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LEGUMINOS^. CXXXI. Astragalus. 



249 A. TESTicuLA Tus (Pall. astr. p. 82. t. 67.) plant stemless, 



clothed with cinereous villi ; leaflets lanceolate or oblong; 

 flowers radical, almost sessile, aggregate ; legumes inflated, ovate, 

 tomentose. %. H. Native in deserts and in sands at the Cas- 

 pian sea, and of Tauria. Flowers flesh-coloured, but in a dried 

 state they appear milk-coloured or yellowish. Calyxes cylin- 

 drical. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 202. A. cinereus radiciflorus, D. C. 

 astr. t. 40. 



Tmn-flowered Milk- Vetch. PI. \ foot, prostrate. 



257 A. UNiFLORus (D. C. astr. no. 141. t. 50.) plant almost 

 stemless, branched, prostrate, glabrous; leaflets 13-17, linear, 

 obtuse : 



%. G. 



stipulas joined ; flowers almost sessile, solitary. Ij.? 

 Native of Peru, at Huasa-Huasi. Flowers purplish. 



One-Jiowered Milk- Vetch. PI. prostrate. 



i 



\ Species not sufficiently hn 



Testiculate^^odded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 258 A. uncatus (Lin. spec. 1072.) plant stemless and scape- 



less ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of obcordate leaflets, each terminating 



250 A. rupifra'gus (Pall. astr. d. 86. t. 70.) plant stemless, 

 clothed with cinereous villi; leaflets oblong, obtuse; scapes 

 shorter than the leaves, or about equal in length to them ; le- 

 gumes oblong, acute, 2-celled. If. H. Native of the south of 

 'J auria, on rocks. Flowers purplish. Calyxes rather turgid. 



Far. a, exscapus (Pall. astr. t. 70.) scapes very short or hardly 

 any ; leaflets ohlong-hncar. 



ft 



(Pall. astr. t. 70. B.) scapes length of 



leaves ; leaflets oblong, fewer ; calyxes rather bladdery. % . H. 

 Native of the Ural mountains. Perliaps a proper species. 



Broken-rock Milk-Vetch. PI. -^ to | foot. 



251 A. redu'ncus (Pall. astr. p. 109. t. 82.) plant almost stem- 

 less, hairy, and rather canescent ; leaflets 25-35, elliptic-oblong, 

 glabrous above ; scapes a little higher than the leaves ; flowers 

 disposed in elongated spikes; legumes erect, hairy, incurved, 

 cylindrical, hooked downw^ards, channelled above, 5-times the 

 length of the calyx. % . H. Native of Tauria, in sandy places 

 at the Volga, and about Sarepta. A. cinereus longipes, D. C. 

 astr. 41. ^■ 



ft 



Flowers purple or white. 



PI. 1 to 4 foot. 



^ foot. 



leaves ; leaflets elliptic-ovate, fewer. 1/ . H. Growing along 

 with the species. 



//ooAtJ-podtled Milk-Vetch. 



252 A. hirsu'tus (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 59*. D. C. astr. no. 125. 

 t. 43.) plant stemless, clotlicd with hoary villi ; leaflets 7-9, 

 elliptic ; scapes rather longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate ; 

 calyx villous, 5-cleft, at length cleft above ; legumes nearly 

 globose, apiculated, hairy, 2-celled. %, H. Native of Armenia 

 on hills. Colour of flowers unknown. 



Hairy Milk- Vetch. PI. \io ^ 



253 A. erioca'rpus (D. C. astr. no. 135. I. 47. but not of 

 Bieb.) plant stemless, villously-hairy ; leaflets 21-27, elliptic, 

 obtuse; scapes exceeding the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate; 

 calyx villous, 5-toothed ; ovary very hairy. % . H. Native 

 country unknown. Flowers purple. 



Woolly-Jruitcd Milk- Vetch. 



251 A. PYGM^'us (Pall. astr. 66.'t. 54.) plant almost stem- 

 Jess, branched, prostrate ; leaflets 7-9, lanceolate, small, pubes- 

 cent : peduncles 1-flowered, very short; legumes oblontr. in- 



1/.? b.? II. " ■ 



airy 

 PI. :^ to ^ foot. 



flated, pubescent. 



Native of Eastern Siberia, 



in the Arctic region. Flowers unknown. Perhaps only a variety 

 of A. puTtiiUo. 



Pygmy Milk- Vetch. PI. prostrate. 



255 A. PuMiYio (Pall. astr. p. 67. t. 55) plant almost stem- 

 less, with many little shoots rising from the neck ; leaflets 9, lan- 

 ceolate-hnear, hoary, and rather pilose beneath ; flowers twin, 

 almost sessile. '2;.H. Native of the Curil islands. Flowers 

 large, pale violet. Calyx 5-cleft, clothed with white or brown 



hairs. 



Legumes unknown. 



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in a bristle ; legumes subulate, hooked, longer than the leaves. 

 0. F. Native about Aleppo. Oxytropis uncatus, Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 33. ? Said to be allied to A. trimhtris. Flowers almost white. 

 Hooked-podded Milk- Vetch. PL j; foot. 



259 A. Ar'cticus (Willd. enum. suppl. 51.) plant stemless; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pilose, silky beneath ; scapes ascend- 

 ing, longer than the leaves ; legumes lanceolate, a little inflatetl. 

 1/ . H. Native country unknown. Corolla shewy violet. 



Jrctic Milk- Vetch. PI. | to ^ foot, 



260 A. ? obcorda'tus (Ell. sketch. 2. p. 227.) plant glabrous, 

 decumbent; leaves with 7-9 pairs of small obcordate leaflets; 

 peduncles elongated; lobes of calyx subulate. "J/.H. Native 

 of the south of Georgia, near St. Mary. Flowers white. 



Legumes unknown. 



Milk 



PI. prostrate 



758.) plant 



261 A. pseu'do-ci'cek (Opiz, in flora, 1821. p . , , 

 caulescent, prostrate ; leaflets glabrous, lanceolate, acute ; stipulas 

 lanceolate ; racemes pedunculate, shorter than the leaves.— Na* 

 tive of Bohemia. Melilotus dentata, Waldst. et Kit. hung, ex Opiz. 



False-chick-pea Milk-Vetch. PL prostrate. 



^62 A. RADi'cANs (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 708.) stolons root- 



mg 



leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; scapes nearly erect, length of 

 leaves ; flowers in ovate heads ; legumes oblong, flat, glabrous. 

 1(1 . H, Native country unknown. 



Rooting Milk- Vetch. 



PL creeping. 



263 A. Syri'acus (Lin. spec. 1069.) plant pubescent, cau- 

 lescent and procumbent ; leaflets few pairs, hnear-lanceolate; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 reflexed ; legumes ovate-oblong, tomentose, ending in a longbeaK. 

 n . H. Native of Syria. The plant in the Linnsean herbarium 

 under this name certainly belongs to section Onohrychoidei. 



Syrian Milk-Vetch. PI. procumbent. 



264 A. Pastellia^nus (Pollin, pi. veron. 1816.) plant caules- 

 cent, diffuse, and silky ; leaves with 6 pairs of linear bluntish 

 leaflets ; spikes capitate, on long peduncles; legumes ovate, silkyt 

 exceeding the calyx. %. H. Native of fields about Verona, 

 among stones on mount Pastello. 



Pastello Milk-Vetch. PL diffuse. 



265 A. LUNA TUS (Pall. astr. p. 44.) plant caulescent, gla- 

 brous ; leaves with usually 15 pairs of linear-lanceolate leaflets 5 

 peduncles very long, sulcated, 10-flowered ; legumes triquetrouji 

 rather lunate, erect, glabrous. %. H. Native of Persia. BilxI)- 

 cent. 3. t, 36. f. 2. ? Oxytropis lunata, Pers. ench. p. 3^^ 

 According to Fischer this is a true species of Astragalus^ inter- 

 mediate between A.falcatus and A. hambsus. 



Lunaie-Y^odded Milk- Vetch. PL 1 foot. . . 



Cult. All the species of this genus are worthy of cultivatio 

 in every collection. The shrubby kinds, or those belonging 

 section Tragacdnthce, grow well in any light <lry soil, a"^ a 

 increased by cuttings or seeds. The herbaceous perennial km 



9^i\ A nirxfrxTTLTX.,,^ /ij u . T> 11 • "i^icuscu oy cuctings or seeas. me neroaceous pertruu-^" --. 



t 37 ^ itnt Zo t . / T y.r^^' P^* ^"^T'}' P- ^^^' '^''^''^ "-^'l ^" any kind of earth, though they prefer a dry Itg^' 



I'd! ox m.^1 almost stemless branched prostrate ; leaflets 19-21. soil, and they are easily increased by dividing the pbnts or by 



afmrsT..n' T^ ' "' "". ^"^' ^'^'^yS^'"^ ' «««•«" twin, seeds; the last mode is preferable, as the greater' part of tk 



F N. K ' 7 ^ %rr ' ?ci.mmated s.lky 2-seeded. % . species are very liable to die if e^en transplanted or divided at 



rnhl ICZ r ''• '"/^^rk'"g^T, ^^ ^""'^' '" ^'g'' the root. The dwarfer kinds are well adapted for ornamenUng 



com places , frequent on mount Antisana. Flowers violaceous. rock-worlc. or to hp crrown in nots as alninps fn . mixture ofh^ 



