LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



267 



f 



i 



hardly half-bilocular. ^. H. Native of the alps of Europe D. C. astr. no. 104. t. 36, A. lagopoides a, Lam. Flow 



and the Pyrenees. A. sempervirens, Lara. diet. 1. p- 320. imbricated, yellow. . 

 Phaca tragacantha, All. pedem. 1257. — Garid. aix. t. 



104. 



Flowers white or pale red. Pedmicles usvially 4-flowered. 



Ilare's-tail-sipiked Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -| foot. 



189 A. vagina'tus (D. C. astr. no. 105. t. 37.) spikes of 



Jjvticd'Calyxed Goat's-Thorn. May, Jul. Clt. 1791. Sh. -| ft. flowers ovate, dense, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; calyxes 



182 A. genarge'nteus (Moris, elench. sard. p. 11.) pedun- at length inflated, villous, acutely 5-toothed; bracteas equal in 



cles usually 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx length to the calyx ; stipulas acuminated, very long, sheathing ; 



narrow, acute, very short ; leaves with many pairs of elliptic, leaves with 7-10 pairs of oblong leaflets, each ending in a spiny 



cancscent leaflets. Tj • H- Native of Sardinia, on the heights 

 of Genargentum. Flowers cream-ooloured, with the keel tipped 

 with dark purple. Like A. Massiliensis and A aristatus. 



Genargentum Goat's-Thorn, 



183 A. bracteola'tus (D. C. astr. no. 102.) peduncles rather 



Shrub ^ foot. 



mucrone, and clothed with pubescence beneath. ^2 • F« Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Flowers cream-coloured. Petioles almost 

 unarmed. 



Shcathing-st\\)\\[eA Goat's-Thorn. Shrub \ foot. 



190 A. cefhala'ntiius (D. C. astr. no. 106. t. 38.) flowers 



longer than the leaves, bearing ovate spikes of flowers ; calyx disposed in round pedunculate heads, 3-times longer than the 



leaves ; calyxes clothed with silky hairs, 5-toothed ; bracteas 

 small ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, which are 

 clothed with hoary, adpressed, silky villi. Fj . F. Native of 

 Persia. Petioles almost unarmed. 



Headed-Jlowered Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



191 A. TRicHOLOBUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 299.) spikes of flowers 

 ovate-roundish, pedunculate, twice or thrice longer than the 

 leaves ; calyxes a little inflated, hairy ; the segments subulate, 

 longer than the tube of the corolla ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, 

 deciduous, length of corolla ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of linear 

 leaflets, each ending in a spine-like point, and clothed with ad- 

 pressed hoary villi. Tj , F. Native of the Levant. Flowers 

 pale in the dried specimens, adult ones without the bracteas. 



Hair-lobed-ca\ys.e(\ Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



192 A. tu'midus (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 26.) flowers usually 



clothed with adpressed pubescence, cylindrical, with lanceolate- 

 subulate teeth ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong leaflets, which 

 when young are clothed with silky pubescence, but at length 

 becoming glabrous. H. Tj . Native of Galatia, on hills. A. 

 pungens, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1325. Trag. orientalis humillima se 

 sparj>,ens, floribus spicatis, Tourn. cor. 29. Bracteas linear- 

 subulate. Flowers white in the dried specimens. 



Bracteolate Goat's-Thorn. Shrub I to 1 foot. 



184 A, angustifolius (Lam. diet. 1. p. 321.) peduncles 6- 

 flowered, somewhat corymbose, about equal in length to the 

 leaves; calyx cylindrical, rather villous, acutely 5-toothed; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, glabrous in the adult 

 state. T2- F. 

 p. 25. 



Native of Armenia, Willd. act. berol. 1794. 

 D, C. astr. no. 98. — Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers yellow. 



Shrub ^ foot. 



Narroiv-leaved Goat's-Thorn. 



185 A. RETu'sus (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 24. t. 2. f. 3. ex- solitary, on short peduncles ; calyxes villous, inflated, contracted 

 elusive of the synonyme) peduncles 4-flowered, shorter than the at the mouth, 5-toothed ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of oblong leaf- 



Shrub \ foot. 



leaves; calyxes clothed with adpressed, silky villi, cylindrical, 

 5-toothed ; the teeth lanceolate ; leaflets obovate, and somewhat 

 retuse. T? . F. Native of the Levant. Flowers reddish in a dried 

 state. U]s.e A, Massiliensis. 



^efu5e-leafletted Goat's-Thorn. 



186 A. Damasce Nus (D. C. prod. 2. p."l98.) peduncles 4-6- 

 nowered, somewhat spicate, rather longer than the leaves ; 

 calyxes cylindrical, clothed with adpressed silky villi, 5-toothed, 

 ^ue teeth lanceolate ; bracteas ovate, membranous, shorter than 

 the tube of the calyx ; leaves with 15-16 pairs of elliptic, some- 

 ^J^"^L,^"cronate leaflets, which are villous on both surfaces. 

 *?•*'. Native about Damascus. Flowers white in the dried 

 specimens. A. retusus, D. C. astr. no. 99. t. S5. but not of Willd. 



JJamascus Goat's-Thorn. Shrub | foot. 



lets, which are clothed with adpressed pubescence 



Fj. H. 



Native of Spain, in the province of Aragon, Egypt, and the 

 Levant, in sandy places. Russ. alepp. t. 5. A. Rauwolfii, 

 Vahl, Coliitea spinosa, Forsk. descr. Spines long. Axillary 

 leaves small, with a few pairs of leaflets, which are about equal 



in length to the pedicels. Flowers pale yellow. 



Var. /3, armdtus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 299.) leaves with 8 pairs 

 of linear, acute leaflets, \i . F. Native of Mauritania. An- 

 thyllis tragacanthoides, Desf fl. atl. 2. p. 150. t. 194. but not 

 of Labill. Ast. armdtus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1330. 



Tzmzit^-calyxed Goat's-Thorn. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. 



Shrub \ to \ foot. 



193 A. TORTUosus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 299.) peduncles a little 



longer than the leaves ; flowers 3-8, distant, disposed in a kind 



187 A. lagopoides (Lam. diet. 1. p. 312. var. /3, D. C. of raceme ; bracteas membranous, length of pedicels ; calyxes 



% 1 ' ^*^ Spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate, longer than 



e leaves; calyxes very hairy, 5-cleft, the lobes setaceous; 



th^ u^^^^^^' acuminated, deciduous, membranous, longer than 



«..j-'^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^lyx ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong leaflets, 



pairs 

 ., ^"8 ^ach m a spine-like mucrone, and clothed with adpressed 

 • 7 • F, Native of Armenia- A. lagopodioides, Vahl. 

 jy^^b. 1. p, 64. Willd. in act. berol. 1794. p. 28. t. 1. f. 4. 

 **lower8 purple, spreading. 



bladd'"' ^' Pf^^ic^^s (D. C. prod, 2, p. 299.) calyxes rather 

 cat 1^^' ^P'^^^ ^^ flowers on long peduncles ; flowers imbri- 



leaflets broader. 



F. 



Native of Persia, between 



Perhaps a proper species 



villous, 5-toothed, cylindrical, at length a little inflated ; leaves 

 with 10 pairs of obovate, hairy, small leaflets. ^ . F. Native 

 of the Levant, between Bagdad and Kermancha. This plant is 

 very like A. anthylldides^ but differs in the petioles being spiny. 



Flowers probably purple. 



Twisted Goat's-Thorn. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



194 A. coLUTEOiDES (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 27.) pedun- 

 cles a little longer than the leaves, each bearing 4-5 distant 

 flowers in a kind of spike ; bracteas setaceous, very short ; 

 calyxes villous, inflated, 5-toothed; leaves with 15-20 pairs of 

 obovate, small, hoary, hairy leaflets. 1? . F. Native on Mount 

 Lebanon. Rauw. trav. 281. with a figure. Anthyllis traga- 

 canthoides, Labill. dec. syr. 2. p. 16. t. 9. Flowers purple. 



B ladder ' senna-like Goat's-Thorn. Shrub | foot. 



kermancha and Amadan. .ex... 



VVI'"^ *-/«<>'-^'*e Goat's-Thorn. Shrub i foot, 

 spik f* ^'^^^"'^^'S (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 28. t. 1. f. 2.) 



rtu-f ^ flowers ovate, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; . . , • 



^aijxes very villous, at length a little inflated, S-cleft ; the seg- § 14. Chronopodii (from x(>o,'oc, chronos, time, and wove ^ococ, 



ZT^ subulate, about equal in length to the corolla ; bracteas pons podos, a foot ; in reference to the permanent nature of the 

 memhr.. — M h . .. footstalks of the leaves). D. C. prod. 2, p. 299. Petioles j^cr- 



manent, but never hardening into spines. The odd leajkls re- 

 maining a long time on the end of the petiole, after the lateral 



4,5 '■»nous, ovate, acuminated, length of flowers ; leaves with 



and ff"u °/ o^Jong-leaflets, each ending in a spine-like mucrone, 



"Clothed .with adpressed villi. h.¥. Native of Armenia. 



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