268 



LEGUMINOSiE. CXXXI, Astragalus. 



leaflets have fallen. Sttpulas not adnateto the petioles. Stamens Anthyllis4ihe Milk- Vetch. PI. \to\ foot, 



distinct or diadelphous^ with a short sheath. Perhaps a proper 



201 A. nubi'genus (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 245.) plant stem- 

 less ; leaves with many pairs of oval, mucronulate, densely piW 



,^^A , /T>ii . o./?\i. i.11. leaflets; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calyxes inflated, sac- 



195 A. amVrus (Pall. astr. p. 8. t. 6.) plant erect, glabrous ; _^^ ^^ ;. .^ . u„„J' „.ur}. t.r.t.. .traiaht. verv vnious. 



enus. 



cate at the base ; legumes nearly terete, straight, very villous. 

 %. F. Native of Nipaul, in Gosaingsthan. Root long, woody. 

 Flowers large, yellow, with the vexillum pilose on the back. 



Cloud-born Milk- Vetch. Fl. May. 

 202 



PI. I foot. 



stipulas spreading, lunate, leafy ; leaves with 2-5 pairs of ovate, 

 remote leaflets ; spikes pedunculate, elongated, thinly flowered ; 

 calyx almost cylindrical ; stamens distinct. T2 . F. Native of the 



Caspian desert, on the gypsaceoushiHs called Arsagar.T^ 202 A. vulneea^i^ (D. C. prod. 2. p/soo.) plant almost 



agrees with J, colnteozdes m the mflorescence. but differs in the J^^^^ f.^g ^^ovate. thetet- 



calyx not being mflated, and from all the species m the stamens « ^" j » > j j _ , . , 



being distinct, hut of this rare plant the fruit has not been seen. 



Bitter Milk-Vetch. Shrub 1 foot? 



196 A. gibb6sus(D. C. prod. 2. p, 300,) plant erect, canes- 

 cent from adpressed villi; stipulas wanting; leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of remote, ovate leaflets ; spikes elongated, pedunculate, 

 thinly-flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base ; stamens diadel- 



minal one sessile; peduncles hardly longer than the leatw; 

 flowers few, capitate : calyxes hairy, reticulated, becoming « 



' corolla clothed with adpressed silky vdli. 



Phaca halicacaba, Willd. spec. 



length 



It- 



bladdery ; 

 H. Native of Asia Minor, 



3. p. 1254. Flowers yellowish. 

 Wound-wort4ike Milk- Vetch. 



PL } foot. 



phous. joined at the base but a very little way. Tj . F. Native f ^ A lupuli^ nus (Pall, itin ed. gall. ^PP;^^^^^^^^^ "^i. 



betweei Mossul and Bagdad. Verv like I amdrus. but verv P' ^^ .^- 15.) plant stemless and can^scent firom adpje.e^^^ 



which is fixed by the centre ; leaflets 9, elhptic-oblonff , swj^-> 

 hardly longer than the leaves ; spikes dense, ovate ; calyx haii^, 

 at length bladdery ; corollas glabrous ; legumes half-bilocular,x- 

 seeded. %, H. Native of Siberia, in sandy islands m t« 



' Flowers cream- 



Very like A. amdrus, but very 

 distinct, and with it will form perhaps a connecting genus to 



Astra<^alus. 



Gibbous-calyxcd Milk-Vetch. Shrub. 



Series IV. Podochrea^i (ttovc ttoSoq, pons podos^ a foot, and rivers Selenga and Ouda, and at Lake Baikal. 



wxpoci ochros, yellow ; in reference to the footstalks of leaves or 

 petioles never hardening into spines, as those of the last series, 



t remaining weak and pliable, and in the flowers being usually 

 yellow). D. C. prod. 2. p. 300. Stipidas adiuite to the petioles. 

 Petioles permanent, but never hardening into spines. 



§ 15. Anthylloldei ((ram Anthyllisy and irf<?a, similar; plant 



coloured. 



Hop Milk-Vetch. PI. % to |' foot. 



204 A. LAGUROiDEs (Pall. itin. ed. gall. 8vo. 



append, no. 316* 

 adpressed tHIi; 



ye 



resembling Anthyllis in habit). 

 pnlas adnate to the petioles, 

 derv, inclosinrr (he lesstfme. 



D. C. prod, 2. p. 300. 

 Petioles unarmed. 



-ry 



Calyxes blad- 



t. 91. f. 2.) plant stemless, and clothed with ^^^ , 



leaflets 5-7, elliptic-oblong ; scapes about equal in *^/^^!'*^^^^ 

 leaves : spikes ovate, dense : calyxes hispid, at length d a ;» 



H. Native of Siberia^' 



plains about the river Selenga. A. lagurus, Pall.^f^" Plrj^ 

 t. 16. but not of Willd. A. laguroides, D- C. >NilW. 



ki 



T 



Sti' legumes bilocular, 2-seeded. 1/. 



m 





Corollas yellowish^ rarely purple. 



species is very like A, lupulmns, but differs in the flowers u^^ 



197 A- CALYciNus (Bieh. fl. taur. 2. p. 199. pi. cent. ross. 



purple. 



Hare's'tatUlilce Milk- Vetch. 





PI. 4- to i foot. 



1. t. 9. ex suppl. 

 and canescent from 

 centre ; leaves with 



»^ijit;u. n. laur. X, p. \vv, pi. cent. ross. rtare s-iau-Ufce \si\\vi''\ ^tcv\, ri. -j lo ^ i<j>j»'« j^ 



p. 496.) plant stemless, rather glaucous 205 A. infla^tus (D. C. astr. no. 13.) plant caulescent, n^^^^ 



lower ones remote 



adpressed pili, which are fixed by their 

 from 5-13 pairs of obovate leaflets, the 

 scapes longer than the leaves ; spikes of 

 flowers oval-oblong ; calyxes inflated ; legumes somewhat tri- 

 quetrous, acute, many-seeded. Ti. H. 



and at the river Kuma. 



erect, glabrous ; stipulas lanceolate, adnate to the petio . ^^ 

 lets 9, linear -lanceolate ; spikes globose ; peduncles long 



I 



Caly 



X 



Largr-ca/^a:erf Milk- Vetch. PI. 4 to 4 foot. 



%, H. Native of Caucasus 

 Flowers cream-coloured, 

 sometimes beset with hairs, like those on the leaves. 



198 A. iiauca'cabus (Lam. diet. 1. p. 320.) plant stemless, 

 glabrous; leaves with 21-31 lanceolate-linear leaflets; scapes 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, remote ; calyxes glo- 

 bose, bladdery; legumes hardly half-bilocular, 2-seeded. l/.H. 

 Native of Armenia. Phica vesicaria, Schreb. dec. p. 5. t. 3. 

 Flowers yellowisli. Calyxes veiny, contracted at the mouth. 



AV«/t-calyxed Milk- Vetch. Fl.Ju. C!t. 1806. PI. ^to|ft. 



199 A. ruYSALOiDEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 300.) plant stemless, 

 rather hairy; leaflets 5-7, ovate, obtuse, smoothish ; scapes 

 longer than the leaves; flowers rather remote, disposed in 

 spikes; calyxes hairy, globose, bladdery. %.U. Native of 

 the Levant. Flowers yellowish. The leaves are like tliose of 

 A.calycinum, and the flowers are like those of il. halicdcabus, 



ffiw/cr-c/i^rry-'/iAe-calyxed Milk-Vetch. ^^^ * 



200 A. 



the leaves ; calyxes inflated, tomentose ; legumes ^^'^'^\y*j'^es. 

 Native of Siberia, in the Kirghisean steppe. A. ant J ,j 

 Pall. astr. no. 19, t, 13, A. anthvUoides, Palh ^s^^'* ^^261 



astr. no. 19, t, 13, A. anthylloides, ran. 



t. 13. but not of Lam. A. fragiformis, Willd. spec 



Flowers cream-coloured. 



/w/a^eJ-calyxed Milk-Vetch. PL | foot. ^^^ 



206 A. FOLLicuLA^Ris (Pall. astr. p. 19. t. 14.) P'^^L their 



less, canescent from adpressed hairs, which are fixed ) ^^ 



centre ; leaflets 13-21, lanceolate ; scapes straight, •^"^^jgjjja. 



the leaves; spikes cylindrical ; calyxes clothed with blac ^^^ 



pressed down, at length becoming bladdery. If.. H. -^^ct»» 

 the Kirghisean steppe, at the Uba, and near Salair. 'A* ^ 

 Sievers ex Fisch. in litt. Oxvtronis foUicularis, Pers. enco- 



I 



I 



the carina is obtuse. 



t 



5 



foot. 



lllDO*^ 



foot. 



/o//icM?ar-fruited Milk-Vetch. PL i to ^ t aiw^ 



207 A. MOLLIS (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. P- *^^-) P. ^t^tttf^t 

 stemless and rather villous; leaflets 25-29, ^^^'PjJ^'^g^ spr 

 young ones hairy ; scapes shorter than the leaves ; n^ ^^^j, 

 cate; calyxes hairy, at length becoming bladdery, -v.H- 

 subulate ; legumes very hairy, covered by the calyx. ^j 



^T^- ^ .. - , M, , . rr^n. ^ eriocarpu*, *>'^'" 



PL^ 

 ANTHVLLoiDEs (Lam. dict. 1. p. 320. D. C. astr. 

 no. 121-. t. 45. hut not of Pall.) plant almost stemless, clothed 

 with hoary villi ; leaflets 27-35, ovate ; peduncles twice the 

 length of the leaves; flowers diiilant on the spikes; calyxes 



hairy, bladdery; legumes hardly half-bilocular, 2-seeded. 2/. H. almost stemless, canescent from adpressed bristles; '^^'l*^^*^; 

 Native of Armenia. Ph'^ca incana, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 57. 17, elliptic, rather mucronulate; scapes length of *^^V^ 



This plant is very like A. colulcoldcs^ but flowers 6-8, disposed in a kind of capitate spike ; ^^^b^^f'^jje 

 diflTers in the petioles being unarmed. ' -* ' — *^ «.a.*.«^«».f . i««..«»«- v.*u.r ^f^n<T^T than 



Flowers yellow. 



Native of Iberia, on hills about Tiflis. 



taur. 2. p. 196. but not of D. C. Flowers yellowish. 



So/t Milk- Vetch. PL i foot. ^^, v wpt 



208 A. He'lmii (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. ^^V JiS- 

 «<.nost stemless, canescent from adpressed bristles ; Jeane 

 17, elliptic, rather mucronulate; scapes length of 



branous, at length pubescent ; legumes hairy, longer 



