Peis 
AsTRAGALUS MonsPESssULANUS. MowntT-~ 
> PELIER MILK-VETCH. ~ 
RBH Hines 
| Clafs and Order. 
DiapecpHia DecanpRIA, 
Generic Charafler. 
Capfula (plurimis) o-locularis, gibba. Filamentum folitarium 
teres. Linn. Syft. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 1132, = 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ASTRAGALUS mon/fpeffulanus acaulis, fcapis declinatis lon- 
: gitudine foliorum, leguminibus fubulatis te- 
retibus fubarcuatis glabris. Linn. Sy/t. Veg. 
: ed. 14. Murr. p. 684. Mant. 450. Ait, 
. Kew. 0, 2. 2. 77. pe 
ASTRAGALUS monfpeffulanus. Baubin. Hifl. 3. p. 338+. 
7 Magnol. Bot. Mon/p. p. 33. se 
ASTRAGALUS purpureus perennis mon{pelienfis. Mori/, 
iff. 2. p. 106. a 
__ The plants of this‘ genus are very numerous, and many of 
them highly ornamental; the brilliant colours which the blof- — 
foms, but more efpecially the flower-cups, of the prefent fpe- _ 
cies exhibits, juftly entitle it to a place in the flower-garden. 
It is a native of the South of France; Macnot informs-us, — 
that it grows in dry places about Montpelier ; is a hardy peren- 
nial, of ready growth, flowers early in July, and has ripened — 
its feeds in my garden at Brompton; by thefe the plant is 
. moft advantageoufly increafed; it may alfo be raifed from 
cuttings of the ftalks: moft of this tribe have large roots, 
* penetrating to a great depth, which not being eafily divifible, 
renders it difficult to increafe them by parting their roots. 
The beft fituation for this plant is an elevated one, among 
ftones, or rock,work, where its flowering ftems may hang 
down; thus its bloffoms are difplayed to greater advantage, — 
and not fo liable to be disfigured as when lying on the ground. — 
— Dr. Witiiam Pitcairn had the honour of introducing 
this plant in 1776. = : ees 
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