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, LEGUMINOSiE. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



* 140 A. racem6sus (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. p. 740.) plant erect, 

 rather pubescent; leaves with 10 pairs of lanceolate leaflets; 



f)ednncles longer than the leaves; racemes dense -flowered ; 

 egumes pendulous, inflated, triquetrous. 1/. H. Native of 



Upper Louisiana, 

 Flowers white. 



A, galegoides, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 100. 



cemose 

 veined. 



Plant disagreeably scented. 

 Racemose-fiowereA Milk- Vetch. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 

 141 A. PTEHo'sTYLis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 294.) plant almost 

 erect, glabrous ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of elliptic, emarginate 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves : flowers erect, ra- 



legumes pendulous, ovate, depressed, reticulately 

 1/ . ? S. Native of New Holland, on the eastern 

 coast, and the island of Timor. The cauline stipulas are dis- 

 tinct, and deeply bi or tridentate. The style is compressed, 

 ensiform, and bearded at the apex on the upper side. Legume 

 on a short stipe, with the cells 2-seeded. Perhaps this plant 

 will constitute a new genus. 



Winged-styled Milk-Vetch. PL 1 foot. 



§ 11. Aloj)ecuroidei (from aXioirr)^^ alopeXj a foXy oupa, oura^ 

 a tail, and tt^oc, eidos, form ; in reference to the shape of the 

 spikes of flowers, which has been likened to a fox's tail). 

 fi* C. prod. 2. p, 294. Stipulas not adhering to the petioles. 

 Stems erectf straight. Flowers yellow^ disposed in thick dense 

 spikes, which are either sessile^ or on very short peduncles^ in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



142 A. ALOPE^ciAS (Pall. astr. p. 12. t. 9.) plant erect ; leaflets 

 elliptic, villous ; stipulas lanceolate ; spikes sessile, cylindrical, 

 almost the length of the leaves ; tube of calyx woolly, some- 

 what globose, with the segments subulate, and rather longer 

 than the corolla. %. H. Native of Siberia, at Lake Alagul, 



Flowers pale yellow. 

 /bj:-/tt//'-sj)iked Milk-Vetch. FL Jul. Aug. Clt.1800. Pi. 3 ft, 



143 A. ma'ximus (Willd, spec. 3. p. 1258.) plant erect; 

 leaflets lanceolate, pubescent ; stipulas oblong -lanceolate ; spike 

 sessile, cylindrical, nearly terminal ; teeth of calyx capillary, 

 woolly, shorter than the corolla. %. H. Native of America, 



in the Songarlan desert. 



Flowers yellow. 



Largest Milk- Vetch. 



Very like the next species. 



Clt. ? 



FL June, July. 



PL 2 to 3 ft. 



144 A. ALOpEcuROiBES (Lin. spec. 1064. Mill. fig. t. 28.) 



{)lant erect; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; stipulas ovate- 

 anceolate, acuminated ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong, stalked ; 

 calyclne segments setaceous, shorter than the tube, but about 

 equal in length to the corolla. %. H. Native of Siberia. A. 

 alopecuroides and A. alopecurus, D. C. astr. no. 66. and Q7. 

 A. alopecurus, Pall, astr, t. 8. Flowers yellow. 



Foar-^a//-/i^e-spiked Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1737. 

 PL 2 to 3 feet. 



145 A. Narbone'nsis (Gouan. ill. 49. Pall. astr. t. 10.) 

 plant erect, villous ; stipulas lanceolate; leaflets oblong-linear; 

 spikes of flowers somewhat globose ; calycine teeth setaceous, 

 shorter than the corolla, but about the same length as the tube. 



. T^. H. Native about Narbonne and Madrid. Flowers yellow. 

 Narhonne Milk-Vetch. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 789. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



146 A. PoNTicus (Pall. astr. p. 14. t. 11.) plant erect; stem 

 . rather villous ; leaflets oblong, smoothish; stipulas lanceolate : 



spikes of flowers sessile, almost globose, when in fruit ovate; 

 segments of the calyx linear, much shorter than the tube and the 

 corolla. % . H. Native of Tauria and Bessarabia. Flowers yellow. 

 In the specimen sent under this name to De Candolle, by Steven 

 from Tauria, the leaflets are not emarginate, nor the teeth of 

 the calyx ovate, as described by Willdenow. 



Pontic Milk- Vetch. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 



PL 2 feet. 



147 A. vuLPiNus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1259.) plant erect ; stem 

 glabrous ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, or emarginate, rather velvety ; 

 spikes of flowers nearly globose, on very short peduncles ; teeth 



of calyx setaceous, length of tube, but a little shorter than the 

 corolla. %. H. Native about Astracan, and in the sand of 

 the Caspian desert, as well as of the desert of Kuma. A, alo- 



Flowers pale yellow. 



Clt. 1815. PL2to3ft. 



pecuroldes, Pall. astr. p. 9. t. 7. 

 Fox Milk-Vetch. FL June, July. 



.148 A. macroce'phalus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1260.) plant erect; 

 stem glabrous ; leaflets oblong-elliptic, glabrous; stipulas large, 

 acuminated; spikes of flowers globose, pedunculate; teeth of 

 calyx subulate, length of tube, but shorter than the corolla. 

 %. H. Native of Iberia, on hills, and of Galatia, in fields. 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 183. A. orientalis, Pers. ? Flowers yellow. 

 Large-headed Milk-Vetch. PL 3 to 4 feet. >, 



149 A. OBTUsiFOLius (D. C. prod. 2. p. 295.) plant erect; 

 stem and leaves clothed w^ith velvety villi ; leaflets broadly 

 obovate, very obtuse ; stipulas narrow-lanceolate ; spikes glo- 

 bose, containing about 8 or 10 flowers, pedunculate ; calycine 

 teeth subulate, length of tube, but shorter than the corolla. 

 !{.. H. Native of the Levant, between Mossul and Bagdad. 

 Leaflets 11-15, never more, by which it is easily distinguished 



from all the other species of this division. 

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



§ 12. Christiani (so called from the similarity of the species 

 to A. Christianus of Lin., which is called by Dioscorides Chris' 

 tiana-radix or Christian-root ; in reference to the country in 

 which it grows wild). D. C. prod. 2. p. 295. Stipulas adnateto 

 the petiole, but not joined together. Flowers cream-coloured, dis- 

 posed in glomerate, almost sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves, 



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150 A. macroca'rpus (D. C. astr. no. 73, t. 28. but not of 

 Pall.) plant erect, hairy ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 11-14 

 pairs of ovate-oblong leaflets ; flowers glomerate, almost ses- 

 sile, axillary ; legumes inflated ; ovate-globose, mucronate, 

 glabrous, large. %. H. Native of the Levant. Flowers pale 

 yellow. 



Long-fruited Milk-Vetch. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



151 A. Sieversia'nus (Pall. astr. no. 18. t. 12.) plant erect, 

 rather hairy ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 having 10-12 pairs of ovate-oblong leaflets ; flowers glomerate, 

 almost sessile, axillary ; legumes inflated, ovate-globose, mu- 

 cronulate, callous, tomentose. 1^. H. Native of the south of 

 Siberia, at the river Ultchaar. 



Sievers's Milk- Vetch. 



Flowers pale yellow 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



152 A. Christia'nus (Lin. spec. 1064.) plant erect, hairy; 

 stipulas membranous, lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves with 12- 

 24 pairs of elliptic-orbicular leaflets ; flowers glomerate, sessile 

 in the axils of all the leaves ; legumes ovate, wrinkled, gla- 

 brous. l/.H, NativeofJudea, and between Aleppo and Mossiu, 



and of Armenia. Tour. voy. 2. p. 254. with a figure. A. no- 

 ridus, Scop. ins. 2. p. 108. Flowers yellow. 



Christian Milk-Vetch. FL Jul. Clt. 17S7. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



153 A. TOMENTosus (Lam. diet. 1. p. 312.) plant erect, 

 clothed in every part with soft toraentum ; stipulas lanceolate I 

 leaves with 20-25 pairs of ovate-orbicular, somewhat emargin- 

 ate leaflets ; flowers glomerate, almost sessile in the axils oi 

 the leaves ; legumes oblong, terete, acuminated, callous, hairy- 

 )/; H. Native of Egypt. D. C. astr. no. 80. t. 29. A. fr^' 

 ticosus, Forsk. aegyp. 139. 



Tomentose Milk- Vetch. 



PL ll fo^^ 



Flowers yellow. 



FL July. Clt. 1800. *^. -» , ^ 



154 A. SiEBE^Ri (D. C. prod. 2. p. 295.) stem erect, clotbefl 

 with hoary, silky, adpressed hairs ; stipulas membranous, acu- 

 minated ; leaves having 20-25 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets, 

 when young clothed with canescent villi; flowers axillary* 

 almost sessile; legumes triquetrous, acuminated, pubesceot 



^ • ^ ^ 'rrJv. ^^i'"'^ ^^ ^^yP^- A. trigonus, Sieb. pL esf* 

 but not of D, C, Flowers pale-yellow. Allied to the precedu* 



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