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, LEGUMINOS^E. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



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TrvO'Jlonered Milk- Vetch. Pi. ^ to 1 foot. 



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§ 3. Onohrychdidei (from onobrychisy saintfoin, and idea^ 

 The plants contained in the division agree with Saintfi 



Clt. 1780. 



habit). D. C. prod. 2. p. 285. 



dfreefi 



the petioles . Flowers purplish, disposed in dense spikes or heads. 



kf' 



ifi 



Roots perennial. 



Legumes straight^ 



* Legumes curved. 



46 A. leptophy'llus (Desf. atl. 2. p. 188. t. 207.) plant 

 procumbent, suffrutescent, and rather pubescent ; leaflets obcor- 

 date; racemes longer than the leaves; legumes pendulous, fal- 



Native of 



%. H. 



cate, compressed, when young pubescent" 



Barbary, on the mountains. A. Tunet^nus, Willd. spec. 3. p 



1277. Flowers white. 



Linear-leajletted Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. 

 PL 1 foot. 



5li A. pectina'tus (Dougl. mss.) plant erect, pubescent; leaf- 

 lets filiform; racemes dense -flowered, pedunculate, longer than 

 the leaves ; bracteas a little longer than the pedicels. 1/ . H. 

 Native of North America, in the pastures of th6 Saskatchawan, 

 &:c. Phaca pectinata, Hook. fl. bor. amer. 141. t. 54. Flowers 

 large, purple. 



FectinatedAeaved Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



54 A. onobry'chis (Lin. spec. 1070,) plant diffuse or erect, 

 pubescent; leaves with 7-lG pairs of oblong leaflets ; spikes of 

 flowers oblong-ovate, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; vex- 

 illum linear, twice the length of the wings ; legumes ovate, tri- 

 quetrous, rather villous, erect, twice the length of the calyx, 

 ending in a straight point ; cells 4-seeded. 1/. H. Native of 



procumbent. 



Ikr Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. PI. Europe and Siberia. D. C. astr. no. 24. Bieb. fl. taur. no. 



47 A. oRNiTHopoDiof DES (Lam. diet. 1. p. 312.) plant suf- 

 fruticose, tufted and diffuse, hoary and villous ; leaflets ovate ; 

 racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, falcate, 



compressed. 11. H. 



D. C. astr. no. 4. 



1482. Flowers purple. An elegant plant. Of all the varieties 

 there are white flowers. 



Far. a, alpmus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 286.) plant dwarf; leaflets 

 linear; spikes ovate. 7/. H. Native of Austria. Jacq. fl. 



Native of Armenia. Flowers yellowish. a^^str. t. 38. Plant procumbent. 



Far. /3, Molddvicus (D. C. 1. c.) plant dwarf; leaflets ovate- 



%. H. Native of 



Ornithopus-like Milk- Vetch. PL diffuse. 

 48 A. Dahu Ricus (D. C. prod. 2, p. 285.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, pilose ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; leaflets oblon^r, mu- ^«^« 7? microphyllus (Bess, in litt. D. C. 1. c.) plant dwarf; 



oblong, glabrous ; spikes of flowers ovate. 

 Moldavia. Plant procumbent. 



cronate, 7-9 pairs; racemes longer than the leaves; legumes 

 erect, mcurved, linear, compressed, rather pilose. % , H. Na- 



leaflets linear ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong, 

 of Podolia. Plant procumbent. 



i; . H. Native 



tive on the banks of rivers from Dahuria to China. Galega ^^^' ^> major (D. C. L c.) plant erect ; leaflets ovate or ob- 



Dahurica, Pall. itin. 3, append, no. 107. t. W. f. 1. ed. gall. long; spikes of flowers oblong. i;.H. Native of Siberia. A. 

 append, no. 369. t. 81. f. 3. Flowers purple. The teeth of 

 the calyx are subulate, as in Galega, but tlie stamens are diadel- 

 phous, and the legumes are bilocular. 



onobrychis stipulaceus et maximus, D. C. astr. no. 24. — Gmel. 

 sib. 4. t. 21. 



Saintfoin-like Milk- Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1640. PL 



A7Wian Milk- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1822. PL 1 to 2 feet. U foot, or procumbent. 



49 A, LENTiGiNosus (Dougl. mss.) plant smooth, prostrate; sti- ^5 A. adu'ncus (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 195. plant, ross. cent. 2. 



pulas membranous, distinct ; leaflets obovate-roundish ; racemes t. 80.) plant diffuse and hoary ; leaves with 5-10 pairs of elliptic 



about the length of the leaves ; legumes smooth, inflated, curved s^^all leaflets ; spikes short, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; 



at the end, and ending in a long beak. %.U. Native of North 



"est America, on the Blue mountains. Flowers apparently 

 purple. ^^ ' 



f'reckled m\k-W etch . PI. | foot. 



50 A. SteveniaVus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 285.) plant erect, 

 g'abrous, slender, few-leaved ; leaflets linear, distant, 4 or 5 

 P Ts ; spikes pedunculate, few-flowered, longer than the leaves ; 



wers rather distant ; legumes linear, elongated, falcate, slen- 



uer, acute, and glabrous. 1/. H. Native of Iberia, Cau- 



■^sus, and Asia Minor. A. gracilis, Stev. ined. but not of Nutt. 



o«ers purple, almost like those of ^. onobrychis, but the habit 

 ot the plant is that of A. varius. 



Steven's Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



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Legumes straight. 



shrUb^' *«ACRosTA^CHYS (D. C. astr. no. 38. t. 15.) plant 

 Qf jj y* ^^^^^> pubescent; leaves with about 12 or 14 pairs 

 near leaflets ; spikes pedunculate, elongated, many- 



Aewin ' T''" *""S*^^ ^^^" ^^ leaves; vex" 



<>^Ann^^'' legumes ovate, compressed, hairy, 1^. H.'^ Native 



flower rl ^^^^^^s ; spikes pedunculate, elongated, many- 



th^or; ' ™i longer than the leaves; vexillum longer than 

 sewings; learumes nvafo ^^^^.^^..^^ i,^:^,. ^/ t-t XTof;,.^ 



ench"2'^"'% ^' ^^^dysaroides, Willd. spec. 3. p. l^o*. rers. 

 * x^' ^k±* ^^' ^^' ^"*^ Oxy tropis hedysaroides, Pers. ench. 



7a« w^' ,**' ^^'yx tubular, pilose. Flowers purple. 



L^ngmked Milk.Vetch. PI. ^ foot. ^ . 



*>escent • ^^^J^^^^^^^^s (Pers. ench. 2. p. 33G.) plant erect, pu- 

 wiuch 1 ' "^^^ linear, acute, about 10 or 12 pairs; racemes 

 of thp ^^^^ ^^'^ the leaves ; vexillum broad, twice the length 

 73 aTV?^-"- Native of Siberia. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 

 fdHi,^ T V'^^l^^'ychis angustifolius, D. C. astr. no. 24. A. tenui- 

 ius.L,n,sp^^ jQg^^ Flowers purple. ■ 



vexillum much longer than the wings ; legumes ovate-oblong, 

 rather villous, ending in a long oblique acumen. If. H. Native 

 of Caucasus, among broken rocks. Flowers purple. Very like 

 the preceding species. 



^ooAed-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 



difiuse. 



5(i A. fla'ccidus (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 196.) plant procum- 

 bent and villous ; leaves with 8 or 10 pairs of elliptic, somewhat 

 emarginate leaflets ; spikes few-flowered, pedunculate, about 

 equal in length to the leaves ; vexillum much longer than the 

 wings ; legumes triquetrous, prismatic, erect, acute, hairy. % , 

 H. Native of Iberia, very common. A, hybridus, Gmel. trav. 

 1. t. 18. ? A. vimineus var. Pall. astr. no. 2S. Flowers purple. 

 Legume bent downwards at the apex. 



Flaccid Milk-Vetch. PL' procumbent. 



57 A. vimi'neus (Pall. astr. no. 28. t. 21.) plant erect, suf- 

 fruticose ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of lanceolate acute leaflets; 

 spikes somewhat capitate, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; 

 vexillum much longer than the wings ; legumes spreading ; ob- 

 long-lanceolate, villous, apiculated by the style. V^ . H. Native 

 of Siberia, Iberia, and about Odessa. A. corniitus, Pall. itin. 2. 

 app. p. 499. no. 122. A. Odessanus, Bess. enum. no. 944. ex 

 cont. 2. no. 1575. Stems glabrdus. Leaves beset with adpres- 

 sed pubescence. Calyx clothed with black hairs. Corolla pur- 

 ple ? Legume clothed with white hairs. 



Twiggy Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



58 A. FRUTicosus (Pall. astr. no. 26. t. 19. but not of Forsk.) 

 plant shrubby, erect; leaves with 8-10 pairs of linear-lanceo- 

 late acute leaflets ; spikes capitate, few-flowered, pedanculate, 

 longer than the leaves ; vexillum much longer tlian the wings ; 



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