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ASTRAGALUS STIPITATUS. BRoApD-sTIPULED 
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Class and Order. ou 
 Draverpnra Decanpeia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Legumen plerumque biloculare, gibbum. -Semina bise- 
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AsrracAtus stipulatus ; foliolis multijugis, oyali-oblongic. 
obovatisve mucronulatis glabris, ‘stipulis max mis foli- 
_ aceis, spicis tenuifloris, leguminibus compressis gla~ 
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_Descr, Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, upright, 
Tounded, smooth, striated, two'to thréé feet high. Leaves 
_ temote, pinnated, five to eigh inches long ; eaflets dis~ 
tant, in from eight to sixteen pairs, opposite, oval-oblon 
_ F obovate, on short footstalks, five to six lines long, an 
_ Wo to three broad, quite entire, bright green and smooth 
on both sides, mucronulate ; terminal one elevated on a 
_ Much longer footstalk than the rest. Stipules very large, 
_ leafy, broadly elliptical, obliquely cordate at the base, 
Sometimes three ings long, and an inch and half wide. 
Petioles and rachis*rounded, smooth, plain, and oeey 
channelled above. Spikes issuing from the axille of the 
faves, many-flowered, on a straight, smooth, cylindrical | 
peduncle, generally longer than the leaves. Flowers 
_ Scattered on very short pedicels, younger ones erect, 
older ones me je Bractee very small, linear, mem- 
fanous, pointed, shorter than the calyx. Calyx tubular, 
' smooth, 
