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ASTRAGALUS* succulentus 



Succulent Milk Vetch. 





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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



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Nat. ord. Leguminos^. -^ ^ 



ASTRAGALUS. — Siipr^, vol 2. fol. 176. ^ 



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I. PuRPURASCENTES ; 



Tuscentibus. 



Jlorib 



% 3. Onohrychoidei ; slipulis a petiolo et inter se distinctis, floribus pur- 

 purascentibus dens^ spicatjs capiiatisve, vejcillis Unearibus elongatis, legu- 

 minibus rectis rariils falcatis, radicibus perennibus. Dec. prodr. 2. 285. 

 A. succulentus ; decumbens glabriusculus, foliolis ovalibus obtusis, stipuHs 



triangularibus, spicis confertis pedunculatis folio brevioribus. Spreng. 



syst, 4. part 2. p. 288. 

 A. succulentus. Richardson in Franklins journey. 



ProstratuSy undique leviter pubescens. Folia ascendentia, foliolis 

 I0'l2-jugis, oblongis, obtusis; stipulis membranaceiSy triquetris. Pedunculi 

 ascendentesy ad apicem racemosi, multijlori. Bracteae ovatce^ acuminatce^ 

 scariosce. Calyx pedicellatus , tubulosus, S-dentatus, pilis nigris obsitus. 



Flores purpurascentes. Vexillum oblongum. 



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Originally found by Drr Richardson in Arctic America, 

 and published by him in the Supplement to Captain Sir 

 John Franklin's account of his memorable expedition. 

 ^e are not aware that any seeds were brought home at 

 that time. The plant from which our drawing was made 

 came up from seeds collected by Mr. Douglas in the 

 vicinity of the Sascatchewan River, a stream which rises 

 in the Rocky Mountains, in the country of the Arthabascow 

 Indians, in latitude 53° or 54° north, and, after runnmg 



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. * The ^<rT^ccyxXoi of Dioscoiides was the Orobus vernus : why a word 

 signifying a vertebral bone of an animal, or a die used for play, was apphed 



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^« that species, we do not k 



now. 



