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ASTRAGALUs ALopEcUROIDES. FOX-TAIL - 
A Mivx-Vetcn. Mita 
Si a oe ss os OS Os OR 
Class and Order. 
Diapetpnia DeEcanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.— Lecuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. carina obtusa. Stamina diadelpha. 
Legumen biloculare aut semibiloculare, sutura inferiore in- 
_troflexa. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Astracaus alopecuroides ; caulescens suberectus, foliolis 
ovato-lanceolatis pubescentibus, stipulis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis, spicis ovato-oblongis sessilibus, caly- 
cis laciniis setaceis tubo brevioribus corollam fere 
equantibus. DC. 
Astracatus alopecuroides. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1064. De 
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 294. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. 
_  p. 297. De Cand. Astragal. n. 66. — 
Asrracatus Alopecurus. Pall. Astragal. t. 8. De Cand. 
Astragal. n. 67. 
Descr. Perennial. Stems assurgent, rather stout, 
branched, zig-zag, angular, woolly, leafy. Leaves a span 
or more long, alternate, remote, pinnated : Pinne almost 
an inch long, alternate, ovato-elliptical, upon a very short 
stalk, rather dark green, and almost glabrous above, downy 
and paler beneath. Rachis woolly. Stipules very large 
and glabrous, membranaceous, from a broad base, lanceo- 
late. Flowers axillary, sessile, in a large, broadly-cylin-_ 
drical spike or head, bracteated, the outer bractee nia 
large, ovato-acuminate, the inner or upper ones gradual 
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