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LEGUMINOS^. 



pill, and densely ciliated at the apex ; legumes rather triquetrous, 

 many-seeded, acute, villous, longer than the calyx, %. H. Na- 

 tive of Altaia, in sand at the rivers Irtysch and Bekun. Corolla 

 Tose-coloured. To follow A. calyclnusy Bieb. p. 268. no. 197. 



Sand Milk-vetch. Fl. May. PI. dwarf. 



64 Astra'galus melanotrichos (Led. fl. ross. atl. ill. t. 294. 



) 



white villi ; leaflets 17-23, obovate-elliptic, clothed with hoary- 

 villi; spike capitate, nearly globose; peduncles short; calyx 

 villous, with the teeth setaceous, exceeding the tube in length, 

 but about equal in length to the corolla ; legumes obovate, tri- 

 quetrous, woolly, 1 -celled, a little longer than the tube of the 

 fl. alt. 3. p. 323.) stem erect, shrubby, much branched ; branches calyx. "2/ . H. Native of Altaia, in sandy fields at the river 



silky ; leaflets 7-9, linear, acute at both ends, with a few scat- Irtysch. Corolla rose-coloured. 



tered strigse ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, rather adnata to the p. 269. no. 215. of the present volume. 



petiole; peduncles longer than the leaves ; spikes short, nearly 



globose ; calyxes inflated, ellipsoid, densely clothed with black 



hairs at the base, and in the throat ; legumes ovate, triquetrous, 



many-seeded, acutish, pilose, exceeding the calyx. Tj . H. Na- 



longijli 



to -i foot. 



Milk-vetch. Fl. May, June. PI. 4 



70 Astra'galus lactiflorus (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 103. H. 

 alt. 3. p. 333,) plant caulescent, hairy; leaflets 19-23, elliptic; 

 tive of Altaia, on mount Kurtschum not far from Nabaty, at the racemes very short, axillary; bracteas lanceolate-linear; caly- 

 river Irtysch. Corolla yellow. To follow A. inflatus, D. C. p. cine teeth lanceolate-linear, thrice the length of the tube, hut 

 ?68. no. 205. of the present volume. shorter than the bracteas; corolla glabrous; legumes ovate, 



rather triquetrous, mucronate, 2-celled, many-seeded, densely 



65 Astragalus scleropodius (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 295.) clothed with wool. 1/. H. Native of Altaia, in dry fields and 



stem erect, shrubby, much branched ; young branches strigose, on rocks. A. testicul^tus Altkicus, Pall. Corolla milk-coloured. 



Black-haired Milk-vetch. Fl. June. 



PI. I foot. 



adult ones glabrous from the bark being deciduous ; leaflets 11- To follow A. Schanginian%s^ Pall. p. 270. no. 222. 



21, oblpng, rather mucronate, sparingly strigose; stipulas lan- 



M ilk-flowered 



FL June. 



PL i to ^ 



foot. 



ceolate, rather adnate to the petiole; peduncles longer than the 71 Astragalus brevifohus (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 307. fl. 



leaves, hardened into spines ; spikes cylindrical, secund ; calyx 

 inflated, ellipsoid, beset with spreading pili ; legumes ovate. 



alt. 3. p. 334.) tufted, rather silky ; leaflets 7, oblong, petiolu- 

 late; peduncles axillary, very short, 1-2-flowered ; flowers 



somewhat triquetrous, many-seeded, acute, pilose, shorter than longer than the leaves ; teeth of calyx much longer than the 



the calyx. T2 • H. Native of Altaia, on mountains of Kurts- 



chum, at the river Irtysch. Corolla yellow. To follow A. and erect; cells 2-seeded. "2^ . H. 



tube ; legume inclosed in the calyx, which is silky, membranous 



" Native of Altaia, in sterile 



inflatuSf D. C. p. 268. no. 205. of the present volume. 



Hard'petioled Milk-vetch. FL June. Shrub 3 feet. 



66 Astra'galus xanthotrichos (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 296. 

 fl. alt. 3. p. 324.) stem erect, shrubby, much branched ; young 

 branches strigose, 'adult ones silky white ; leaflets 7-9, elliptic, 

 rather mucronulate, beset with a few strigae ; stipulas semiovate- 



dry deserts, near the river Tschuja. Corolla sulphur-coloured. 

 To follow A. Buchtormensis, Pall. p. 270, no. 228. 

 Short-leaved Milk-vetch. Fl. June. PL ^ foot. 



§ 17. Incani,p.270^ 

 72 Astra'galus rostra tus (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 144.) plant 



lanceolate; peduncles longer than the leaves; spikes subglo- stemless, and densely clothed with hairs, w-hich are nxe^ ^y 



their centre; scape rather shorter than the leaves; leattets la- 

 17, nearly linear, acute; caly cine teeth shorter than the tube; 

 setaceous; legumes erect, very long, subulate, nearly terete, 

 erectish, ending in a beak. ^ . H. • Native of Persia, on the 

 mountains of Tulusch near Swant, at the height of 2000 feet. 

 Allied to A. Monspessiilanus^ Lin. p. 270. no. 233. 

 Beaked-^^odded Milk-vetch. PL ^ to |^ foot. 

 73 A. refra'ctus (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 144.) plant canescent 

 from adpressed pili, which are fixed by their centre ; scapes 

 erect, longer than the leaves; leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute ; racemes elongated, loose ; calycine teeth subulate, 

 shorter than the tube ; legumes deflexed, stipitate, rather tri- 

 gonal, beaked, beset with black and white hairs. 7/. H. J^" 

 along with A. rostralus. Flowers yellow. To follow A^ ^^ 



bose ; calyxes inflated, ellipsoid, beset with spreading pili ; le- 

 gumes ovate, somewhat triquetrous, many-seeded, acute, very 

 villous, exceeding the calyx. Tj . H. Native of Altaia, on the 

 mountains of Kurtschum on rocks. Corolla yellow. To follow 

 A, follicular is y Pall. p. 268. no. 206. of the present volume. 



Yellow-haired Milk-vetch. FL June. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



67 Astra'galus glomera^tus (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 299. 

 fl. alt. 3. p. 327.) almost stemless, tufted, glaucous, beset with a 

 few pili ; leaflets usually 9, obovate ; racemes axillary, 4-8-flow- 

 ered, almost sessile ; calyx at length ruptured ; the teeth lan- 

 ceolate-linear, about half the length of the tube ; legumes cylin- 

 drical, acuminated, beset with silky strigae, 2-celled. ^. H. 

 Native of Altaia, in exposed fields at the river Irtysch, between 



Woroninsk and Nabaty. Corolla with the vexillum rose-coloured, w . , 



having a large white spot in the centre, and with the wings and guinolentus, Bieb. p. 270. no. 234 of the present volume. 



keel whitish, the latter tipped with purple. To follow A* ammo- 

 dytes^ Pall. p. 269. no. 210. of the present volume. 



Glomerate Milk-vetch, Fl. April, May. PL J to ^ foot. 



68 Astra'galus HYPOGiE'us (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 95. fl. alt. 

 3. p. 329.) stemless, clothed with long white hairs ; leaflets 5- 



^e/rac^erf-podded Milk-vetch. PL | foot 



^\%.RadiciJl 



(Led 



cuneat 



stemless ; leaflets 17-27, elliptic, rounded at the base orc"»^^^ 

 13, rather remote, obovate; flowers' aggregate at the roots, ^d, mucronate, glaucous, glabrous on both surfaces, but wj^^.^ 

 exactly sessile ; calyx at length ruptured, with the teeth linear, ^^"^ adpressed hairs on the margin, which are tixea ^^^^^^ 

 subulate, equal in length to the tube ; legumes subglobose, didy- 

 mous, villous, 1 -celled, few-seeded, under ground; vexillum 



centre 



flowers 



elongated, emarginate, with the margins connate, and the middle 

 tubular. %. H. Native of hills and fields near to the river 

 Tscharych and Buchtorm, and in the Soongarian desert. Co- 

 rolla white. To follow A. galadUes, p. 269. no. 209. 

 Underground-Nodded Milk-vetch. Fl. Aug. PL ^ foot. 



^ 16. Caprini.p. 269. 



69 Astra'galus rqseus (Led, fl. ross. alt. ill. t. SOO. fl. alt. p 



in dense spikes ; legumes' inflated, membranous, subglobo ^ 



glabrous. 1/ . H. Native of Altaia, about Loktewsk, &c. 



Flowers violaceous 



A. 



physodes Altaicus, PalL astr. p. 72. t. 58. 

 or dirty yellow. X " " -r . ^ . ▼ 



Bladder-J] 



physbd 

 PL 4 to I foot. 



1.247. 



Hedy 



Suhtrihe II. Euhedysarea, p- 277. 

 UM (Hook, m Beech, voy. part-^t. 



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