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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



brous, warted, beaked, arcbed, and most tumid at tbe base. 

 ©. H. Native of Portugal, in barren sandy places. Corolla 

 sometimes white and sometimes purple. 



subulate, furrowed on the back, quite smooth, transversely and 

 reticulately veined. ©. H. Native of Middle Iberia, at Sar 



Flowers blue. 



-fruited 



Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1800. PL pr. 



86 A. striate'llus (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 189.) plant diffuse, 

 glabrous ; leaflets cuneiform, somewhat emarginate ; peduncles 

 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes ovate-oblong, 

 tumid, glabrous, deflexed, a little arched. ©. H. Native of 

 Tauria, about Sudak. Bieb. pi. ross. cent. 1. t. 20, ex suppl. 

 no. 1472. Corolla blue or white. 



FL June, July. Clt. 1828. 



than the winirs, and obtuse keel. 



Vexillum hardly longer 



PI. diffuse. 



Striped Milk- Vetch. 



87 A. ANNULA^Ris (Forsk. segypt. 139.) plant diffuse, clothed 

 with cinereous villi ; leaflets few, obovate ; peduncles few- 

 flowered, length of leaves ; young legumes straight, subulate, 

 pubescent, adult ones glabrous, spotted, resupinate and arched. 



A. 



O. H. Native of Egypt. 



D. C. astr. append, no. 6. t. 7. 



A. subulutus, Desf. fl. atl. 2i 



maculatus. Lam. diet, 1. p. 316. 



p. 186. but not of Pall. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



y^wnw/ar-podded Milk- Vetch. 

 PI. diffuse. 



repta. Flowers blue. A very small plant. 



Reticulated'^oAdiQdi Milk-Vetch. 

 PI. -| foot. 



94 A. canalicula'tus (Willd. enum. suppl. 52.) stems erect; 



leaflets oblong, retuse ; stipulas ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary, 



nearly sessile ; legumes hooked, profoundly channelled on the 



back. 0. H. Native of Europe. Flowers white. 



Channelled Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Series II. Ochroleu'ci (from ioxpoc^ ochros, yellow, and 

 XevKOQy leucosy white ; the colour of the flowers is between white 

 and yellow, that is cream coloured). D. C. prod. 2. p. 290. 

 Stipulas free from the petiole. Flowers cream-coloured. 



§ 7. Bucerates (from (iovq^ bous^ an ox, and Kepad JceraSj a 

 horn : * 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 



290. 



88 A. TRiMouPHus (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 44. t. 10. f. 2.) plant erect, 

 and clothed with cancscent hairs ; lower leaves with 1-3 leaflets, 

 upper ones impan-pinnate, with a few pairs of elliptic-oblong, 

 acute leaflets ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, a little longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes cylindrical, incurved, clothed with adpressed 

 villi. O. H. Native on the shores of Lybia, in the Great 

 Syrtis. Flowers purple. 



T/irce-formcd Mi\k-yetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1827. PI. | ft. 



89 A. inspiDULus (D. C. astr. no. 80. t. 13.) plant tufted and 

 rather diffuse, pilose ; leaflets elliptic-oblong ; peduncles few- 

 flovvercd, length of leaves ; legumes slender, erect, hispid, when 

 young they are straight, but when mature they are arched. 

 O. H. Native of Egypt, in the desert. Flowers pale, with 



in reference to the form of the pods). D. C. prod, i 

 p. ^yu. Stipulas neither adhering to the petioles nor together, 

 FloTvers cream-coloured. Legumes usually arched. Roots annual 



95 A. contoutuplicaVus (Lin. spec. 1068.) plant procum- 

 bent, villously-pubescent ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; racemes 

 pedunculate, 4-times shorter than the leaves ; legumes contor- 



O.H. Native of 



Pall. astr. t 



tuplicate, channelled on the back, villous. 

 Siberia, Tauria, and Hungary, in grassy places. 

 79.— Gmel.sib. 4. t. 28. D. C. astr. no. 29.— Buxb. cent. 3. 

 p. 22. t. 39. Flowers pale yellow. This plant varies wonder- 

 fully in size, according to the soil in which it grows. 



FL July, Aug. 



Clt. 



ContortupUcate-ipodded Milk- Vetch. 

 1783. PL procumbent. 



96 A. trime'stris (Lin. spec. 1073. but not of Bieb.) plant 



the vexillum elormated. 



PL I foot. 



Hispid-Nodded Milk- Vetch. 



90 A. scoRPioiDEs (Pourr. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1280.) plant 

 erectly-spreading, pubescent ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, emar- 



{rinate; stipulas lanceolate ; flowers axillary, 1-2, almost sessile; 

 egumes hooked, subulate, pubescent. Q. H. Native of Spain, 

 about Madrid. A. subbiflorus, Lag. Flowers blue. This 

 plant, when growing in a dry place, hardly exceeds an inch in 

 height, but when growing in moist rich places it rises to a foot. 



diffuse, villously-pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, emarginate 

 duncles 2-5 -flowered, a little shorter than the leaves; legumes 

 hooked, subulate, rather pubescent, broadly furrowed on the 



Native of Egypt and the island 



of Scio. Jaca. hort. vind. 1 74. D. C nstr. nn. .^0. A. mem- 



back, and 2-keeled. ©. H. 



Jacq. hort. vind. 174. 

 branaceus, Moench. A. hamosi 



/3, Pall. Flowers pale yellow. 



Three-Monthly Mdk'Yetch. Fl. Ju.July. Clt. 1777. PL i"- 



97 A. HAMosus (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant diffuse, pubescent; 



leaflets cuneated, emarginate, glabrous above ; peduncles usually 



hooked, furrowed 



suppl. 52. 



6-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legu 

 on the back, almost terete, subulate at the apex, when young 



Native of dry 



ll'I'^'L"^^ distmct from J. canaliculatus, of Willd. enum. pubescent, but when adult smooth. ©. H. 



and of Mauritania. 

 -Moris, oxon. sect, t 



Scorpion-hke'ipodded Mi 

 1816. PL 1 inch to 1 foot. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 



exposed places, 

 Gaert. fruct. t. 154. 



from 



Spain to Tauria, 

 D. C. astr. no. 51.- 



91 A. Mareo'ticus (Delil. fl, a?gyp. 113. t. 39. f 3.) plant 

 difl^usely-prostrate, rather hispid ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; 

 peduncles .'i-4-flowcrcd, shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked 

 and arched, almost cylindrical, glabrous, furrowed on the back, 

 almost bdocidar. 



t. 9. f. 10. A. Austriacus, Delarb. 



either prostrate or 

 flowers 



A. buceras, Willd. enunu 



The plants 



suppl. p. 51. according to Link, and Fischer. ^ 



diffuse, and the peduncles bear from 2-b 

 **^,.w^o, they are pale-yellow. It goes commonly under the 

 name of caterpillars in the gardens, in reference to the sliap^ 

 of the pods. 



Far. 13, macrocdrpus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 290.) plant decumbent 

 __, . ^ . ^ or erect; peduncles equal in length to the leaves. Led. hort. 



92 A. corrugVtus (Bert, amoen. 88. rar. dec. 3. p. 33.) dorp. p. 23. Legumes 3-times larger than those of the specie^- 



Clt. 1(340' 



Mareotic marsh. 



O. H. Native about Alexandria, and in the 



Flowers lilac. 



Mareotic Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. pr. 



Hooked-Nodded Milk-Vetch. 

 PI. diffuse. 



plant ( rectly-spreading, rather pubescent; leaflets oblong-cu- 

 neated, emarginately bidentate at the apex ; peduncles usually 

 1 -flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; legumes arched, 

 furrowed on the back, quite smooth, transversely and reticulately 

 wrinkled. ©.H. Native of Egypt, A. cruentus, Balb. cat. 

 taur. append. 1. p. 8. A. crenatus, Schultes, obs. 186. Flowers 

 blue or purplish. 



Wrinkled-Nodded Milk-Vetch. PI. | foot. 



93 A. RETicui.A Tus (Bieb. suppl. fl. taur. 491.) plant diffuse the plants erect! 

 and glabrous ; leaflets oblong-cuneated and emarginate ; pedun- 



Fl. 



Jime 



Aug. 



diffuse and 



98 A. ^Gi'cERAs (Willd. enum. suppl. 52.) plant diffuse anu 

 pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, emarginate ; stipulas lanceolate, 



acuminated ; racemes 8-10-flo\vered, pedunculate, twice or thncc 

 shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked, compressed at t 

 apex, somewhat pubescent, channelled on the back^ ©• 



cles usually 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked 



Native country unknown. Flowers pale yellow. Sometii«es 



n. June, Jul. Clt. 1818' 



Goa/*^-/i{>rn -podded Milk- Vetch 

 PI. 1 foot or diffuse. 



