Astragalus.] LEGUMINOSiE. 149 



almost exactly resembles a plant which I possess from the Altai, sent to me hy Mr. Prescott, and marked 

 " Astrag^alus kypoglotHdi affinis, sed legumlna polysperma, sem. 4-8." It approaches the A. ombrychioides. 



2. A. pauciflorus ; decumbens, incanus, appresso-pilosusj stipulis concretis oppositi- 

 foliis inferioribus integris, foliolis 3-5-jugis oblongis acutis, pedunculis folio subbre- 

 vioribus 2-4-floris5 floribus (parvis) laxe racemosis, bracteis pedicelli longitudine, 

 calycis albo-pilosi dentibus tubum aequantibus. 



jRadix longe descendens, subfusiformis, lignosa, apice divisa, superne caulibus plurlbus infenie ramosis 

 decumbentibus vel prostratis digitalibus ad pedalibus gracilibus incauis instructa. Folia etiam incana, pilis 

 brevibus albis appressis; foliolis 7-11, 3-raro 4-lineas longis oblongis, vel lineari-oblongis, raro ellipticis, 

 acutis. Stipules quasi oppositifoliifi accreta», inferioribus integris superioribus sensim ma^s profundo bifidis 

 foliaceo-membranaceis, appresso-pilosis. Pedunculi subuuciam vel sesquluuciam longi, foUa vix longitudine 

 excedentes incani. Raceini 2-3-1-flori, floribus laxis parvis patentibus. Bractece lineari-lanceolatae, pedi- 

 celli longitudine. Calyx brevi-campanulatus, villosus, pilis appressis albis; dentibus subulatis, tul)um longi- 

 tudine aequantibus. Petala (siccitatc) intense coerulea; vexillo subpurpurascente ; alis carinaque obtusa 

 infeme fere albidis. Gennen oblongum sericeum. Legumcn iguotum. 



Hab. Among rocks in the more elevated regions of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. — This species, 

 80 very different from any with which I am acquainted, belongs to the same division of the genus with 

 A, hypoglottis, and should perhaps be placed near to it It is distiuguislied by its hoary stems and leaves, 

 by the small number of leaflets, by its few-flowered racemes, and small patent flowers on pedicels, which are 

 about as long as the bracteae. 



3. A, vaginatus; erectus, pubescens, stipulis concretis oppositifoliis, foliolis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis, pedunculis folio longioribus, floribus dense spicatis nutantibus, 

 legumlnibus linearibus rectis. DC, — " PalL Astr. n. 49. L 36." De Cand. Prodr, v, 

 2. p. 283. Rich, in Frankl, 1st Journ. ed, 2. App, p, 28. 



Hab. Woody country, between lat. 54^ and 64° north. Dr, Richardson in Frankl. Ist Journ, — The 

 habit of this is so very similar to that of our Phaca Aboriginorum, (^Astragalus Aboriginorttm^ Rich., next 

 to which Dr. Richardson has ranged it,) that were the fruit discovered, it would probably prove to be a 

 Phaca also. The only specimen I have seen, has the flowers larger than in P, Aboriginorum. 



*•* Onobrychoidei, stipulis a petiolo et inter se distiTictis, floribtis purpurascentibus dense 

 spicatis capitatisve, vexiUis UnearibiLS elongatis^ leguminihus rectis vel falcatis^ radicibus 



perennibus {an semper ?) DC. 



f Leguminihus rectis. 



4. A, adsurgens; elongatus, adscendens vel prostratus, glabriusculus, foliolis 8-12-jugis 

 oblongis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis membranaceis, pedunculis folio longioribus, spicis 

 oblongis ovatis rotundatisve, floribus densis erectis, vexillo alis vix 1-3 longiore, legu- 

 minibus erectis compactis oblongis subtriquetris liiiic sulcatis appresso-pubescentibus vix 

 calyce nigro-hirsuto longioribus.— " PoZ/. Asir. n. 44. t 31." De Cand, Prodr, v. 2. 

 p. 28T.— A. Laxmanni. Pall, Astr, t, 30? (fide DC) Jacq, Hort, Find, v, 3. t 37? (sed 

 spicis elongatis et foliolis angustioribus.) De Cand, Prodr, v. 2. p, 287.—^. rohusHor ; 

 calycibus albido-pilosis, pilis nigris perpaucis. A. nitidus. Douglasy MSS. in Herb, Hort. 



Soc. 



Hab. a. Plains of the Assinaboin and Saskatchawan Rivers, as for as the mountains. Dr. Richardson; 

 Drummond; Douglas. /3. Common in the mounUia-vallies, from the Kettle Falls to the sources of the 



