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ASTRAGALUS SINICUS. UMBELLATED ~ 
ASTRAGALUS, 
Clafs and Order. 
DrapeveHra DECANDRIA.- 
Generic CharaGer. 
_ Carina obtufa, Legum. biloculare aut fubbiloculare futura ” 
inferiore introflex4. : : ” 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
ASTRAGALUS /inicus ; caulefcens proftratus, umbellis pe- 
dunculatis, leguminibus prifmaticis triquetris 
erectis apice tubulatis. Linn. Mant, 103. 
Reich. 3. p.534. Mill. Philof. Tranf. 1764. 
p- 138. 2. 2059. Willd. 3. p. 1292. Thunb, 
Fap. 290. Lerf. Syn. 2. p. 335. Decand. 
, Afirag. 97. ae 
ASTRAGALUS doinides ; caulefcens glaber ramofus, foliolis 
: fubtrijagis ovalibus, pedunculis axillaribus 
folio longioribus capitatis, leguminibus reétis 
triquetris acuminatis. Pall, Ajtrag. n. 106. 
Lam, Enc. 316. | 
Desc. Root annual. Stems decumbent, Leaves on long 
footftalks, odd-pinnate: /eaflets four pair, obovate, diftant, 
minutely ciliated and hairy underneath. Sé/pules two, ovate- 
acuminate, ereét, inferted below the petiole. Peduncles axillary, 
folitary, nearly equaling the leaf in length. lowers in a 
hemifpherical umbel on very fhort nodding pedicles. Calyx 
five-toothed : teeth nearly equal, the two upper ones more 
diftant. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum obcordate, refletted 
at the fides, pale purple, ftreaked in the middle: wings white, 
liquely truncate: keel longer than the wings, broad and oF a 
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