LEGUMINOSiE. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



259 



variety of J. hypogJStils, but differs in the stipulas being free, trate, clothed with villous pubescence ; leaves with 8-10 pairs 



not connate. Flowers purplish. - of elliptic-oblong leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 



Mtltmrt Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. PI. pro- calyxes bladdery, rather villous, lined, and contracted at the 



cumbent. 



73 A. oxYGLOTTis (Stev. inBieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 192.) plant dif- 

 fuse, puberulous ; stipulas subulate ; leaves having 5-0 pairs of ^ , 

 oblong emarginate leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves, or rather Ziwerf-calyxed Milk-Vetch. PI. prostrate. 



mouth, inclosing the legume, which is pilose. ©. H. Native 

 of the Levant. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 5d. D. C. astr. no. 14. 

 t. II. f. 1. Flowers purplish. 



shorter ; legumes sulcate, acute, rather hoary, disposed in stellate 

 heads ; cells 6-seeded. ©. H. Native of Tauria, on hills about 

 Sudak. A. ses^meus, Pall. astr. no. 104. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonymes. Flowers unknown, but probably blue. 



Sharp'tongued or Sharp-podded Milk-Vetch, 

 Clt. 1817. PL diffuse. 



Fl. June, July. 



80 A. megala'nthus (D. C.astr. no. 58. t. 20.) plant diftAise, 

 rather hoary from adpressed down ; leaflets oblong-elliptic ; pe- 

 duncles shorter than the leaves ; calyxes inflated, clothed with 

 black adpressed down ; legumes very hairy, length of calyx. 

 1/ . H. Native of Siberia, about Zmeof. Cajanus megaMn- 

 thus, Spreng. Flowers large, pale. Stipulas* sometimes joined 



74 A. PsiLOGLOTTis (Stcv. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 288.) together at the very base. Said to be nearly allied to J. uni- 



plant diffuse or rather procumbent ; stipulas linear-subulate ; fi 

 leaflets cuneated, emarginate, 6 or 8 pairs, smoothish ; peduncles 



rge-flowered Milk 



PI. diffuse. 



one-half shorter than the leaves, and are, as well as the stems, 81 A. vesica rius (Lin. spec. 1071.) plant diffusely procum- 



hoary; legumes spreading, crowded, furrowed, acute, glabrous ; bent, hoary from adpressed^ silky down; leaves with 5-7 pairs 

 cells 3-4-seeded. Q. H, Native about Astracan. Flowers 

 probably purplish. Perhaps this and the preceding species are 

 referribleto division six, Annular es. 



bmoolh-tongued or Smooth-podded Milk-Vetch. PL spread. 



IS A. crucia'tus (Link, enum. 2. p. 256.) plant procumbent, 



hoary, and villous ; stipulas lanceolate; leaves with 6-8 pairs of 



oblong-linear acutish leaflets ; peduncles a little shorter than the 



leaves ; legumes between terete and compressed, dilated at the 



base, clothed wit)i adpressed villi, and disposed in stellate heads ; 



eel s 5-7-seeded. ©. H. Native of Egypt and Siberia. A. 



Stella, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 191. ex Fisch. in litt. Flowers vio- 

 laceous ? 



Crow-podded Milk- Vetch. 



of elliptic leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; calyx 

 bladdery, clothed with black adpressed down, and long white 

 spreading hairs ; legumes hairy, a little longer than the calyx. 



l/.H. 



Native of the south of France, Hungary, and Tauria, 



" . - - . D. C. astr. 



in rugged exposed places. Vill. dauph. t. 42. f. 1. 

 no. 15. All. pedem. no. 1269. t. 80. f. 1. A. albidus, Waldst. 

 et. kit. pi. hung. 1. t. 40. A. glaucus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 18C. 

 A. dealbatus, Pall. astr. t. 23. f. 1. Flowers having the vex- 

 illum purple, the wings yellow, and the keel white, tipped with 

 yellow, rarely with all the petals cream-coloured. 



Bladdery-calyxed Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1737. 



PI. diffuse. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 82 A. albicau'lis (D. C. astr. no. 59. t. 21.) plant tufted and 



procumbent. ^ " ' , 



7G A. ste'lla (Gouan. ill. 50.) plant diffusely procumbent, leaves with 3-4 pairs of ovate leaflets ; peduncles ^a little Jonger 

 clothe^ with hoary villi ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of elhptic-oblong leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves or 

 sorter ; legumes almost terete, furrowed on the back, mucro- 



n?te. hairy, at first in a head, but at length becoming stellately 

 disposed; cells 5-lO-seeded. Q.H. Native of the south of 



nn^*"^ f. °^ ^^'^ "^'■'^ of Africa, in arid places. D. C. 



erectish, suffruticose at the base, canescent from adpressed down ; 

 leaves witli 3-4 pairs of ovate leaflets ; peduncles a little longer 

 than the leaves ; calyxes bladdery, clothed with adpressed black 

 down ; legumes hairy, ovate, compressed. 11 . H. Native of 

 Russia, between the Volga and the Don, at Sarepta, also of 

 Caucasus and Tauria. A. dealbatus, Pall. astr. no. 30. t. 23. 

 of f. 2 and 3. WiUd. spec. 3. p. 1263. Bieb. fl. taur. no. 1463. 



no. 7.— Lob. icon. 2. t. 83. Flowers bluish-purple, 

 variety of this plant with acute leaflets. 



astr. 



There is 



Oxytropis dealbatus, Pers. Flowers white or pale yellow. 



f[ar-podded Milk- Vetch. 



White 

 83 



PI. I foot. 



A. arge'nteus (Bertol. ined. ex Vis. pi. dalm. in bot. 



„ .- - Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1658. PI. pr. zeit. p. 18.) plant silky ; stems diffusely procumbent, herba- 



Dror k" "^^"^^o'^oes (DeliU.iU. fl. segyp. p. 22.) plant diffusely ceous, permanent at the base; peduncles terminal, very ^ong, 



S f fl ^^^ ' ^^^^'^^ "^'^^ ''"^ P^^'"^ of elliptic-oblong leaflets ; 



furrm.*' J ^"^^^ ^'^^^W' sessile ; legumes nearly terete, hairy, ^ o-, ,;^ . , , . • 



«S ^ ^^''^.' disposed in stellate heads ; cells 5-7- Nearly allied to J. vesic^rius but differs in the legumes being 



* vV» H, Native nf T7rrtT-r\* in Aaaa'^i-c PcrhaPS diS" 



and loosely racemose ; leaves with 5-7 pairs of linear leaflets ; 

 stipulas distinct ; wings entire, shorter than the vexillum ; le- 

 OTi"^^ otroirrlif fArpfp nriiminated. l/.H. Native of Dalmatia. 



tinct fr J Native of Egypt, in deserts. 



Floul, "^-J^'^ioides of Roth, in Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 703 

 '^'OHers purplish. ^ 



77':'^-^^^f Milk-Vetch. Fl..uu.,.u.. V..UXOW. X..J,.. 

 Wher ca ^^^^^^^^ (I'in- spec 1068.) plant diffuse, villous, and 

 elliptic ^"^^^^."*5 stipulas lanceolate; leaves with 9-10 pairs of 



mes ' ^^/g^"^^ leaflets ; heads of flowers axillary, sessile ; le- 



terete and silky. 

 Silvery 



PI. procumbent. 



Clt. 1817. PI. pr. 



gumes 



§ 6. Jnmihhes (from annularis, of a ring ; in reference to the 

 shape of the legumes which are twisted into the form of a ring). 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 289. Stipulas distinct, not adhering to the 



netiole e'/„„.„^o ^-i^^lioT, nr mhit/' T.piTumps arched. Roots 



annual. 



Flowers purplish or white. Legumes arched. 



iposed 





, xji ^.atxv^ w. 84 A. NuttalliaVus (D.C. prod. 2. p. 289.) plant decum- 



h. C. astr. no. 8. bent ; leaflets elliptic, emarginate ; peduncles 2-flowered, longer 



0. H. Native of 



Garid. aix. t. 12. Flowers 



^""".e-like Milk-Vetch. 



than the petioles ; legumes falcate, having 2 keels, glabrous ; 

 seeds truncate.' 0.?^.?i;.?H. Native of North America, 



S5. r, 



Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1816. PI. diff*. in plains at Rod river. 



philad. 1821. p. 122. but not of Desv. 



-■- — ™-i — H — V 



A. micranthus, Nutt. in journ. sc. nat. 



Stem a span long. 



all 



Hated), n r T "^ 



'« i^Mtini ^? • ^' P' 2^8. Stipulas distinct, not adhering 

 79 A ''^^°"'«'-* Purplish or white. 



A.i.iKEVTus(Lam.dict. l.p.314.) 



Flowers blue. 

 NuttalVs Milk 



85 A. cymb^ca'rfos (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. dec. 



167. phyt. p. 14.3. 



leaflets 



Calyxes bladdery. ^ 59 \ 'pjant herbaceous, procumbent, rather pilose ; 



plant diff-usely pros- obcordate, cuneated ; peduncles length of leaves ; legumes gla- 



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