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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



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calyx. %. H. Native of the Ural mountains, at the metal 215 A. longiflorus (Pall. astr. p. 73. exclusive of the sy- 



mines of Woskres-Senskoi. Flowers yellow. Perhaps this plant nonyme of Buxb. and Lin.) plant almost stemless, rather hairy ; 

 belongs to a different section. leaflets 11-13, obovate, retuse, or emarginate ; racemes loose, 



shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx lanceolate-subulate ; 



Helm's Milk- Vetch. 



PI, I foot. 



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Corollas nhite. Cahjxes hardly bladdery. Perhaps this corolla very long, glabrous ; legumes ovate, turgid, mucronate, 

 mil constitute a proper section. smooth, when young filled with pulp, i;, H. Native of the 



209 A.GALACTiTES (Pall. astr. p. 85. t. 65.) plant stemless, desert of Tartary and of the Volga, a^^^^^ 



rather canescent from adpressed bristles ; leaflets 11-15, oblong; 



Flowers yellow. The plant from the Volga differs from the rest 



flowers radical, aggregate, almost sessile ; legumes minute, 2- '" ^^^ legumes^ being almost sessile. 



seeded, inclosed in the calyx, which is pubescent, membranous, 

 and rather inflated. 



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If. H. 



Native of Siberia, beyond the 



Corolla 



Baikal, and of Dahuria, in naked gravelly places. 



white, but becoming of a pale yellow colour on drying, and 



almost as long as the leaves. 



M%-Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



210 A. AMMODYTEs (Pall. itin. ed. gall, append, no. S72. 

 t 83. f. 2. astr. p. 7. t. 5.) plant prostrate, clothed with hoary 

 down ; stipulas ovate, obtuse ; leaves with 2-5 pairs of ovate- 

 leaflets ; flowers axillary, rather radiant, twin, on short pedun- 

 cles; calyxes cylindrical, hairy. Tj. F, Native of Eastern 

 Siberia, on sandy hills. D. C. astr. no. 91. Legume ovoid, 

 mucronate, half-bilocular. Flowers white. Plant small. Pe- 

 tioles permanent and unarmed, as in division Chronopodu. 



Sand-viper M\\]<.-\ etch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. pr. 



§ 16. Caprtni (from caprinusj of a goat ; in reference to the 



Far. a, hreviscapus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 303.) peduncles mud 

 shorter than the leaves ; bracteas hardly exceeding the pedicels. 

 Pall. astr. t. 60. — Gmel. sib. 4, t. 27- 



Var. ft, procerior (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) peduncles exceeding 



Pall. 



the leaves ; bracteas thrice the 

 astr. t. CO. ft. 



length of the 



pedicels. 



Long-foweredMilk'Yetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 180G. PI. 



•J to ^ foot. 



216 A. u TRiGER (Pall. astr. p. 75.) plant stemless, rather 

 hairy ; leaflets 25-35 ; racemes loose, much shorter than the 

 leaves ; teeth of calyx lanceolate-subulate ; corollas glabrous ; 

 legumes stipitate, ovate, mucronate, hard, turgid, clothed with 

 woolly pubescence, adult ones glabrous and 1 -celled. %. H. 



Native of Russia, on rocks. Flowers yellow. 



Var, a, ovatus (Pall, astr. t. 61.) leaflets ovate; legumes 

 large. %. H. Native of Tauria, Tartary, and Iberia. 



Far. /3, Uralensis (Pall. astr. t. 62. f. 2. ft) leaflets oblong- 



leaves of ^. capnnw^, the cihse of which have been compared to linear. IZ. H. Native of the Ural mountains, at the river 



a goat s heard). Z). C. prod. 2. p. 301. 

 the petioles at the base. 



Stipulas adhering to 

 Petioles unarmed. Flowers yellow. 



Don. 



Calyxes not bladdery. 



211 A. ova'tus (D. C. astr. no. 107.) plant somewhat caules- 

 cent, procumbent, villous; leaflets 20-23, ovate; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong ; brac- 



B ladder-bearing Milk- Vetch. 



Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl.-^ft. 



teas and calyxes yillous ; legumes glabrous, 

 of Armenia. 



217 A. LiGNosus (D. C. astr. no. 114. t. 39.) plant some- 

 what caulescent, woody, grey; leaflets 49-51, oblong-linear; 

 peduncles few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves ; teeth of 

 calyx lanceolate, subulate ; corollas glabrous ; legumes sessile, 



Flowers cream-coloured according to the dried 

 specimens, ex. Tourn. cor. 28. 



Native compressed, villous. Tj . ? 1/ . ? H. Native of Siberia, in sandy 



section. 



Perhaps belonging to a different 



fields impregnated with salt, at the river Irtish. Flowers yellow. 



PI. 



I 



4 



to -J foot. 



Ota/e-spiked Milk- Vetch. 



PI. procumbent. 

 212 A. dasya'nthus (Pall. astr. p. 79. t. 05. itin. ed. gall. 

 append.no, 375. t. 85.) plant caulescent, erect, clothed with soft 



Woody -stemmed Milk- Vetch. 



218 A. PUBiFLORUS^r)- C. astr. no. 111.) plant almost stem- 

 less, hairy ; leaflets 21-27, ovate, acute ; flowers almost sessile, 



teeth of calvx linear-subulate ; wings of corolla 



aggregate ; teeth ot calyx 

 pubescent ; ovary sessile, woolly. 



hairs; leaflets 21-23, elliptic, obtuse, rather mucronate ; peduncles Flowers yellow. 



hardly shorter than the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-roundish ; Downy -Jloivered Milk-Vetch. 



calyxes villous, 5-cleft ; legumes ovate-lanceolate, hairy. %.U. 



Native of Siberia and Caucasus, the Ukraine, and Hungary, in 



sandy and calcareous fields. A. eriocephalus, Waldst. et Kit. pi. 



^"^^j "S' ^* ^' ^^' Flowers yellow, with the vexillum pubescent. 

 J hick-foivered Milk-Vetch. 



%. H. Native of Siberia. 



PI. I foot. 



PI. 1 foot. 



219 A. faba'ceus (Bieb. suppl. p. 49G.) plant stemless; 

 leaflets 35-i5, oblong or ovate, pilose ; scapes few-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves : teeth of calyx lanceolate ; co- 

 rollas glabrous ; legumes compressed, sessile, ovate, mucronate, 

 and quite smooth, even when young. 11. H. Native of Iberia, 

 213 A. MULTijuGis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 301.) plant short, cau- on hills, and of other provinces in the east. A. tiimidus, Bieb. 

 descent and pubescent ; leaflets 41-61, elliptic, obtuse at both fl. taur. 2. p. 198. but not of Willd. Flowers yellow, drooping, 

 ends; racemes pedunculate, rather loose, elongated, hardly 

 snorter than the leaves; calyxes cylindrical, 5-toothed; corollas 

 glabrous ; legumes mucronate, velvety, twice the length of the 

 ^ yx. 1/ . F. Native of the Levant, between Bagdad and 

 'vermancha. Flowers 8-10, distant, yellow. 

 g;5|«^-?«*>^rf;leaved Milk- Vetch. PL | foot. 

 ^14 A. CAPRiNus (Lin. spec. 1071.) plant almost stemless, 

 ject, pubescent ; leaflets 23-29, ovate-oblong, ciliated ; pedun- 

 es one-half shorter than the leaves; flowers racemose, spread- 

 g ; segments of the calyx subulate ; corollas glabrous ; le- 



Allied to A, longijlortis and A. utriger. 

 Bean-like Milk- Vetch. PI. i to |^ foot. 

 220 A. LANiGERUs (Dcsf atl. 2. p. 181. t. 202.) plant stem- 

 less and clothed with soft hairs; leaflets 17-31, elliptic or ob- 

 long; flowers almost sessile, aggregate; teeth of calyx lanceo- 

 late; corollas glabrous; legumes compressed, ovate, mucronate, 

 sessile, when young very hairy, but when in an adult state 



Native of Mauritania, Egypt, Phry- 



Flowers 



sparingly pilose 



1/. H. 



gumes ovate, inflated, stipitate, sparingly pilose. %. 

 J^atiye of Barbary and the Levant. D. C. astr. no. 109. 

 <>ns. oxon. 2. p. 24. f. 3. 



H. 



M 



r, 



^ » Flowers yellow. 



?'*• P» glaber (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) leaflets as well as 

 J^anes nearly smooth. % . H. Native of Mauritania. Per- 

 '^aps a proper species. 



^oaCs Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1683. 



PI. 4 ft. 



gia, and Iberia, in barren sandy places and on hills, 

 yellow, sometimes pedunculate. 



Var. ft, subglabratus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) leaflets almost 

 glabrous ; calyxes and petioles liairy at the base. %. H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. — Buxb. cent. 3. p. 38. f. 2. and hence the 

 A. tragacanthoidesoiVfWld. spec. 3. p. 1323. Flowers radical. 



Wool-bearing Milk-Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. 



221 A. exsca'pus (Lin. mant. 275.) plant stemless, clothed 

 with soft hairs; leaflets 21-27, ovate; flowers almost sessile, 



Clt. 1791. PI. I ft. 



