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LEGUMINOS^: CXXX. Oxytkopis 



stemless, dwarf, clothed with silky white hairs ; leaves in pairs, legumes lanceolate, arched, acuminated. %, H, Native of 

 or 3 or 4 in a whorl, linear, acute ; scapes decumbent, longer Siberia, on mountains at the river Yenesee, and at lake Baikal. 



than the leaves ; spike capitate ; bracteas white and membra- 



' ' ' ■' ' " %. H. 



Phaca muricata, Lin. suppl. Pall. itin. ed. gall, append, no. 

 385. t. 89. f. 1. Astragalus muricatus, Pall. astr. p. 89. t. 73. 



_ , _,. _ __ _. , Flowers yellow, ex Lin. 



smaller than those of O. Inarm, The legume, according to il/«nca^erf Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL \ to ifoot. 



nous, rather longer than tlie calyx, which is villous. 



Native of Siberia, at the river Tna. Flowers blue, one-half 



Fischer, is ovate, inflated, mucronate, and pubescent, 

 X)«'a?/ Mountain Milk- Vetch. PI. decumbent. 

 36 O. LANA^TA (D. C. astr. no. 26.) plant with a short sufFru- 



ticose stem ; leaflets oblong, clothed with silky down, 4 in a 



§ 3. Tragacanthdidece (from r^ayoc, iragos, a goat, oKaj^a, 

 aJcaniha, a thorn, and t^ea, idea^ similar; in reference to the plants 



whorl; stljjulas joined together; ^ , 



flowers cai)itate ; legumes ovate, turgid, villous, and woolly, 

 hardly bilocular. Tj . F. Native of Siberia, on hills. Phaca 

 huKUa, Pall. itin. cd. gall, in 8vo. append, no. 386. t. 87. f. 2. 

 Phaca Sibirica, Lin. fil. suppl. 326. Astragalus dasyphyllus, 

 Pall. astr. p. 91. *t. 75. Flowers purple. 

 fVoolhj Mountain Milk-Vetch. PI. | foot. 



37 O, veuticilla'ius (D. C. astr. no. 25.) plant stemless ; 

 leaflets linear, acute, acuminated, clothed with silky villi, dis- 

 posed i' or 6 in a wljorl on the petiole; scape hairy, longer than 

 the leaves ; spikes ovate ; legumes erect, ovate, acuminated, 

 hardly half-bilocular. %. H. Native of Siberia. . Astragalus 

 verticillaris, Lin. mant. 275. — Amm. ruth. t. 19, f. 1. Flowers 

 flesh-coloured. 



IfAor/c-cZ-leafletted Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 

 1819. PI. ^ foot. 



38 O. PRosTUA TA (D. C. astr. no. 22.) plant stemless ; leaflets 

 linear, inflexed, rather villous, disposed 3 or 4 in a whorl on the 



contained in this section resembling the Goat^s-ihorn, in being 

 ape sho/terthan the leaves'; W); D. C, ^.rod. 2. p. 280. 



Stems elongated^ shrulhy. 



petiole; stipulas very villous ; scapes decumbent, rather longer 2.^9.280. 



Stipulas adnate. Petioles permanent^ at length becoinbig spines, 



42 O. TRAGACANTHOiDES (Fiscli. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 280.) 

 stem erect, branched ; petioles becoming hardened into strong 

 spines ; leaves with 5 or 6 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets, 

 which are clothed with adpressed silky down on both surfaces; 

 peduncles few-flowered, length of leaves ; calyx clothed with 

 soft hairs, at length becoming inflated. '^ . F. Native of the 

 Altaian mountains, at the river Baschka-us, where it was de- 

 tected by Mardofkin, in July 1822. This is a very elegant 

 plant, having larger flowers than any 'other species, diey are 

 purple. The keel is furnished with a long beak. The legumes, 

 according to Fischer, are bladdery, almost globose, acuminated, 

 and hairy. 



Tragacanth'like Mountain Milk- Vetch. Shrub 1 foot. 



§ 4. Caulescentcs (a diminutive of cauUs^ a stem ; the plants 

 contained in this section are furnished with stems). D. C.jnol 



than tlie leaves; flowers capitate; bracteas shorter than the Leaflets rising in pairs fi 



Stems elongated. Stipulas not adnate to the peiioU- 



calyx, which is hairy. % . H. Native of Siberia, in sandy, gra- 

 velly, salt fields about Lake Tarei. Phaca prostrata, Lin. fil. 



* Flowers cream-coloured. 



acute ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves ; spikes ovale- 

 oblong ; legumes erect, terete, hooked at the apex- villous. 



supjd, 3r>6. Pall. itin. ed. gall. 8vo. append, no. ^03. t. 87. f. 1. 43 O. pilosa (D. C. astr. no. 27.) stems erect, beset with 



Astragalus Dahdricus, Pall. astr. p. 88. t. 72. Legume unknown. soft hairs as well as the rest of the plant ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 Flowers purple or flesh-coloured. 



Prostrate Mountain Milk- Vetch. PI. prostrate. 



39 O. myriophy'lla (D. C. astr. no. 24.) plant stemless; 



iflets subulate, pilose, disposed 4 or 6 in a whorl on the 

 petiole ; scapes erect, longer than the leaves ; flowers disposed 

 in a spike, lower ones rather remote ; bracteas about equal in 

 length to the calyx, which is cylindrical and villous ; legumes 



erect, cylindrical, acuminated, tomentose, half bilocular. i;. H. 



Native of Siberia, on mountains in sandy places. Phaca my- PI. 1 foot. 



, , 1^. H. Native of Europe, Tauria, and of Siberia, on moun- 



leaflets subulate, pilose, disposed 4 or 6 in a whorl on the tains near the river Oby. Sims, bot. mag. 2483. Astragalus 



pilosus, Lin. spec. 1065. Jacq. austr. t. 51. Pall. astr. t. 80. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 544.— Gmel. sib. 4. t. 16. Flowers pale- 



yellow. 



Pilose Mountain Milk-Vetch. 



_ , voy. append, no. 384. t. 8G. f. 2. Astragalus 



mynophyilus, Pall. astr. p. 87. t. 71. Astr. verticillaris, Lin. 

 mant. 275. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1299. There are varieties of 

 this plant with dark-purple, blue, flesh-coloured, and white 

 flowers, and sometimes variegated with these colours. 



Myriad'lcaved Mountain Milk-Vetch. Fl. July, Auo-. Clt 

 1818. PI. ^ foot. 



40 O. oxyphy'lla (D. C. astr. no. 2 1 .) plant stemless ; leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate, clothed with silky pubescence, disposed 4 or 

 5 in a whorl, on the petiole ; scape hairy, about equal in length 

 to the leaves or longer than them ; spikes ovate-oblong ; le- 

 gumes ovate, inflated, acuminated, pubescent, 1-celled. %. H. 

 Native of Siberia and Dahuria, on hills. Ph^ca oxyphylla, Pall, 

 itin. ed. gall, append, no. 380. t. 87. f. 3. Astragalus oxyphyl- 

 lus, Pall. astr. p. 90. t. 74. There are varieties of this species 

 with purple and pale flowers. 



Sharp'icafli'ttcd Mountain 

 1816. PI. ^ foot. 



Fl. June, Aug. Ch 1732- 



44 O. Palla'sii (Pers. ench. 2. p. 334. Bieb. fl. taur. supply 

 502.) plant caulescent, prostrate, pubescent or villous ; leaflets 

 oblong-elliptic, acutish; peduncles rather longer than the leaves; 

 spikes capitate; legumes erect, oblong-terete, mucronate, 113^7' 

 0. H. Native of Tauria, among stones near Sudak. ^^l^^' 

 gains lanatus. Pall. astr. p. 108. t. 81. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 18»j 

 Flowers very pale cream-coloured, much more so than the las 



species 



Pallas's Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug, 

 PI. prostrate. 



Clt. 1S18 



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Flowers purple or white. 



45 O. TERES (D. C. astr. no. 28.) plant caulescent, erect, 



almost glabrous ; leaflets linear-oblong, acute, rather pubescent, 



peduncles twice the length of the leaves ; flowers few, about I 



or 8, disposed in a loose spike; legumes erect, cylindrica, 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. mucronate, glabrous- Native of Siberia, at the river Oby, a 



-. - , the place where the Irtish falls into it. Corolla purplish-blue. 



41 U. MURicA TA (I). L astr. no. 23.) plant stemless ; leaflets 7'ere/e-podded Mountain Milk-Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



hnear, glabrons, disposed 4-8 m a kind of whorl on the pe- 46 O. floribu'ndus (D, C. astr. no. 30.) plant caulescent, 



tiole, young ones muricated beneath as well as the petioles and 



scapes 



bracteas ratherlonger than the calyx; spikes of flowers ovate ; 



erect, rather pilose ; leaflets linear, acute at both ends, P""^ 

 rulous ; stipulas lanceolate ; peduncles axillary, at first shorie 

 than tlie leaves, but at length longer ; flowers spicate ; *^ 



