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cells 5-6-seeded. 1/ . H. Native of the south of France, in North-west America, on the low hills of the Spokan River. 



dry fields and among stones. Magn 



figure. A. incanus, Pall. astr. t. 81. Flowers purplish. 



Far. [iy Barrelieri (Dufour, ann. gen. sc. 7. p. 297.) legumes 

 hoary, at length very hard, oblong, not ovate, a little incurved, 



Flowers yellow. Habit of a species of Oxytropis* This plant 

 belongs more properly to section Ciceroideu 



Pursh's Milk-Vetch. PL | to |- foot. 



243 A. MOLLi'ssTMUS (Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 173.) plant 



subulate; cells usually 5-seeded. 1/. H. Native of Spain, in almost stemless, erect, clothed in every part with silky down; 



the province of Valentia, on arid hills at St. Philip. 



stipulas free; leaves with 11-14 pairs of ovate-oblong mucro- 



Hoary Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. PL ~ to^ ft. nulate leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, 



236 A. incu'rvus (Desf. atL 2. p. 182. t. 203.) plant stem- 

 less, hoary; leaflets 17-27, elliptic; scapes longer than the 

 leaves; spikes of flowers capitate; teeth of calyx subulate; le- 

 gumes oblong, cylindrical, tapering to the base, incurved at the 

 apex, glabrous, hardly 3-times the length of the calyx ; cells 3- 

 5-seeded. l/.H. Native of Algiers, in sandy places. D. C. 

 astr. 128, Flowers pale-purple. 



/ncwry^6?-podded Milk- Vetch. PL ^ foot. 



237 A. clava'tus (D. C. astr. no. 127. t. 44.) plant almost 

 stemless, hoary ; leaflets 11-21, roundish-ovate; scapes longer 



erect ; legumes oblong, arched, glabrous. % . H. Native of 

 North America, on the Platte. Flowers probably cream-coloured. 



Very-soft Milk- Vetch. PL ^ to i foot. 



244 A. pe'ndulus (D. C. astr, no. 129.) plant stemless, 

 hoary ; leaflets 17-21, roundish ; scapes longer than the leaves; 

 flowers spreading, but at length pendulous, disposed in spikes, 

 %. F. Native of the Levant. A. orientalis folio subrotundo, 

 flore purpureo magno, Tourn. cor. 28. 



Pc^nc/wZoM^-flowered Milk- Vetch. PL 4- to 



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foot. 



245 A. elonga'tus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1314.) plant stemless. 



than the leaves ; flowers disposed in spikes, spreading ; legumes hoary; leaflets 9-11, elliptic; scapes longer than the leaves; 



erect, glabrous, somewhat clavate, incurved at the top; cells 4- spikes of flowers elongated ; flowers erect, but at length spread- 

 ing ; legumes pendulous, ovate, pubescent, mucronate by the 

 style; cells 2-3-seeded. %. H. Native of Galatia. A. Pis- 

 tacia, Rost. ined. Flowers purplish. Legumes the size and 

 form of those of the Pistachia-nut, Very like A. brachyaUjnis, 



5-seeded. % . H. Native of Armenia. Flowers greenish yellow 

 in a dried state. Perhaps the same as ^. cinereus of WilkL 

 spec. 3. p. 1315. 



gumed Milk 



PL :^ to i foot. 



238 A. NUMMULARioi^DEs (Dcsf. emend. D. C. astr. no. 131.) but differs in the fruit being pendulous, 

 plant stemless and hoary ; leaflets 17-23, obovate ; scapes longer 



Elongat€d'S^\k^(\. Milk-Vetch. PL ~ foot. 



than the leaves ; flowers few, disposed in short spikes ; calyxes 246 A. angulosus (D. C. astr. no. 122, t. 45.) plant stemless, 



beset with black vilh, 5-toothed ; legumes elliptic, ventricose, hoary; leaflets 9-13, elliptic, mucronulate ; scapes longer than 



Silky, hardly longer than the calyx; cells 3-seeded. %. H. the leaves ; spikes of flowers at length elongated ; legumes ovate, 



Native of sandy places near Sbiba, in Tunis. A. nummularius, somewhat trigonal, rather pendulous, pubescent, mucronate by 



Desf. atl. 2. p. 182. t. 204. exclusive of the synonymes 

 rotundifolius, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1317. Flowers rose-coloured. 



A. 



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the style, about 3-times the length of the calyx ; cells 3-4-seeded. 

 1/. H. Native of the Levant. Flowers unknown. 

 Angular-^oMeii Milk-Vetch. PL -^ to ^ foot. 



§ 18. Radicijlbri (from radix, a root, and ^i 



Money-wort-Vike Milk-Vetch. PL | to |^ foot. 



239 A. MACRORHizus (Cav. icon. 2. p. 28. 



stemlp<;<! VinnvT- . i^ofl ^ 1 f: oi ^ 1 * ' * § 1^- Kaatcinon firom raaix, a root, ana /?o^, a nower ; ni 



sit^miess, hoary ; leaflets 15-21, ovate, mucronulate ; scapes ex- / i ^ ^ ^ • ■ i* .i . i ^ 



ceeding the leaves ; spikes ovate, many-flowered ; flowers dis- reference to the flowers and scapes rising from the roots and not 



tinct, pedicellate ; calyxes clothed with black villi. 5-toothed ; ^f"^ the stems). D. C. prod 2. p. 305. Sipulas adhenng to 



lefTuinps prp/-f n.\^r^.r^4. ^ u i. v.^1 1 *i *v, 1 the petioles, which are unarmed. Calyxes not bladdery, nor rup- 



itj^umes erect, obovate, pubescent, a little longer than the calyx, . -' , i /% /j • r-; 7- / / -i •// // 



emung m a hooked acumen ; cells 3-4-seeded. 1/ . H. Native 



ifterjli 



Flowers purplish or while, with the 



HT J -1 T^i 1 K ' -.^ vexdlum not much elongated. Leaves not hoary. 



Madrid. Flowers red. A. montanus, 77 77 77 ^ 



Legumes 



usually bladdery. 



PL 4 to 4 foot. 



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247 A. piiYSODES (Lin. spec. 1073.) plant almost stemless and 



Bret, ex Steud. 



Long-rooted Milk-Vetch. 



240 A. BRACHYCA'RPus(Bieb. fl.l:aur.^2. p. 201. cent. 2. p. 58.) glabrous, but beset with a few hairs, which are fixed by their 

 plant stemless, pubescent ; leaflets 15-27, oblong-elliptic ; scapes centre; leaflets 21-31; peduncles scape-like, about equal in 

 longer than the leaves ; spikes many-flowered, at length elon- length to the leaves or rather longer ; legumes inflated, membra- 

 gated; calyxes clothed with black and white hairs mixed; le- nous, nearly globose, glabrous. 1/. H. Native of Siberia, in 

 gumes erect, obovate, length of calyx, when young clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence; cells 2-3-seeded. %. H. Native of 

 Caucasus. Sims, bot. mag. 2335.— Buxb. cent. 3. t. 38. f. 1. ? 



owers of a dirty purple colour. 



^harp^fruked Milk- Vetch. FL Ju. July. Clt. 1820. PL | ft. 



^^41 A. GLAREosus (Dougl. mss.) stems short, procumbent; 



plant clothed with hoary silky villi ; stipulas free, permanent ; 



eaHets numerous, obovate ; peduncles or scapes bearing from 



rlowers at the apex ; bracteas lanceolate, subulate, twice 



tiie length of the pedicels, i;. H. Native of North Amenca, 



jrom the confluence of Lewis and Clarke's river with the Colum- 



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places impregnated with salt. D. C. astr. 127. Pall. astr. 71. 

 but not of Pall. itin. Flowers purplish. Vexillum oblong. Root 



creeping. 



Far. a, Wolgcnsis (Pall. astr. t. 58. D. C. astr. t. 48.) leaflets 



linear, acute ; scape declinate, length of leaves. %• H. Native 



of Sandy Islands, at the mouth of the Volga. 



Var. /?, Taiiricus (Pall. astr. 't. 58. B. f. 1.) leaflets oblong; 



scapes exceeding the leaves ; stems more conspicuous. 11. H. 



Native of Tauria. 



Far. y, AUaicus (Pall. astr. t. 58. B. f 2.) leaflets elliptic; 

 scapes length of leaves. %. H. Native of Altai. 



'a to the Rocky mountains. Flowers large, purple. Habit of Infl 



species of Oxylropis. This species belongs more properly to 248 A. Palla sii (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 305.) plant 



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.^^^/^•PuRSHii (Dougl. mss.) plant tufted, woody at the 

 "ase, densely clothed with hoary-silky villi ; stipulas distinct, 



almost stemless, tufted, branched, clothed with hairy pubescence ; 

 leaflets 11-13, oblong-linear ; scapes length of leaves ; legumes 

 inflated, membranous, almost globose, villous. '2;. H. Native 

 of the Caspian desert, at Lake Inderskoi. A. physodes afl^inis, 

 Pall. astr. p. 73. t. 59. A. physodes yar. c, D. C. astr. no. 127. 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 344. Flowers purplish. 



Pa//rt^'* Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. ^ foot. 



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