: foliolis 
. (17-25) lanceolato-ellipticis brevè petiolatis.subtüs sericeis; pedunculis 
` axillaribus spicâ duplo longioribus: leguminibus vuciformi-inflatis, - 
rugosis. 
` Astragalus crassicarpus. Fraser’s catal. 1813; (â carnoso Pursh amer. 
; 
1 sept, 9. suppl. 740, toto celo distans). ^>. : . 
Pevennis’ Gaules herbacei, v G-assur gentes, spithamai ad pedales, 
pilosi, viridi-purpurascentes, undati. Folia altern2 distantia, patentia, foliolis 
is ris, semuncialibus, triplo angustioribus quàm 
suboppositis, lazis, suprà 
longas stipulee ovato cuspidatee, pilose. Pedunculi cequantes v. superantes 
oia; spice: 8-14-flore glomeratez v. laxids extensa; flores subsessiles, % 
per acia ni e. arth oblongi, distincti bracteis sericeis lineari danceos 
is non æquantibus ces, Cal. duplo breviar corollá, o-hirsutus, sube 
coloratus, lacinulis subulatis egualibus. Cor. violaceo + vex. us 
alis, reflexum, ovato-oblongum, emarginatum: ale obomgo-fükate: car. 
brevior alis, ventricoso-infleza, obtusa, emarginata ventre et apice intens? colo~ 
rata, petalis 2 coherentibus. Anth. aurantioce. Germ. polyspermum, gla« 
rum, teres, virens, brevius stylo, Stylus albicans, subulato-teres: sti e 
parum incrassatum glabrum obtusum. Legumen Juglandem apte satis in 
‘parce exhibens, mole ferm2 Nucis moschater, spongioso-cartilagineum, fuscum, 
labrum, profunda rugatum, suturá prominente divisum, mucronatum y bilocu- 
fare dissepimento duplicado completo pergamineo ; sera. plura in loculo utrogue. - 
Astragalogia, or the history of. the Milk-worts, has. oc- 
cupied two splendid folios; one with coloured engravings 
by the Chevalier Pallas, the other, the more recent, by 
Professor Decandolle, with uncoloured plates, But neither 
