f 



270 



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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. AstragaIus 



compressed. 



PL I ft. 



aggregate ; teeth of calyx long and subulate ; corolla glabrous ; 

 legumes ovate, acuminately-mucronate, hairy, sessile, and rather 



It. H. Native of Vallais, Thuringia, Austria, 

 Hungary, and the Ukraine. Jacq. icon.rar. t. 561. Pall. astr. 

 64. Astragaloides syphilitica, Moench. Flowers yellow. The 

 plant is used to cure syphilis in Hungary. 



Scapeless Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1787. _- ^ — 

 222 A. ScHANGiKiA Nus (Pall. astr. p. 67. t. IS,) plant some- 

 what caulescent and loosely lanuginose ; leaflets 25-31, ovate- 

 oblong, peduncles very short, somewhat racemose; teeth of 

 calyx long, subulate ; corollas glabrous ; legumes triquetrous, 

 acuminated, pubescent, callous. %. H. Native of Siberia, at 

 the Catunja and in the desert of the Don. Leayes about a foot 

 long. Flowers yellow. 

 Schang's Milk- Vetch. 



223 A. beclina'tus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1294.) stems short, 

 procumbent; leaflets 29-31, oblong, obtuse, and pilose; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, crowded, pedunculate, one half shorter 

 than the leaves ; legumes oblong, acute, pilose. 1/ . H. Native 

 of Armenia. A. oricntilis acaulis fere flore luteo. Tourn. cor. 

 29. ex Willd. Very like A. exscapus. Flowers yellow. 

 /)tx7/«^//e-stemmed Milk-Vetch. PI. procumbent. 

 224 A. nummula'rius (Lam. diet. 1. p. 317. exclusive of the 



Short-spiked Milk- Vetch 



PI. 4 to 



PI. 1 foot. 



posed in short spikes ; calyx cylindrical, with lanceolate-subu- 

 late teeth; corollas glabrous; ovary sparingly-villous. %\ 

 ^ . ? F. Native of the Levant, between Aleppo and MossuL 

 Flowers yellow. Legumes unknown. 



^ i foot. 



230 A. GLOBosus (Vahl. symb, 1. p. 60.) plant stemless, 

 clothed with hoary-silvery down ; leaflets 12-16 pairs, elliptic- 

 oblong, callous at the apex ; scapes twice the length of the 

 leaves; spikes of flowers dense, ovate-globose ; bracteas linear, 

 about equal in length to the calyx. %. F. Native of Armenia. 

 D. C. astr. 120. Flowers yellow. 



Glohose-s^\\ieA Milk- Vetch. PI. ^ to | foot. 



231 A. cylindra'ceus (D. C. astr. 119.) plant steniless and 

 clothed with hoary-silky down ; leaves with 14 pairs of elliptic- 

 oblong leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; spikes cylin- 



j..:..i , . , " ^ ^ 1/. F. 



longer 



than the calyx 



drical ; bracteas setaceous. 



Native of Armenia. Allied to the preceding species 



both are wrongly placed in the present section. Flowers pale- 



Perhaps 



PI. i to ^ 



foot. 



yellow. 



Cylindrical'S^Wieii Milk-Vetch. 



232 A. lana'tus (Labill. dec. syr. 1. *p. 2*1. t. 10. but not of 

 Pall.) plant stemless, clothed with hoary villi ; leaflets 11-23, 

 ovate ; peduncles rather shorter than the leaves ; spikes of 

 -, - - ' . . -- flowers ovate, denser legumes ovate-cordate, triquetrous, corn- 



flowers almost sessile, aggregate; teeth of calyx pressed, acute, villous. 1/. F. Native of Mount Lebanon. 



synonymes) stemless, hairy ; leaflets 21-23, ovate, mucronate, or 



emarginate 



lanceolate-subulate; corolla glabrous; legumes compressed, 

 ovate, mucronate, hairy. 11. H. Native of Candia, Syria, 

 and Eastern Caucasus. D. C. astr. 117. t. 11. f. 2. Flowers 

 yellow. In the same plant the leaflets are emarginate and acute. 



A. hirsutissimus, D. C. 



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Money-tiorl Milk-Vetch. ^ ,. ^ 

 225 A. DiFiusus (Willd. spec 



PI. 4- to 4 foot. 



3. p. 1321.) plant almost 

 stemless, beset with cinereous hairs; leaflets 19-23, elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; flowers almost sessile, aggregate ; bracteas and ca- 

 Jycinc teeth setaceous, longer than the tube, and very pilose ; 

 legumes ovate, rather triquetrous, acuminated, hairy. 11 . h! 

 Native of Tar.ria, in fields adjacent to tlie Caucasus, and in the 

 Caspian and Tartarian deserts. Bieb, ft taur. 2. p. 202. A. 

 dolichophy'Ilus, Pall. astr. p. 84. t. 68. Flowers pale cream- 

 coloured. This plant is allied to J. testiculatus. 



/)if«5e Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot 



226 A. HU^MiLis (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 203. suppl. 498.) plant 



almost stemless, depressed, clothed with cinereous villi ; leaflets 



obovate; flow^ers almost sessile, aggregate; calycine teeth 



rnuch shorter than the tube; legumes ovate, acuminated, hairy. 



©.H. Native of Iberia. Corolla yellowish. Allied ioA. 

 testiculatus. 



Humble Milk- Vetch. PI. depressed. 



227 A Du'Bius (D C. astr. no. 115.) plant almJst stemless, 

 beset with cmereous villi ; leaflets 19-21, linear-oblong ; flowers 

 almost sessile, aggregate ; calycine teeth about equal in lenath 

 to the tube ; legumes compressed, acuminated, villous, half- 

 bilocular H. H. Native of Tartary. Flowers very pale 



cream-coloured. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the followinff 

 species ° 



ht/ul Milk- Vetch. PI. 4- to i foot. 



A. Libanotis, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1308 



astr. no. 46. t. 19. Flowers yellow. Perhaps this plant belong 



to another section. 



JVoolbj Milk- Vetch. PI. I to I foot. 



§ 1 7. Incani (from incanns, hoary ; aspect of plants). D. C 

 prod. 2. p. 304. Stipulas adnate to the petioles, nliich are unarmel 

 Calyxes as well as legumes not bladdery. Flowers usually pur- 

 ple, rarely of a dirty yellow colour. Vexillum much elongated. 

 Leaves hoary from adpressed down. Legumes perfectly bilocular. 



233 A. MonspessulVnus (Lin. spec. 1072.) plant almost 

 stemless, clothed with hoary pubescence or almost glabrous; 

 leaflets 21-41, ovate or lanceolate, outer ones rather the smallest; 

 scapes exceeding the leaves ; teeth of calyx long, and subulate; 

 legumes terete, subulate, a little arched, adult ones glabrous. 

 1/ . H. Native of the south of Europe and Mauritania, in fields. 

 Cam. epit. 929. with a figure. Curt. bot. mag. 219. Flowers 

 either purple, pale, or white. Stems almost wanting when grow- 

 ing in a dry situation, but in rich earth or in a moist place they 

 are elongated. Leaves hoary when the plant grows in dry ex- 

 posed situations, but in a moist situation they are almost glabrous. 



far. /3, j^ohjgala (D. C. prod. 2. p. 304.) spikes of flowers 

 shorter ; legumes almost glabrous, even when young ; leaflet' 

 ovate-roundish, almost glabrous. "2;. H. Native of the south 

 of Caucasus. A, polygala. Pall. astr. p. 110. t. 83. 



Montpelier Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1710. 

 to ^ foot, or prostrate. 



234 A. sanguixole'ntus (Bieb. casp. 190. fl. taur 

 200.) plant stemless; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, hoary beneath; 



Pl.i 



2. P 



228 A. BucHTORMF<<»T«/p^ll J/ -r . ac. r ^ s , Shapes dcclinate, longer than the Icavcs ; legumcs oblong, CO"! 



.^llf .1 'S'^l^'^"^!'!^^"" • ""'''' P- i\ *• 62; f. A.) plant pressed, rather arched, glabrous, snotted with blood-colour. % 



pressed, rather arched, glabrous, spotted with blood-colour. %• 

 H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on dry exposed hills. A- '"- 

 canus var. Pall. astr. 84. f. 2. A. clav^tus /5, brevibracteatus, 

 D. C. astr. no. 127. Flowers yellowish green. Perhaps this 



stemless, clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaflets 39-43, oblona • 

 peduncles few-flowered, very short, declinate when in flower • 

 calyx o-tootl.cd ; legumes oblong-cylindrical, acuminated, cal- 

 lous, lialt-bilocular. 11 . H. Native of SibpriT ot tli^ ,.;, • • 



UlK, Catunja, and Bucktorm. Flowers ve low V^12 T '^^TJ' ''^'"'^^' ^° ^^^^'°" ^'^^""'■• 

 cording to Fischer \ an inch long and hairy * ^ ^_Wy-spotted-legumed Milk-Vetch. 



.CwcA/orw Milk-Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1818. PI |toift 

 229 A. BRACHYSTA CHYS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 303.) plant hairy- 

 pubescent, with very short stems; leaflets 15-23, exactly and 



broadly ovate ; peduncles shorter than the leaves: flower/ ^i^ 



PI. 4- to i foot. 



235 A. iNCA NUS (Lin. spec. 1072.) plant stemless, hoary, 

 leaflets 13-17, ovate ; scapes hardly exceeding the leaves ; spiK^s 

 capitate ; calycine teeth subulate, short ; legumes nearly cyJ'n- 



apex 



in a subulate mucrone, hardly 3 times the length of the calyx 



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