GG BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xvi. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets many, elliptical 

 or obovate acute at both ends, glandular beneath. Common 

 petioles margined ; stipules lanceolate. Cult. B. G. Fl. June. 



(ty-ff) G. ecMnata, L. 



25. TEPHROSIA, PERS. 



Flowers red, in leaf-opposed racemes. Petals clawed ; standard 

 orbicular, pubescent externally. Anthers uniform. 8tyle flattened; 

 stigma capitate, penicillate. Pod linear, flattened, reciu'ved, con- 

 tinuous within, 2-valved, 6-10-seeded. Perennial herbs. Leaves 

 odd-pinnate ; leaflets many, silky below ; stipules linear-subulate. 



Formosa. 



(^^ yf^ V >; ^ 7 Y) T. pnrp7irea, Pers. 



26. OXYTROPIS, DC. 



I. Ovary 2-celled. Flowers pnrjtle; scapes 2-flowered. Leaflets 3-7- 

 paired, pilose rarely sericeous. Very low perennial herbs. Kurile : 

 Shumshu ; Iwashiro ; lidesan ; Shinano : Komagatake. 



O. japonico, ]\Iaxim. 

 IT. Ovary half-2-celled. 



A. Flowers yellow; scapes many-flow(n-ed. Style villous. Pod 

 glabrous. Leaflets 5-9-paired. Yezo : ]\It. Rishiri. 



0. rishiricnsifi, ]\Iatsum. 



r>. Fk)wers blue or purpl<\ Style glabrous. Pod villous. 



a. Calyx clothed with white silky hairs. Leaflets 

 4~12-paired. Yezo : Rebun isl. 



0. mecjalantha, Boiss. 



b. Calyx clothed with mixed black and white silky 

 hairs. Leaflets G-11-paired. Kurile. 



O. retusa, JLatsum. 



27. ASTRAGALUS, L. 



T. Peduncles longer than the leaves. Flowers reddish-purple, in 

 umbellate racemes. Pod oblong or elliptical, glabrous, 2-celled. 

 Leaflets 7-11, obovate-rounded, retuse or emarginate. Stipules 

 oval, cuspidate. Biennials'. Fl. April-May. Japan ; Formosa. 



A. sinicus, L. 



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