390 LEGUMINOSAE. 



ASTRAGALUS. 



jugis, io spinam tenuem acerosara foliolis raulto longiorera abeuntibus, foliolis viridi- 

 bus obovatis complicalis crassiusculis brevissime mucronulatis ; stipulis parvis mem- 

 branaceis iriangularibus acuminatis, peliolo adnatis, inler se Jiberis; lloribus 1— 2axil- 

 laribus brevissime pedunculalis; bracteis e basi lanceolata tenuissime setaceis rigidu- 

 lis; caiycis glabri chaitacei flavidi denlibus e basi trinervi subuJato-acerosis rigidulis, 

 tubo dimidio brevioribus; coroUa glabra flavida calyce parum longiiri; legumine co- 

 riaceo iaevi glabro ovato turgido calyci aequilongo, sulura carinali impressa subsul- 

 cata, vexillari carinata marginata nervo crassiusculo, apice in rostrum breve deorsum 

 subrecurvum abeunti, septo fere completo, loculis 5— 6-ovulatis, — Crescit in regno 

 Cabulico. 



100. A. LASIOSEMIUS Boiss. I. c. 96. f — Fruticosus : caulibus horridis ramosis; ramis 

 brevibus intricatis brevissime et parce tomentellis; petiolis crassis longis virescentibus 

 hirtellis 6 — 7-jugis, supra planiuscuiis, basi elevalo - nervosis, secus ramos decurren- 

 tibus, in spinam longam flavidam abeuntibus, foliohs pallide virentibus adpressiuscule 

 hirtellis oblongis obtusis brevissime mucronulalis; stipulis membranaceis hirsutis rigi- 

 dulis, e basi triangulari setaceo-acuminalis; floribus in axilla 2 — 3 breviter pednncula- 

 tis, demum nutanlibus; bracteis setaceis pedunculo aequilongis; calycis membranaceo- 

 flavidi hirsuti denlibus e basi triangulari spinulosis rigidis tubo quadruplo brevioribus; 

 corolla flava calyce vix sesquilongiori; vexillo extus dense et appressiuscule hirsuto 

 alas versus basin laminae carinamque margine inferiori birsutas parum superanti; le- 

 gumine membranaceo subcoriaceo adpresse hirto oblongo - subcompresso calyce in- 

 cluso et aequilongo mucrone brevissimo subincurvo instructo. — Crescit in regno 

 Cabulico. 



lOt. A. GENISTOIDES Boiss. I. c. 97. f — Sufl^rutescens : caulibus brevibus procumben- 

 tibus ramosis ramisque brevissimis spinis petiolaribus longis tenuibus horridis; foliis 

 adpressissime canescentibus flavidis 7— 8-jugis in spinam tenuissimara foliolis longio- 

 rem abeuntibus, foliolis anguste ellipticis concaviusculis obtusis muticis, vcrsus petioli 

 apicem decrcscentibus; slipulis minulissimis lanceolalis acutis, vix petiolo adnatis; 

 floribus ex axillis supremis 2—3 subfasciculatis breviter pedunculalis; bracteis lineari- 

 lanceolatis pedicello subbrevioribus; calycis membranacei flavidi adpresse hirti denti- 

 bus e basi triangulari acuminatis rigidis tubo triplo brevioribus; corolla flava calyce 

 duplo longiori; vexillo adpresse hirto alis carinaque glabris paulo longiori; ovario ad- 

 presse hirsuto. — Crescit in regno Cabulico. 



102. A. PSILACANTHUS Boiss. I. c. 97. f — Sufl^ruticosus ramosissimus : ramis br^vissi- 

 mis strictis caespitosis; spinis petiolaribus longis tenuissimis folia novella aequantibus; 

 foliis adpresse canescenti-sericeis 6— 7-jugis in spinam brevem tcnuissimam abeunti- 

 bus, foliolis minutis ollipticjs complicatis obtusis raulicis; stipulis minutis triangulari- 

 bus hirsutis; pedunculis axillaribus tenuibus brevibus subbifloris; bracleis oblongo- 

 linearibus pedicellos subaequantibus; calycis membranacei flavescentis adpresse hirtelli 

 tubuloso-elongati dentibus selaceis tubo quintuplo brevioribus; corolla fiava calyce 

 plus duplo longiori; vexillo retuso alas carinamque apice rotundatas superanti ; ovario 

 oblongo adpresse hirto semibiloculari. — Crescit in regno Cabulico. 



103. A. VESTITUS Boiss. & Heldr. I. c. 98. f — Caudiculis sufl^rutescentibus procum- 

 bentibus tomentosis saepe elongatis , caules breves ereclos flavido-tomentosos late 

 stipulatos edentibus; foliis tomento adpresso rufescenli vestilis 5 — 7-jugis, foliolis 

 sessilibus ovalis obtusiusculis muticis, petiolo vel in foliolum aliis simile vel in spinam 

 tenuera brevissimam vix pungenlem abeunli persistenli ; slipulis teneris alho - mem- 

 branaceis tomentellis pellucidis in unam magnam opposilifoliam amplexicaulem pe- 

 tiolo adnatam oblique iruncatam retusam coalilis ; floribus congestis in spicam ovatam 

 densiusculam pedunculo crasso tomenioso foliis dimidio breviori sufFuIlam ; bracteis 

 amplis tomentellis ovatis concavis merabranaceis mucronulatis calycinum lubum aequan- 

 tibus; calycis lana rufa adpressa densissime vestili denlibus lanceolalis diraidio tubo 

 longioribus; corolla calyce tertia parte longiore e sicco flavido -rufescenli; vexilli la- 

 mina ovata obtusissima, superne densissime rufo-tomentosa, in unguem glabriusculum 

 sensira attenuata ; alis linearibus acutis carinaque oblongo - lineari acula recta aequi- 



