(JHAl'EK S ' DECLHIA 271 



Ohs. Ab oiniubiis Lathi/ris pedunciilis unillorisa Linneo recensitis 

 manifeste dift'ert. 



8. AsTiiAGALUS ?fORVEGicus Grauer, I. c. 13. Astragalus caules- 

 cens,^ diffusus ; foliolis ovalibiis, glabris ; legumiiiibus tricjuetris, 

 pilosis. 



Hah. In Norvegia. Lectus a Dno Praeside propc lloei'aas versus 

 praedium Engan, ad Gloinen fluvium. 



Cauhs suberecti, undique diffusi, subramosi, angulati, giaberrimi. 

 Folia pinnata cum impare, alterna; petioli glabri ; foliola opposita, 

 sessilia, glabra, ovalia, integerriina, margiiiata, impare petiolato ; 

 paria cireiter 6. lujioresceufia capitata ; eapitulum terminale, 

 ovatmu, densum; pedunculi axillares, solitarii, longissimi, teretes, 

 sulcati; pedicelli brevissimi, atro-pilosi. ^tipidcB geminie, ovatie, 

 acutiusculiE, glabrae. Bractece squamosa) reflexaj, subulatae, liirsutie. 

 Perianfliium ovatum, atro-pilosum, superne lunulatim excisum, 

 inferne quinquedentatum, laciniis duabus superioribus remotioribus, 

 majoribus. Corolla dilute violacea ; vexillum lateribus reflexum, 

 emarginatum, macula albidiore notatum ; alaj magiiiB ad basin 

 hamata3 ; carina marginata, appendiculata. Ley u men cah^ce longius, 

 atro-pilosum triquetrum, ad basin rotundatum, terminatum stylo 

 inclinato persistente, exacte biloculare. 



Ohs. Nova, ni fallor, planta, qua3 filia Astragali Oiceris Linn., 

 ad cujus habitum valde accedit, sed caules teneriores, strictiores, 

 foliola pauciora, emarginata, nee acuminata, eapitula minora, corolljB 

 violaceae nee ochroleucse, legumina triquetra, brevioribus pilis ornata 

 liunc satis a Cicere distinguunt. ' 



[Evidently conspecific with Astragalus orohoides Hornem. Fl. Dan. 

 viii. fasc. 24,' 4, t. 1396 (1810), which it antedates by 20 years.— 

 T. A. S.] 



9. Xeranthemum nobile Grauer, /. c. 16. Xeranthemum 

 fruticosum, receptaculo paleaceo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, crassis, 

 tomentosis. 



Hah. ad Caput bonae spei. 



Caiilis fruticosus, tomentosus ; rami longi, uniflori, incano tomen- 

 tosi. Folia ramea sessilia, laxe imbricata, appressa, crassa, lineari- 

 lanceolata, acutiuscula, sordide tomentosa. lujlorescentia uniHora ; 

 pedunculi longi, nudi, adspersi hinc inde squamis scariosis, albis. 

 Flos magnus. Calgx niveus, laxe imbricatus, foliolis longe triangu- 

 laribus, interiores multo minores, lanceolatae, violaceae, apice et disco 

 albo. Cor oil CB violaceae, parvae. Stamina albida. Semina coronata 

 pappo piloso ex setis copiosis. Heceptaculum p)aleaceum, paleis 

 strigosis. 



Ohs. Facile distinguitur a congeneribus tomento denso totam 

 plantam vestiente, receptacula paleaceo ! cum pappo plumoso. Solum 

 enim annuum habet receptaculum paleaceum. Xeranthemum 

 vestitum Linn, valde affine est nohili sed differt receptaculo nudo. 



[From the description I consider this to be Helipterum varie- 

 gatum DC. {Xeranthemum variegatum Berg. PL Cap. 271 ; 1767). 

 The paleaceous receptacle mentioned hy Grauer was probabh^ merely' 

 his way of describing the honeycombed receptacle of H. variegatum. 

 The linear-lanceolate, sordidly tomentose leaves, the long bracteate 



