LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



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125 A. gla'ber (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 66. but not of 



D. C.) plant low and smoothish ; leaves with 10-11 pairs of el- 

 liptic-oblong, obtuse or emarglnate leaflets ; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers disposed in racemose spikes ; legumes 

 distant, spreading, depressed, incurved. 1/ . H. Native of 



Mount Atlas. A. falcatus, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 188. t. 206. Flowers 

 pale yellow or greenish yellow. 



Falciform-Nodded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 PL 2 feet. 



133 A. A'sPER(Jacq. icon. rar. 1. 1. 152.) plant erect, straight, 



Georgia and South Carolina, in sandy w^oods. Flowers white. rough from hairs, which are fixed by their centre ; stipulas 



Smooth Milk- Vetch. PI. |^to 1 foot. linear-lanceolate ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of lanceolate leaflets ; 



126 A. CicER (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant diffusely procumbent, peduncles much longer than the leaves; flowers spicate, erect; 



rather pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate; leaves with 10-13 pairs legumes oblong, triquetrous, acuminated, clothed with adpressed 



of elliptic-oblong mucronate leaflets; peduncles longer than the pubescence. 11. H. Native of Siberia, Tauria, Caucasus, 



leaves; flowers disposed in spike-like heads; legumes inflated, Hungary, &c. D. C. astr. no. 63. A. chloranthus, Pall. astr. 



hairy, mucronate. If. H. Native of Europe, in mountain mea- no. 34. t. 25. Flowers greenish yellow, tipped with orange. 



Rough Milk- Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. CI. 1 796. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



(lows and hedges. 



D. C. astr. no. 67. var. a. Jacq. austr. 3. t. 



Riv. tetr. irr. 1. 108. 



251.— All. pedem. no. 1266. t. 41. f. 2. 



Moris, oxon. sect. 2. t. 9. f. 9. Corolla pale-yellow. 



134 A. chlorosta'chys (Lindl. mss.) this plant comes very 

 near j4. stipulatus and A. galegiformisy both in habit and cha- 



Chick-pea Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1570. PI. proc. racter. It is cultivated in the English gardens, but we have not 

 127 A. ULiGiNosus (Lin. spec. 1066.) plant erect, somewhat been able to procure a specimen, and therefore the description 



remains a desideratum. If. H. .Native of Nipaul, Flowers 



diffuse, and rather pubescent ; stipulas membranous, lanceolate, 

 acuminated; leaves with 10-11 pairs of elliptic oblong leaflets ; 

 pcJuncles about equal in length to the leaves ; flowers disposed 

 in spikes ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyx ; legumes 

 rather reflexed, terete, glabrous, with a longitudinal furrow on 



the back. l/.H. 

 Pall. astr. t. 26. 



greenish-yellow. A. malachophyllus, Hort. 



Grcen-spikcdU\\k'\Qtc\i. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1824. PI. 



3 to 5 feet, 



135 A. palle'scens (Bieb. fl. taur, suppl. p. 489.) plant 



Native of Siberia, in rather humid meadows. ascending, canescent ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 5-6 

 D. C. astr. no. 66. — Gmel. sib. 4. t. 17, 18. 



Flowers pale yellow, the top of the keel violet-coloured. 

 5o^ Milk- Vetch. Fl.Julv. Auff. Clt. 1772. PI. diffuse. 



pairs of linear-elliptic leaflets ; peduncles much longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers disposed in spicate racemes, rather distant ; 



legumes erect, oblong, and somewhat triquetrous, clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence, acuminately mucronate. %. H. Native 



Fl. July, Aug. 

 128 A. micra'nthus (Desv. journ. bot. 1814, 1. p. 78. but 

 not of Nutt.) plant diffuse, rather pubescent ; stipulas ovate, of Siberia, between the Don and the Volga. Flowers cream- 

 acute : leavps lifivi'r^^ n.io ^^\^^ ^^ ^^^x^^:^ ^i.*.,.^ i^^fl^^^ . coloured. This plant would have been brought into the division 



Dissitijlorcey if it had not been for the colour of the flowers. 



Pa/^-flowered Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. asc. 



leaves having 11-12 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets; 

 peduncles twice the length of the leaves ; flowers disposed in 

 spikes; bracteas shorter than the 

 somewhat trigonal, smoothish. 

 known. Flowers pale yellow. 



Small-flowered Milk- Vetch. 

 Ph diffuse. 



calyx ; legumes deflexed, 

 %. H. Native country un- 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 



§ 

 form 



10. Galegiformes (from Galega, goats*-rue, and forma, 

 ; plants with the habit of Goats'-rue, Galega). Z>. C. 



129 A. Canade'nsis (Lin, spec. 1066.) plant erectish, rather 

 pubescent; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves havinsr 10- 

 12 pairs of elliptic-oblong, bluntish leaflets 

 equal in length to the leaves 



o -- — -"^ *^c*Tto, flowers disposed in spikes ; brac- 

 teas shorter than the calyx ; legumes erect, oblong, terete, gla- 



Carolina. 



prod. 2, p. 294. Stipulas neither adhering to the petiole nor to 

 each other. Flowers cream-coloured or white. Legumes stipitate. 



136 A. Ciiine'nsis (Lin. fil. dec. 1. t. 3.) plant erect, gla- 

 peduncles about brous; leaves with 12-13 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets; pe- 

 duncles lon.orer than the leaves ; flowers pendulous, racemose ; 



Native ol 



. _ D. C. astr. no. 65. 



*6. t. 39. f. 45. 



Native of North America, from Canada to 



Dodart, icon. t. 65. — Dill. elth. 



- Corolla yellow. 

 Canada Milk- Vetch. 



Root creeping. 



, - FlJuly. Clt. 1732. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



1^0 A. Carolinia'nus (Lin. spec 

 ^y^^'^^'Has ovate, acuminated; leaves with 20 pa.i;> ^i 

 than ^ , ^^^» which are pubescent beneath ; peduncles longer 



1066.) plant erect, gla- 



of 



legumes ovate, inflated, hardly mucronate. %. H. 

 China. Flowers pale yellow, but finally become white. 



China Milk-Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1 795. Tl. 2 to 4 ft. 



137 A. GALEGiFORMis (Liu. spcc. 1066.) plant erect, glabrous ; 

 leaves with 12-13 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves; flowers pendulous, racemose; legumes 

 triquetrous, mucronate at both ends. %. H. Native of Siberia, 

 and Iberia. Pall. astr. no. 38. t. 29. D. C. astr.no. 61. 



flowe 



of np/1* 1 "^*' ' ^uwcrs disposed in spiKes ; o 

 tivr r \r? ' .^!g"™^s erect, ovate, tumid, beaked. 



in spikes ; bracteas length 



f \V I.;''g'nia and Carolina, on mountains.— Dill. elth. t. 39. 

 •*3- * lowers pale yellow. 



)^arolinuin Milk- Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 

 erect 1 ^"^^^"^'^^^ (l^am. diet. 1. p. 310. but not of Desf. ) 

 liavin \c^^ Pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 fathe^l ^^ ^^''^^ ^^ ^^''P*^^'^'"^^*'"^' acute leaflets ; peduncles 

 Ronal ^^^^^ *^*" *^^ leaves ; legumes pendulous, rather tri- 

 Nativ ^f "c^u ^^^*^^*^^' glabrous, disposed in racemes. % . H. 

 astr „ ^^'bena, in wet, grassy places. Pall. astr. t. 31. D. C. 

 jstr. no, 70. t. gg. * • " "^ *^ - 



^pT^: "«"»'• Flowers greenish yeUow. 

 (a/cafe-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.? 



Flowers pale yellow. 

 Goats* -rue-formed 



PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1729. 



138 A. Drummo'ndi (Dough in Hook, fl. bor. amer, p. 153. 

 t. 57.) plant glabrous ; stems flexuous; leaves with 10-12 pairs 

 of ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; bracteas subulate, 

 about the length of the pedicels, or perhaps longer ; peduncles 

 a little longer than the leaves, pubescent as well as the petioles, 



gah- 



and under side of the leaves as well as the calyxes. 



Like A. 



A. virescens, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 73. A. 



D. C. astr. no. 69.) 



132 A * "^^ ^'*i»B.- y eicn. ri. JU. jui. i^ii. i PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



plant e ^^^f^'^^'^^Js (Desf. amend, atl. 



^ith lo'T^ ^. '''"^"^ ! stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 •'lorter th ^T* ^^ elliptic, obtuse, leaflets ; peduncles rather 

 father r^ leaves ; legumes compressed, drooping, falcate, 



«>pitate, ^ . H. Native of Algiers, at the foot of 



Native of North America. Flowers yellow. 



giformh. 



Drummond's Milk- Vetch. PI. 2 feet. 



139 A. succu'mbens (Dougl. mss.) plant strong and very 

 villous; stems flexuous; leaflets obovate, obtuse; stipulas 

 broad, triangular ; bracteas subulate, about the length of the 

 tube of the calyx ; racemes about the length of leaves. 1/ . H. 

 Native of North America, on the barren grounds of the Colum- 

 bia. Flowers apparently yellow. Legumes flat, smooth. 



Crouching Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



