152 LEGUMINOS^. [Astragalus. 



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12. A. glareosus; depressus, totus molliter hirsuto-tomentosus, caulibus brevibus, 

 stipulis oblongis acuminatis appressis membranaceis, foliolis lineari-oblongis C-jugis, 

 pedunculis folium subaequantibus seu brevioribus 3-4-floris, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis 

 linearibus calyce cylindraceo-elongato nigro-hirsuto dimidio brevioribus, leguminibus — ? 

 — Douglas, MSS. in Herb. Hort Soc, 



Hab. Plentiful on dry gravelly banks of rivers, from the confluence of Lewis and Clarke's River Tvith 

 the Columbia to the mountains. Douglas. — This is a very beautiful plant, scarcely five inches high, with 

 densely woolly and whitish foliage, which the large flowers of its numerous peduncles, of a rich purple-blue 

 colour, just exceed in height. The specimens were gathered in April and May, when, it is to be regretted, 

 there was no fruit. 



II. OcHROLEUCi, stipulis a petioh Hberisy Jloribus ochrolencis, 



(CiCERoiDEi, stipvlis nee petiolo nee inter se adnatis, spicis peduncvlatis, floribiis ochro- 



leucisy radicibus perennibus, leguminibus sessilibus. DC) 



13. A, Canadensis; elatus, subpubescens, erectus vel decumbens, stipulis lato-lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis, foliolis sub-10-jugis elliptico-oblongis obtusis, pedunculis folio sub- 

 aequalibus, racemis elongatis spiciformibus, bracteis subulatis pedicello longioribus, 

 floribus patenti-reflexis, leguminibus erectis oblongis teretibus glabris bilocularibus 

 polyspermis, sutura superiore acuta.— iiww. Sp. PL p. 1066. Pursh, Ft. Am. v. 2. p. 

 472. Elliott, Carol v. 2. p. 227. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 293.— A. Carolinianus. Linn. ? et 

 oZibrMm?— Astragalus orthocarpus. Douglas, MSS. in Herb. Hort. Soc. 



Hab. Throughout Canada, Mrs. Percival; Mr. Cleghom; as far as York-Factory and the Saskatchawan, 

 Dr. Richardson; Drummond; Douglas: sparingly seen to the west of the Rocky Mountains, where, how- 

 ever, it was found at the branches of Lewis and Clarke's River. Douglas.— Uv. Douglas' A. orthocarpus 

 only differs in having the flowers rather more constantly reflexed than usual. The A. Carolinianus, accord- 

 ing to the authors who are best acquainted with it, seems to be but a more luxuriant state of the'present, 

 having a greater number of leaflets. All that I have seen cultivated in our gardens under the name oi A. 

 Carolinianus, are what 1 here call A. Canadensis. 



U.A.Purshii; hirsutissimus, caulibus brevibus diffiisis, stipulis lanceolat is acuminatis, 

 foliolis 6-8-jugis oblongis, pedunculis folio duple brevioribus, floribus laxis capitato- 

 racemosis patentibus, bracteis lineari-subulatis pedicello duplo longioribus, calyce elon- 

 gate membranaceo, alis attenuatis vexillum subaequantibus, germine subsessili linear! 

 pilosissimo. — Douglas, MSS. in Herb. Hort. Soc. 



Hab. On the low hills of the Spokan River, North- West America. Douglas.— '^ Flowers yeUow Calyx 

 cyUndncal; its teeth subulate, equal, half the length of the calyx; ve:,illum obovate, bidentate; «te W : 

 can«a obtuse, purple at the apex." Douglas.-lt is to be regretted, that this species has not been found in 

 fruit The flowers are large, an inch and a half long : the whole plant, except the corolla, is very woolly. It 

 flowers m June, and is perennial. 



15. ^.? {an Phaca?) lotijlorus ; incanus, appresso-pilosus, caulibus brevibus diffusis, 

 stipuhs^ ovato-acuminatis, foliis sublonge petiolatis, foliolis remotiusculis subsexjugis 

 oblongis obtusis, pedunculis gracilibus folio brevioribus, floribus 3-4 laxis capitatis 

 (parvis flavis), bracteis subulatis pedicello perbrevi longioribus, calyce campanulato 

 aibo-piloso, dentibus subulatis tubo longioribus, petalis subaqualibus, leguminibus 



