t 



3". 'Astragalus {Alopecurcides) caulcfcens, fplcls cylin- 

 dricis fubfcnilibLis, calycibus leguminibufquelanatis. 



. Lin. Sp. Plant. 755. Stalky Milk Vetch with cylindrical 

 fpikes growing clcfe to the ftclks^ and ivooUy pods and em- 

 blements. Aftragalus Alpinus proccridr Alopccuroi- 

 G^*s. Tourn. Inil. 416. " ' ^ 



4. Astragalus (GVi?r) caulcfcens proftratu^, Ic^uminl- 

 bus fubglobolis inflatis mucronatis pilofis. Horc. Up- 

 fal. 226. Milk Vetch tvith a profirate Jlalky and a glo- 

 bular^ fwellingj hairy pody ending in a point. Aftragalus 

 luteus perennis filiqua gcmella rotund^ vcficam refe- 



rente. Mor, Hift. 1. 107. . - 



5. Astragalus (Epiglottis) caiilefcens procumbehs, le- 



guminibus capitaris cordatis acutis reflcxis complica- 

 tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 759. Milk Fetch with trailing Jialks^ 

 fmd pods growing in beads^ which are heart^fljaped^ point- 

 ■ edy reflexed^ and complicated, Aftragalus Hifpanicus 

 filiqua epiglottidi fimili flore purpureo major. H. L. 



74' 



6. AsTRAGALt's (A^;;/^«/^j) fubacaulos fci^is folio Ion- 1 18. Astragalus {Procumhens) ihcarilis caulibus pro- 



15. Astragal-US (CarGlinianus) caulefcens crc6lus Le- 

 vis pedunculis fpicatis kguminibus ovato-cvlindrici^ 

 ftylo acuminatis. Lin. Sp. Plane. 757. Smooth^ up- 

 rigbty ft ally Milk Vctch^ with fpikedftalkSy anii cjal cy- 

 lindrical pods ending in Jbarp points. Aftragali\s proce- 

 rior non rcpcns florc viridi flavefccnte. Hort. Ekh, 



- ■ 45* * ;' - 



16. Astragalus (C(3«fjif^'7i) caulefccnsdiftlifus, Icgu- 

 minibus fubcylindricis mucronatis foliolis fubtus lub- 

 villofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 757. Milk Vetch with diffufed 

 ftalkSy pointed cylindrical pods^ and the fmall leaves hairy 



on their under Jide. Aftragalus Canadenfis florc viridi 

 flavefcente. Tourn. Inft. 416. ' 



17. Astragalus (Pilofus) caulcfcens ercaus pilofus flo- 

 ribus fpicatus leguminibus fubulatis pilofis. Lin. Sp. 



Plant. y^(l Milk Vetch with hairy upright Jlalks^ flowers 

 growing in fpikes^ a)id awUJloapcd hairy pods, 



lus villofus ereftus fpicatus floribus flavcfccntibus. 

 Amman. Ruth, 166. . ■ ; .^. 



1 



Ailraga- 



gioribus, floribus laxe fpicatis creftis, leguminibus 

 ovatis acumine inflexo. Prod. Leyd. 392. Low Milk 

 Vetch withflower-ftalks longer than the leaves^ and flow- 

 ers growing in loofe upright fpikes. Onobrychis floribus 

 vicias majoribus ca;ruleo-purpurafcentibus five foliis 

 tragacanthae. C; B. P. 351. ^ * 



7. Astragalus (S/r//cKj) caulefccns procumbens, fpicis 

 pedunculatis, leguminibus prifmaticis reftis triquetris 

 apice uncinatis; Hort. Cliff, 225, Milk Vetch with ^ 

 trailing ftalks, fpikes of flowers with foot-Jlalks, and up- 

 ight triangular pods fhaped like B prifm pointed at the . 

 top. Aftragalus arinuus rharitimus procumbens lati- , 

 folius floribus pediculo infidentibus. Tourn. Inft.; 

 •416. 



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> ' . p 



8. A%TK \G ALV^ [Areharlus) fubcaulefcens procumbens 

 floribus fubracemofiS ereftis foliis tomentofis. Lin. I 

 Sp. Plant. 759. Low trailing Milk Vetch with branch- 

 ing flowers growing erecly and woolly leaves. Aftragalus 

 incanus parvus purpurcus noftras. Pluk. Aim. 59* 



9. Astragalus (Phyfodes) acaulos fcapis folia sequanti- 

 bus leguminibus inflatis fubglobofis nudis. Lin. Sp. 



Plant. 760. Low Milk Vetch with flower-ftalks as long 

 . as the leaves^ ayid naked^ globular y fwelling pods. ' Aftra- 

 galus acaulos leguminibus inflatis fubglobofis. Aihce- 



nit. Acad. 



10. Astragalus (Cbriflianus) caulefcens crectus flori- 

 bus glomeratis fubfeflilibus ex omnibus axillis folia- 



ceis. Lin. Sp. 755. MilkVetch with upright ftalksj and 



Aftragalus Orientalis max- 



glomerated flowers growing clofe to them^ proceeding from 

 all the wings of the leaves. 



imus incanus crcftus, caule ab imo ad fummum flo- 

 rido. Tourn. Cor. 29, 

 'ir. Astragalus {^gyptiacus) caulefcens fcapis folio 

 longioribus floribus laxe fpicatis ereftis, leguminibus 

 arcuatis. Stalky Milk Vetch with flczver-ftalks longer 

 than the leaves^ upright flozvers growing in loofe fpikes ^ 

 and arched pods. Aftragalus jEgyptius floribus fpica- 

 tis purpurafcentibus filiquis incurvis. Juff. 

 ir2. Astragalus {Sefametis) caulefcens diftufus capitu- 



lis fubfeflilibus lateralibus leguminibus eredtis fubula- 

 tis acumine reflexis. Hort. Clift". 361. Milk Vetch with 



diffufed ftalksy flower-heads growing clofe to the fides of 

 the flalks^ and awl-fhaped upigbt pods reflexed at their 

 points. Aftragalus annuus foliis & filiquis hirfutis 

 plurimis in foliorum alis feflHibus, Pluk. Aim. 60. 

 13. Astragalus [Galegiformis) caulcfcens ftridtus gla- 

 bcr, floribus racemofis pendulis, leguminibus trique- 

 tris utrinque mucronatis. Lin. Sp. 1066. Milk Vetch 

 ' with fmocth flcnder flatksy hanging branching flowers^ and 

 three-cornered pointed pods. Aftragalus Orientalis altif- 

 fimus folio galegje flore parvo flavefcente. Tourn. 



14 



Cor. 29. 



. Astragalus {Uralajfis) acaulos fcapo credo foliis 

 longiore leguminibus fubulatis inflatis villofis crec- 

 tis. Hort. Upfal. 226. Low Milk Vetch^ with upright 

 fcot-ftalks to the flowers longer than the leaves^ and awl- 

 flmpedy upright y fwoln^ haiiypods. Aftragalus non ra- 

 mofus villofus & incanus fpicatus floribus purpuro-vi- 

 olaceis. Amman. Ruth. 167. p. 126. . . . ;* 



+ 



2 



Aftraga- 



i 



cumbcntibus fcapis folio asquantibus floribus glome- 

 ratis. Hoary Milk Vetch with trailing ft alks^ fgot-flcdks 

 ' tqual with the leaves^ and glomerated flowers. 

 lus fupinus filiquis villofis glomeratis. Tourn. Lift. 



R. H. 417 



19. Astragalus {tnednus) caulcfcens iriCanus, legumi- 

 nibus fubulatis recurvatis incanis. Hoa^y ftalky Milk 



.- Vetcht with awl-ftjaped recurved pods which are hoa/y. 

 y Aftragalus incanus filiqua recurva* Boc. Monfp. 



20. Astragalus (Capitatus) caulefcens capitulis globo- 

 fis, pedunculis longiflimis, foliolis emarginatis. Hort. 



, -^Cliffl 360. Stalky Mlk Vetch with globular hcads^ 

 .. :very long foot flalks^ and the fmall leaves crenated at their 

 . f points. Aftragalus Orientalis villofifllmus capitulis ro- 

 -, tundioribus floribus purpureis* Tourn. Cor. 29. 



2 1. Astragalus (Chinees) caulefcens procumbens, 



capitulis pedunculatis, leguminibus prifinaticis reftis 



triquetris apice fubulatis. MilkVetch with trailing ftalks; 

 the foot'ftalks terminated by flowers colleSed in heads, 

 and three-cornered pods fhaped like prifms. ' - , . 

 22. Astragalus (Uncatus) acaulis exfcapus, legumini- 

 bus fubulatis hamatis folio longioribus, foliolis ob- 



•Tcordatis. Lin. Sp. 1072. Milk Vetch without ftalks., 

 awl'fljaped hooked pods kngertban the leaves, and the fmall 

 leaves almoft heart-fkaped. ■' ■ 



The firft fort grows wild upon cKalky ground in 

 many parts of England, fo is not often admitted into 

 gardens. The root of this is perennial, but the ftalks 

 decay every autumn : it creeps at the root, fo that it 



Ic 



is too apt to fpread where it is fuflxTcd to grow. 

 flowers in Tune* and the feeds 



tember. 



ripen 



in 



Scp- 



The fecond fort is annual ; the branches of this trail 

 upon the ground, which are ftriated ; the leaves are 

 winged, compofed of about eight pair of lobes, ter- 

 minated by an odd one j thefe are crenated at their 

 points. The foot-ftalks of the flowers arifc from the 



. 'Wini^s of the leaves, which are about three inches lona, 

 garnifiied toward the top with a few pale yellow 

 flowers rifing one above another •, thefe are rucceedcd 

 by oblong pods, which bend in form of a fickle, be- 

 ing round on their outer fide, but flatted on the op- 

 pofite, ending in a point, opening in two cells, each 

 having a row of fquare feeds. It flowers in June, and 

 the feeds ripen in September, The ktds of this 

 ftiould be fown in April, in the place where they are 

 to remain, and require no other care but to draw the 

 plants out where they come up too thick, lea-.'ing 

 them a foot and a half afunder, and keep them clean 

 from weeds. 



The third fort is a biennial plant, \^'hich grows natu- 

 rally on the Alps. This nfes with an upright hairy 

 ftalk near three feet higli, gamiflacd with long winged 

 leaves, each having eighteen or twenty pair of o\\:l 

 lobes, terminated bv an odd one. The flowers are 

 produced in large cylindrical fpikes from the wings 



, pf the leaves, fitting very clofe to the ftalks, wluch 

 are entirely covered with down, out of which the yel- 

 low flowers juft peep \ thefe are fucceeded by oval 



ods 



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