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ASTRAGALUS VESICARIUS. BLADDERED 
Mivk-Vetcu. 
KKK EEK EEE EERE EEK EEK 
Class and Order. 
DiapEvpHiA DecanprRiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos.. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla carina obtusa. Stamina dia- 
delpha. Legumen biloculare aut semibiloculare, sutura 
inferiore introflexa. D C. 
Sect. V. Vesicarii; stipulis nec petiolo nec inter se adna- 
tis, floribus purpurascentibus aut albidis, calycibus vesica- 
riis. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
AsrraGatus* vesicarius ; diffuso-procumbens pube adpressa 
sericeo-canus, foliolis 5—7-jugis ellipticis, pedunculis 
folio longioribus, calycibus vesicariis pube nigra ad- 
pressa et pilis albidis patulis vestitis, leguminibus hir- 
sutis calyce paulo longioribus. D C. oe. 
-Asrracauus vesicarius. Linn. Sp. Pl.p.1071. Vill. Delph. 
t.42. f.1. De Cand. Astragal.n. 15, Syst. Veget. v. 
2. p. 288. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.3.p.302. = 
Astracatus albidus. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung.v. 1. 
t. 40. 
Astracatus dealbatus. Pall. Astr. t. 23. f. 1. 
Asrracatus glaucus. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. n, 1484. 
Descr. Root perennial, descending, and branched. Stem _ 
much divided, about a span long, hoary as well as the 
leaves 
* So named from its affinity with the aerpayaros of DioscoriDEs, the S 
Orozus vernus of modern authors. : 
