LEGUMINOS^. CXXX. Oxyxropis, CXXXI. Astragalus. 



253 



,^ 



gumes oblong-subulate, 1 -celled, pubescent. 



of Siberia, in sandy places along the banks of the river Irtish, 



Astragalus floribundus, Pall. astr. p. 47. t. 37. Flowers nu- 



$ . H. Native borders. For this purpose the seeds of the species, whether 



^ merous, elegant, of a purplish rose-colour. 



Bundle-florvered Mountain Milk-Vetch. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



perennial or annual, should be sown where the plants are to 

 remain, especially those which are intended for rock-work, as 

 it has been observed that no species of this genus thrives after 

 being transplanted. The rarer kinds may be kept in pots, well 



47 0. glVbra (D. C. astr. no. 31. t. 8.) plant caulescent, drained with sherds, in a mixture of peat, sand, and a little loam. 



prostrate, glabrous ; leaflets 



peduncles much longer than the 



lanceolate-elliptic, 

 leaves : 



acuminated; and treated as other alpine plants. 



mote 



legumes pendulous, pubescent. 



like 



flowers in spikes, re- 

 i;. H. Native of Si- 



beria, Altai, and Dahuria. 



Very 



^ ^^ CXXXI. ASTRA'GALUS (from aarpayaXoQ, asfragalos, 



./vi.a ^».L^. «..u ^«iii*ii«. T <., i,xv^ the following. The vertebra or talus; the seeds in the legumes in some sj)ecics 

 kirs'on'the TegumrTrTblacWsh, but"^ the other parts of the tei»g squeezed into a squarish form in the legume, or perhaps 

 plant are clothed with adpressed pubescence or smooth. "'^^^P. «^"^^^» a star, and ya\a gala, mi\k. It is also the name 



Glabrom xMountain Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Au^. Clt. 1823. of a shrub of Greek writers). D. C. astrag. no. 5. ed. maj. 



Astragalus species of Lmneus 



PI. prostrate. 



48 0. defle'xa (D. C. astr. no. 32.) plant rather pilose ; 

 stems ascending ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; pedun- 

 cles much longer than the leaves ; flowers disposed in spikes ; 

 legumes pendulous, hairy, l-celled, gaping at the apex. %. H. 

 Native of Siberia, about the Baikal on the mountains in cold 

 springs, and North America on the banks of the Saskatchawan. 

 Astragalus deflexus, Pall. act. petr. 1776. t. 15. Lher. stirp. t. 

 80. A. hians, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 153. Astr. parviflorus. Lam. 

 Astr. retroflc'xus, Pall. astr. t. 27. Tium hians, Moench. meth. 



Flowers purple. 



/)r>xerf.podded Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. glottidel, 

 1800. 



p. 22. and p. 79. prod. 2. p. 281. 



and others. 



. Lin. syst. Dladelphiay Dcc&ndria. Calyx 5-toothed. Keel 

 of flower obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Legume bilocular or 

 half bilocular, from the upper suture being bent in so much. 

 Herbs or subshrubs. The species of this genus are very dis- 

 tinct, but are very difficult to define. The following sections 

 9nd divisions have been adopted with a view to define them 



more completely, viz. 



I. Purpurasce'ntes. Stipulas free from the petiole. Flowers 



162. 



pvirpllsh. 



This section contains the following divisions : Ilypo- 



Vesicar'iiy and 



J/?' 



PI. 1 foot. 



49 0. FisciiE Ri (D. C. prod. 2. p. 281.) plant caulescent. 



Annulares, see species 1 to 94. 



IL Ocn 



Onobrycholdei^ Sesarnei, 



assurgcnt, or procumbent, pubescent ; stipulas distinct ; leaflets 



oblong-linear, rather obtuse ; 



nowers spicate, rather distant ; wings obtuse, somewhat emar- 



peduncles longer than the leaves ; 



ginate ; mncrone of keel elongated, about equal in length to the 



u'ci. Stipulas free from the petiole. Flowers 



-coloured. To this section belongs the following divisions : 



Bucerates, Synochreati, Ciceroidei, Galegiformes, Alopccuroideiy 



Christianiy see species 95 to 154. 



III. Tragacantha'cei- Stipulas adnata to the petiole. Pe- 



wings. 



%. H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian r^ountains. tioles permanent, usually becoming^hardened into spines I o 



Flowers small, bluish-purple. O. versicolor, Fisch. m litt. but 

 very distinct from Astragalus versicolor. 



f^ar- /3, macrdntha (D. C. 1. c.) flowers larger and 

 ioured; leaves and calyxes much more villous. 

 0* ^Iberia. Perhaps a proper species. 



Mier's Mountain Milk-Vetch. 



this section belong two divisions, viz. Tragacd7ithce and Chro- 



-co- 



nopodiij see species 155 to 196. 

 IV. Podochrea'ti. 



Petioles 



%. H. Native 



Fl. July, Aug. 



litt. D. C. 



^ J, ^. PL proc. 



/>0 O, vagina' TA (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 281.) 

 1» ant caulescent and ascending, sparingly pubescent ; stipulas 

 concrete: leaflets elliptic; peduncles a little longer than the 



never becoming indurated. 



see species 197 to 257 



Stipulas adnate to the petioles. 



To this section the following divi- 



dicifli 



Ic 



a\es ; spikes of flowers somewhat capitate ; 



»eak of keel equal in length to the wings, 

 ^ii^eria on the Ahaian mountains at the m 



%. H. 



^''ge, blue. 



metal mines. 

 I . , ^^ differs from 0. Fischeri macrdntha in the sti- 

 1 uias being joined into one. Legumes unknown. 



OAca/Ae^/.stipuled Mountain Milk-Vetch. PL ascending. 



> itluso. nr r^^r. K„„. pubcsccut ; stipulas concrete; 



acutish, clothed on both surfaces 

 own ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 



Series I. Purpurasce'ntes (so called from the flowers being 

 purple or purplish). D. C. prod. 2. p. 281. Stipulas free from 

 the petiole. Flowers purplish. 



§ 1- nypogloitldei (i/TTo, hypo^ under, and yXwrra, glotta, a 

 Flowers tongue ; in reference to the shape of the pods). D. C\ prod. 



wings retuse ; 



Native of 



2. p. 281. Flowers purplish or while. 



free f 



wings entire 



mu- 



legumes 



Ufl I "\»yse, or procumbent, 



Metselhptic or oblong-linear 

 J^h adpressed silky do^. 



cro'lirfTT^ in a spike, rather distant ; , 



nParU . ^o\xt equal in length to the wings 



T^h ^r^"'^ '"i^^l' bluish-purple. 



5 ' o"" ^^°"?*^''^ Milk-vetch. PI. diffuse. 



leaflets y ^"' ^^"^'^^'^^'^^ ascending, pubescent; stipulas joined; 

 flower*'*. •^' ^^"*^^.? peduncles equal in length to the leaves ; 



7^. H. Native of 



^•H. 



^'■s capitate; 



-I'.iaie; wings eniarginate ; 

 _ «at>ve of Siberia. Flowers 



mucrone of keel small. 



blue. 



fori' f,' j\ »^A"ena. riowers D 



Pi- asceSJ "^'" Milk-Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1815. 



Cull. 

 bloo 



All the species of this genus are very elegant when in t. 34. A. Ddnicus, Retz. obs. fasc. 3- P- ^1 



':fore they ap>pear as if Ihcy were 

 bifid at the apex and ojrposite the leaves. 



1 A. IIypoglottis (Lin. mant. 274.) stems prostrate, rather 

 hairy; stipulas ovate, concrete; leaves with numerous, little, 

 ovate, obtuse, dark-green leaflets, sometimes rather cmarginate; 

 heads of flowers roundish ; peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 ascending ; bracteas one half shorter than the tube of the calyx ; 

 the hairs'on the calyxes as well as those on the peduncles arc black 

 and white mixed ; legumes ovate, deeply channelled along the 

 back, compressed, hairy, hooked at the point, ])ilocular; cells 

 1 -seeded. % . H. Native of Europe, on hills and mountains, also 

 of Barbary, Tauria, Siberia, North America ; and in Britain, on 

 open mountainous heaths, in a chalky or sandy soil, also on the 

 sea-coast ; upon Newmarket and Royston heaths, on Swafl[liam 

 heath, Norfolk ; Gogmagog hills. Plentiful near Doncaster, on 

 several parts of the sea-coast of Scotland, particularly^ beyond 

 Newhaven, Edinburgh. D. C. astr. no. 18. t. 14. Smith, cngl. 



hot. 274. A. aren^irius, Huds. 323. Oed. fl. dan. 611. Pall. astr. 



^ - '^ IIoflTm. A. glaux, 



V 



boom « J 1 . -i'^v,«co y}i iius jrenus are very eiei^aui vmicii ju v» xj-v. x*. *^v.».v-v*.,, - n* v i nr^'r .. WK •> fim.rr. 



ycT' '"^ being tor the most part dwarf evergreen plants, are Vill. Oxytropis n.ontann, Spreng. fl. hal. ^0/ «'th a hgurc . 

 ^ P'^Per for ornamenting rock-work, or the front of flower- ex. ^Yallr. schcd. 320. A. epiglottis, Dicks, hort. sic. fasc. 1-13. 



