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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



are hairy on the under surface, and the peduncles are equal in Glycyphyllus-like Milk-Vetch, Fl. June, July. Clt, 1818. 



If.H. Na- 



length to the leaves. 



Creeping MUk-Yetch. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. | creeping. 



112 A. odora'tus (Lam. diet. 1, p. 311.) plant erect, and 

 rather ascending, pubescent; stipulas concrete; leaves with 11- 

 1 4 pairs of oblong acute leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves ; 

 bracteas smaller than the calyx ; legumes oblong, terete, gla- 

 brous, spreadingly reflexed. %. H. Native of the Levant. 

 D. C. astr. no. 67. t, 24. Habit of -^. uligindsusy but differs in 

 the stipulas being concrete. Flowers pale yellow, sweet-scented. 



Srveet-scented-ftowered Milk- Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 

 1820. Pl.i foot. 



1 13 A. sTiruLA^TUs (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 246. and in bot. 

 mag. 2380.) plant erect, glabrous ; stipulas concrete, foliaceous, 

 large; leaves with 8-lG pairs of oval-oblong, or obovate mucro- 

 nulate leaflets ; peduncles about the length of the leaves ; flowers 

 disposed in loose spikes, at first erect, but at length drooping ; 

 legumes compressed, stipitate, glabrous, drooping. 

 tive of Upper Nipaul at Corasan. Corolla greenish-white, 

 tinged with red. A. lanceol^tus, Hamilt. in herb. Lamb. Coro- 

 nilla stipulata, ibid. Habit of A. glycyphyllus. Stipulas 2 

 inches long, and half an inch broad. 



TiA^rgQ' stipided Milk-Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1822. PL 

 2 to 3 feet. 



114 A. mucronaVus (D. C. astr. no. 68. t. 25.) plant erect, 

 rather pubescent ; stipulas concrete, lanceolate ; leaves with 7- 

 17 pairs of oblong-elliptic mucronate leaflets; peduncles length 

 of leaves ; legumes compressed, arched, channelled on the back, 

 when young pubescent. % . H. Native of the Levant. A. 

 orientalis altissimus, &c. Tourn. cor. p. 29. Flowers yellow. 



iV/i/croyia/c-leafletted Milk-Vetch. FL June, Aug. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



115 A. FRAXiNiFOLius (D. C. astr. no. 71.) plant erect, 

 smoothish ; stipulas concrete, marcescent ; leaves with 6-7 pairs 

 of ovate acuminated leaflets, which are pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 duncles shorter than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, subulate, 

 triquetrous, sessile, a little arched and glabrous. 1/. H. Native 

 of the Levant. Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers yellow. Like A. sti- 

 pulatiis and A. glycyphyllus. 



Ash-leaved Milk-Vetch. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



PL prostrate. 



118 A. secu'nbus (D. C. astr. no. 55.) plant procumbent, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas ovate-oblong, with pubescent margins, and are, 

 as well as the bracteas, leafy ; leaves with 4-5-pairs of ovate 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers secunc!, 

 spreading ; calyx truncate ; legumes stipitate, compressed, ob- 

 long, glabrous. 1/. H. Native of the south of Siberia. Flowers 

 pale yellow. Allied to A. glycyphyllus. 



iSecwnrf-flowered Milk- Vetch. PL prostrate. 



119 A. SERi'cEUs (D. C. astr. no. 45.) plant almost stemless 

 and suffrutescent, clothed with silky pubescence ; stipulas Ian- 

 ccolate ; leaves with 11-13 pairs of oblong- elliptic leaflets; pe- 

 duncles a little longer than the leaves ; spikes capitate; legumes 



' " ' ' "" H. Native of the Le- 



Toura. 



cor. 29. 



Silky Milk- Vetch. 



ovate, silky, acute from the style. 1^ . 

 vant, A. orientalis minimus flore glomerate virescente 



Flowers greenish yellow. 



PL i to -I foot, 



120 A. STRiGULosus (H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 6, p. 

 494.) stems herbaceous, procumbent, clothed with strigose pu- 

 bescence, as well as the under side of the leaves, but they are 

 glabrous above ; leaves with 9-10 pairs of oblong obtuse leaf- 

 lets ; stipulas ovate-oblong, acuminated ; racemes cylindrically 

 oblong, on long peduncles ; calyx beset with black strigse. %* 

 H. Native of Mexico, in temperate parts. Flowers pale-yel- 

 low. Perhaps belonging to a different division. 



Strigose Milk- Vetch. PL procumbent. 



121 A. Kahi'ricus (D. C. prod. 4, p. 292.) plant diffuse, 

 tomentose ; stipulas broad, short, acute : leaves having 5-7 pairs 

 of orbicular leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves ; flowers disposed 

 in spicate racemes, erect ; calyx when in fruit inflated ; legumes 

 stipitate, ovate, smooth. %. F. Native of Egypt, between 

 Cairo and Soueys. A. longiflorus, DeliL fl. aegyp. 112. t^^^* 

 f. 2. but not of Pall. Flowers pale yellow. 



Cairo Milk- Vetch. PL diffuse. 



122 A. PEREGRi^NUS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 57.) plant diffuse, 

 clothed with hairy tomentum ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves having 

 11-13 pairs of obovate emarginate leaflets ; peduncles length of 



i 



§ 9. Ciceroidei (from clcer^ the chick-pea, and tdea^ similar ; v • .. tV 



leaves or shorter than them ; flowers disposed in spikes, lo^^^ 

 ones remote ; legumes somewhat triquetrous, a little archea, 



D. C. astr. no. 



72. t. 27. 



plant similar to the chick-pea in habit). Z). C.prod. 2. p. 292. 

 Stipulas neither adhering to the petioles nor to each other, 

 Flowers cream-colouredj disposed in pedunculate spikes. Roots 

 perenniaL Legumes sessile. 



116 A. glycyphy'llus (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant prostrate, 

 glabrous ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, entire ; leaves with 4-5-7 

 pairs of oval, bluntish, smooth leaflets; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong ; legumes almost 

 terete, obscurely triangular, with a slight longitudinal furrow, 

 curved upwards, pointed, smooth, and even. 1|1. H. Native 

 of Europe and Siberia. In Britain in woods, thickets, bor- coloured. A. 

 ders of fields, or on the sides of hills, on a chalky or gravelly 

 soil. Smith, engL bot- t. 203. — Riv. tetr. irr. t. 103. Flowers 



sulphur-coloured. The leaves have at first a sweetish taste, legum^ oblong- elliptic and thickening" 

 soon changing on the palate to a nauseous bitter. Cattle are not Depressed Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 772. PI- ^^ 



pressed # 



124 A. i.EucopH^'us(Smith, inLin. trans. 1. p. 252.) P^^^^^ 



prostrate, clothed with canescent villi ; stipulas ovate, tra- 



Native of Egypt. _ . 



Flowers pale-yellow. There is a variety of this plant with fewer 



flowers, which are sessile in the axils of the leaves. 



Foreign Milk- Vetch. PL diffuse. 



123 A. depre'ssus (Lin. spec. 1 073.) plant almost stemless or 

 diff"use, clothed with canescent pubescence ; stipulas ovate, mem- 

 branous ; leaflets 9-11 pairs, obovate; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves ; legumes terete, depressed, straight, drooping, g'*' 

 brous. If. H. Native of the south of Europe, in rugged ex- 

 posed places, and on mountains. AIL ped. no. 1277- t. 19* *• ' 

 D. C. astr. no. 48. Lodd. bot. cab. 680. Flowers creain- 



helmintocarpus, VilL mosp. 42. t. 25. i- 

 dauph. 3. p. 456. t. 42. f. 2. but Villars describes his P^^"^ J^ 

 having no peduncle, the leaflet hoary, cut at the apex, and tn 



fond of them, nor is this plant applied to any agricultural use. 

 Sweet-leaved or Liquorice- Vetch. FL June, July. Britain. 



PL prostrate, 2 to 3 feet long. 



117 A, glycyphylloi'des (D. C.prod. 2. p. 292.) plant pro- pezoid, membranous ; leaves with 12-14 pairs of obcordate leai- 

 cumbent, pubescent j^ stipulas oblong, leafy, rather stipitate; lets ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; legume terete, depressed, 



acute, deflexed, glabrous. %. H. Native country unknown^ 

 Very like the preceding species, but the flowers are nearly ^h' 



leaves with 7 pairs of oval leaflets ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves; spikes of flowers ovate ; flowers secund; calyx acutely 

 5-toothed ; legumes spreading, disposed in something like a 



spike, subulate, triquetrous, straight, glabrous, 

 of Iberia. Flowers pale yellow. 



% . H. Native 



at first, but at length changing to a dirty purplish colour 



DwsA-^.flowered Milk-Vetch. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 

 PL prostrate. 



1777 



