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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXL Astragalus: 



parted, with plumose segments, shorter than the corolla ; leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of oblong-linear smoothish leaflets. ^ . F. Na- 

 tive of Armenia. D, C, astr. no, 90. t, 32. f. 1. Trag. orientalis 

 humilis floribus luteis dense congestis, &c. Tour. cor. 29. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Go W^w- flowered Goat*s-Tliorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



167 A. PLUMosus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 133^.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, aggregate ; calyx cleft into 5 parts beyond the middle; 

 lobes filiform, bearded, plumose, shorter than the corolla ; leaflets 

 elliptic-lanceolate, ending each in a spine-like mucrone, and 

 clothed beneath with adpressed silky villi. T2 . F. Native of 

 Galatia (Willd.). Troade (Oliv.). Flowers purple. Very like 

 the two preceding species, but differs from them in the form of 



the leaflets. 



Fcathery-calyxed Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



168 A. compa'ctus (Willd. in act. berl. 1794. p. 29. t, 1. f. 1.) 

 flowers axillary, sessile, 4-5, aggregate ; calyx 5-parted ; the 

 lobes filiform, and bearded with wool, shorter than the corolla ; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, mucronate, hoary-villous leaf- 

 lets. T2 . F. Native of Armenia and Caucasus. D. C. astr. 

 no. 86. t. 32. f. 2. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 500. A. pycno- 

 phyllus, Siev. in soc. mosq. 4. p. 57. Flowers white. 



Compact Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -^ foot. 



1G9 A. arnaca'ntha (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 205.) flowers axil- 

 lary, 2-3-together ; calyx 5-parted, with setaceous w^oolly seg- 

 ments, which are shorter than the corolla ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 ending each in a spiny mucrone, and clothed with hoary hairs. 

 Tl . F. Native of Tauria and Caucasus, on barren hills. A. 

 Poterium, Pall. astr. p. 1. t. 1. but not of Vahl. A. compactus 

 var. ft, D. C. Willd. Flowers flesh-coloured. The legume is 

 1 -celled according to Pallas. 



Lamh's- Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



170 A. ole^f6lius (D. C. astr. no. 87.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, disposed in globose whorls around the branches ; calyx 

 5-cle{tf woolly, villous ; leaves with 6-10 pairs of oblong, glauces- 

 cent, smoothish leaflets. ^ . F. Native of the Levant. Trag. 



pairs of oblong, acute, tomentose leaflets. 



D. C. astr. no. 91, t. 



T^.F. Native of 

 Candia, on Mount Ida. D. C. astr. no. 91, t. 33, Trag, CrC' 

 tica incana, &c. Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers purple, striped. Gum 

 tragacanth also flows from this shrub, but very sparingly, 

 Cretan Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



175 A. Si'cuLUS (Biv. giorn. palerm. no. 4. Rafin. car. p. 72.) 

 flowers axillary, sessile, aggregate ; calyx S-parted, very villous, 

 shorter than the corolla; leaves with 4-8 pairs of oblong acute 

 leaflets, which when young are villous, but afterwards become 

 glabrous. Tj . F. Native of Sicily, on high mountains, espe- 

 cially on Mount Etna. Flowers white, or tinged with purple 

 (Rafinisque). A. tragacantha, Bern. Ucr. hort, panorm. p. 316. 



Sicilian Goat's-Thorn. Shrub^ foot. 



176 A. ECHINUS (D. C. astr. no. 92. t. 34.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, twin ; calyx woolly and villous, 5-toothed, shorter than 

 the corolla ;' leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, aciitisli, 

 hoary leaflets. T2 . F- Native of the Levant on rocks, and of 



Eastern Caucasus. 



500. A. Cretensis, Pall. astr. p. 6. exclusive of the synonymes 



Flowers white, with the vexillum striped with purple. 



A. Caspicus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2, p. 204. suppl. 



Hedgehog Goat's-Thorn, 



Shrub -i foot. 



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Flowers axillary, pedunculate. 



177 A. ECHiofDEs(Lher. stirp. 170.) peduncles 2-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calyxes hardly pubescent, 5-toothedi 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of linear-lanceolate hoary leaflets. Ij-r. 

 Native of Candia. A. echioides, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1326. A. 

 Creticus, Willd. acad. berol. 1794. p. 23. t. 2. f. 2. exclusive ot 

 the synonymes. Flowers white, but the vexillum is marked with 

 red lines. 



Bugloss'lihe Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



178 A. Oly'mpicus (Pall. astr. p. 4. t. 4.) peduncles very 

 short; calyx ovate, tubular, silky, 5-toothed; leaves with 6 pairs 

 of oblong, bluntish, hoary leaflets ; legumes cylindrical, mucro- 



Native of Armenia 



nate, twice the length of the calyx. T2 . F. 



3. p 



1331. 



on Mount Olympus. A. leucophyllus, Willd. spec 

 orientalis foliis oleae, &c. Tourn. cor. 29. A. pugniformis, Flow^ers white, almost sessile. Letrumes distinctly peduncula 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1334. but not of Lher. Flowers yellowish. 

 Olive-leaved Goat's-Thorn. Shrub 4 foot. 



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171 A. LONGiFoLius (Lam. diet. 1. p. 322.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, disposed in somewhat globose whorls ; calyx 5-parted, 

 woolly, a little shorter than the corolla; leaves with 9-12 pairs 

 of oblong glabrous leaflets, each ending in a spine-like mucrone. 



Native of Armenia. D. C. astr.no, 88. t. 30. A. pug- 

 nifonnis, Lher. stirp. 170. Trag. orientalis, Pocock, trav. 3. 

 t. 88. 



Tj.F. 



Long-leaved Goat's-Thorn. 



Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



Olympic Goat's-Thorn. , Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



179 A. PoTE^RiuM (Vahl. symb. .1. p. 63.) peduncles very 

 short, usually 2-flowered ; calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed ; leaves 

 with 4-5. pairs of oblong acute leaflets, which are glabrous above 

 and villous beneath ; legumes tomentose, ovate, 1 -seeded, leng 

 of calyx, T2 . H. Native of Granada, in dry places. Poteriurj, 

 Cluss. hist. 1. p. 108. with a figure. Moris, oxon. sect. 2, t- ' 

 f. 2. A. Granatensis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 321. A. tragacantha p. 

 Lin. spec. 1073. Flowers white. The odd leaflet usually pe^' 

 manent. Perhaps A. Poterium of Willd., a native of the Levam. 



172 A. DENUDATUs (Stov. mcm. mosq. 4. p. 57.) flowers is distinct from the plant of Vahl. 



axillary, sessile, glomerate ; calyx 5-parted, with setaceous 



woolly lobes ; leaves with 7 pairs of lanceolate, mucronate, green, Shrub ^ foot. 



Poterium-like Goat's-Thorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 164° 



pubescent leaflets. ^ . F. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on the 

 higher mountains. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p, 501. Corolla small, 

 with the vexillum striated. Yoimg leaves rather tomentose in 

 winter, but becoming smooth in summer. 



iVaA-erf-leaved Goat*s-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



173 A. pseu'do-Tragaca'ntiia (Pall. astr. p. 3. t. 3.) flowers 

 axillary, sessile, 7-8-together ; calyxes woolly, with setaceous 

 lobes, which are longer than the tube ; leaves with 8-9 pairs 

 of oblong, acutish, awnless leaflets, clothed with hoary pili. I2 • 

 F. Native of Eastern Caucasus, in subalpine places among 

 rocks. Flowers yellowish. This plant is very like A. arislalus, 

 btit differs in the flowers being sessile. 



False-Goat's- Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



174 A. Cre^'ticus (Lam. diet. 1. p. 321.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, aggregate ; calyxes 5-parted, with setaceous plumose 



180 A. Massilie'nsis (Lam. diet, 1. p. 320. 



D. C. astr. no^ 

 96.) peduncles usually 4-flowered, about equal in length to t ^^ 

 leaves; calyxes cylindrical, with 5 short blunt teeth ; leaves 

 9-11 pairs of elliptic hoary leaflets. ^j . H. Native aboi^ 

 Marseilles and Narbonne, in sandy places, as well as ^^^J^^^k 

 and Mauritania. A. tragacantha var. '^ '" " ^^^ 



tragacantha, Pall. astr. t. 4. f 1, 2. D^^. «.- - 



med. hot. 267. t. 98. Wats. dent. brit. 84.— Lob. icon. 2. t. ^i' 

 Garid. aix. 469. t- 104, &c. Flowers white. This plant '^uf^^^J 

 grown for tragacanth, from which the gum is obtained, 



Shrub 



a, Lin. spec. 1073. ^; 

 uh:arb.2.t.l00.Woadw 



th. 



certainly produces nothing like gum trag? 



Marseilles Goat's-Thorn. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1640. 



■J to 1 foot. 



181 A. arista'tus (Lher. stirp. 170.) peduncles very sn^*^ 



...^, -fefe.-i3"-- , —v — -r ' X usually 6-flowered; calycine teeth long and setaceous; leaves 



■lobes, which are a little longer than the corolla ; leaves with 5-8 6-9 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate, pilose leaflets ; leg^ 



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