LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



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99 A, brachy'ceras (Ledeb. cat. hort. dorp. 1822. p. 3.) plant 105 A. emargina'tus (D. C. astr. no. 47.) plant almost stem- 



stipulas ovate; ra- less and ascending, clothed with somewhat tomentose villi ; sti- 



pulas membranous, concrete ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of ovate 

 emarginate leaflets ; spikes of flowers ovate, dense, on radical 



procumbent ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate ; 

 cemes pedunculate, shorter than the leaves ; 



erect, incurved, subulate. ©. H. 



legumes nearly 

 Native of the North of 



Persia, and probably of the south of Tauria. A. trimestris, peduncles or scapes, which are much longer than the leaves; 

 Bieb.fl. taur. 2. p. 190. Legumes much shorter than those of^. legumes roundish, hairy. 7/. H. Native of the Levant. 



hamonuSi and the plant is also much smaller. Flowers pale yellow. 



Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 



Milk 



1828. PI. procumbent. 



100 A. genicula'tus (Desf. atl. 2. p. 186. t. 205.) plant dif- 

 fuse, hoary from villi ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 5-8 pairs 



Flowers pale yellow. 



Far. a, densifolius (Lam. diet. 1. p 

 crowded. Rauw. hodsep. 123. t. 29. 



Far. /3, Billardierii (D. C. 1. c.) 

 distant. A. emarginatus, Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 19. t. 9, 



of oblong-elliptic leaflets; peduncles shorter than the leaves, _^ ^war^ma/^-leafletted Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825.' 

 when bearing the fruit they are deflexed ; legumes depressed, 

 trigonal, mucronate, a little arched, channelled on the back, 



Mas 



hairy. ©. H. 



astr. no. 52. Flowers pale yellow. 



Joinied Milk-Vetch. PL diffuse. 



101 A. TUBERcuLosus (D. C. astr. no. 60. t. 22.) plant erect, 

 hispid at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaflets obovate, emar- 107 A. fra'grans (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1294.) plant procum- 



ffinate, about 11-12 pairs ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the bent, and almost stemless, glabrous; stipulas concrete, mar- 

 leaves 



PI. I foot. 



106 A. capita'tus (Lin. spec. 1064.) plant caulescent, erect ; 

 leaflets emarginate ; spikes capitate, on elongated peduncles. 

 %. H. Native of the Levant. Flowers purple. 



Capi/a^e-flowered Milk- Vetch, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PL 



1 foot. 



. legumes depressed, ending each in a long raucrone, arcu- cescent ; leaves with 8-10 pairs of elliptic acute leaflets, which 

 ately hooked upwards, tubercular, and puberulous. ©. ? H. are pubescent beneath ; peduncles^about equal in length to the 

 Native of Syria and Cappadocia. The fruit of the Cappadocian 



plant is much larger than those of the Syrian one. Flowers pale 

 yellow. 



rutercMZar-fruited Milk-Vetch. PL 1 foot. 



102 A. EPIGLOTTIS (Lin.mant. 274.) plant procumbent, clothed 

 with hoary' villi ; stipulas lanceolate, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, clothed with black villi ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of oblong- 

 linear leaflets ; spikes of flowers capitate, on very short pedun- 

 cles : * 



leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate ; bracteas ovate, membranous ; 

 legumes glabrous. % . H. Native of Cappadocia. A. glaber, 

 D. C. astr. no. 44. but not of Michx. A. orientalis minimus 

 foliis viciae et floribus ex viridi-flavcscentibus odoratissimis, 

 Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Fragrant Milk- Vetch. 



PL procumbent, an inch long. 



108 A. micropiiy'llus (Lin. spec. 1067. ? Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 1277.) plant diffuse, smoothish ; lower stipulas free, upper ones 



legumes depressed, somewhat cordate, acuminated, with concrete; leaves with 15-18 pairs of puberulous leaflets, the 



lower ones oblong and emarginate, the upper ones linear and re- 

 tuse ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; legumes erect, crowded 



Native of Siberia in 



somewhat replicate margins, spreading, and pubescent. 0» H. 



Native of Spain, Barbary, the Levant, and south of France. D. _ „ ^ 



C. astr, no. 56.— Herm. lugd. hot. p. 77. Riv. tetr. 109. f. 1. in spikes, inflated, ovate, hairy. %'^' 



Flowers pale yellow. 



Far. /3, asperulus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 291.) 

 and rout^h. 



0. H. Native of Spain, on hills about St. Philip. 

 A. asperula, Dufour, ann. gen. sc. 7. p. 295. 



Srvord-tongued or Sword-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1737. '" 



pastures ; also of Thuringia and Hercynia, if the synonyme of 

 Willd. be rightly attached. The fruit is that of ^. ctcer, but the 

 leaves and stipulas are different. Flowers pale yellow. The 



103 



PL procumbent. 



specimen in the Linnaean herbarium is pubescent, with 0-7 pairs 

 of roundish emarginate leaflets. 



Small-leaved Milk-Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1773. PL 



A. triaxgula'ris (D. C. prod. 2. p. 291.) stem erect, 1 foot long, diff'use. 



smoothish, trigonal; stipulas membranous, acuminated, villous ; 109 A. semibilocxjla^ris (D. C. astr. no. 61. t. 23.) plant 



leaves with 8-10 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse, emarginate leaf- erect, rather ascending, smoothish ; lower stipulas concrete, up- 

 ^^'- - - - . r . _ o ... . per ones distinct; leaves with 9-11 pairs of elliptic-oblong acute 



leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; legumes erect, dis- 



Na- 



lets; spikes of flowers pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; le- 

 gumes pendulous, triquetrous, few-seeded, straight, incompletely 

 2celled. ©. H. "" 



Ph'^ca triangu- 



posed in heads, oblong-triquetrous, half-bilocular. %.. H. 



,, — ^' --. Native country unknown. „ * ■ ^ - ii in 



WIS. Zea in Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 63. Flowers pale yellow. tive of Siberia, about Zmeof^ l^bwers pa^e yeHow. 



Triangular -%\.Qmm^i\.M — - — 



PL I 



foot. 



FL July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



Ilal/'bilocular'^odded Milk- Vetch. 



PL 1 foot. 



FL July, Aug. Clt. 



1804. 



104 A, B(e'ticus (Lin. spec. 1068.) plant procumbent, pu- 

 bescent ; stipulas membranous, ovate, acuminated ; leaves w ith 

 i?'^^ P^>rs of obovate retuse leaflets; spikes of flowers on very 

 snort peduncles; legumes erect, triquetrously-prismatic, gla- 

 brous, straight, but hooked at the apex. ©. H. Native of 

 ^pain, Barbary, Sicily, and the Levant. A. uncinatus, Mocnch. 

 A. triangularis, Munt. phyt. t. 110.— Riv. tetr. irr. t. 105.— 

 ^occ. sic. t. 4. Flowers pale yellow. The plant under this 

 '^ame in tlie gardens is erect ; it is therefore perhaps the pre- 

 ^^^duifT species. In Hungary the seeds are rgasted, ground, and 

 'ised as a substitute for coffee. 



110 A. resupina'tus (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 493.) plant 

 with short diff'use stems, and clothed with adpressed pubescence 

 in every part ; stipulas concrete ; leaves with 5-10 pairs of ellip- 

 tic acutish leaflets; peduncles about equal in length to the 



leaves ; legumes oblong, nearly terete, arched, resupinate, and 



Native of middle Iberia. A. physodes 



Flowers pale 



rather pilose. Tf.. H. 



var. perpusilla, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 198. 



yellow. 



Resupinate-podded Milk- Vetch. PL | foot. 

 HI A. re'ptans (Willd. hort. berl. 2. t. 88.) plant procum- 

 bent, creepin^s glabrous ; some of the stipulas concrete, and 



i!«»» Milk. Vetch. Fl,iune. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. proc. "'hers free; leave. „hl, 12-13 pairs of H^^^^^^^^^^^ 



XP^c 



mucronate leaflets ; racemes pedunculate, hardly shorter than the 

 leaves; le<rumes lanceolate, pubescent, half-bdocular. %. U. 



Allied to yf. odoratus^ ac- 



yellow ; the stipulas are joined together, and the flowers are yel- Native of Mexico.^^ Flovyers white, 

 'ow). Z). C. prod. 2. p. 291. Stipulas free fi 



joined together. Flowers 



Root perennial. 



cording to Link. There is a specimen in the Lambertian herba- 

 rium, whicli agrees with this in every particular, but the leave* 



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