ASTRAGALUS. 



LEGUjVflNOSAE. 391 



longis, dense rufo- tomentosis vexillo subbrevioribus; ovario lineari pilis rufls longis 



dense barbato; legumine ? — Crescit in saxosis regionis superioris monlis Kara- 



dagh Isauriae alt. 4500 ped. 

 10^:. A. SCIUREUS Boiss. & Hohen. 1. c. 98. f — Suffruticosus : caulibus erectis elon- 

 gatis, superne breviter foliiferis ; foliis 6 — 7-jugis in spinulam tenuissimam foliolis 

 multo breviorem abeunlibus, foliolis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis in mucronem attenua- 

 tis, adpressissime sericeo - argyreis ; slipulis teneris pellucidis triangulari-lanceolatis 

 acutis; peduncuio solitario terminali crasso cano folia paulo superanti ; spica cylin- 

 drica densa latitudine sub 6— 7-plo longiori sericea; bracteis glumaceis glabris cadu- 

 cissimis lanceoialis acutis calycem aequantibus; calycis rubelli pilis longis adpressius- 

 culis griseis sericei dentibus setaceis tubo paulo brevioribus; corolla e sicco carnea, 

 calycis denles quarla parte superanli ; vexillo oblongo-Iineari alas lineares acutiusculas 

 non superanti ; carinae alis paulo brevioris lamina brevissima ; ovario adpressissime 

 cano. — Crescit in declivibus aridis ad Gattade valiis Talagon montis Elbrus. 



105. A. BOUxNOPHILUS Boiss. & Hohen. 1. c. 99. + — Subacaulis caespitosus : rhizoraate 

 suffrutescenli squamoso ; foliis patulis 6 — 8-jugis; petiolo subherbaceo in spinulam 

 tenuissimam foliolis breviorem abeunti, foliolis oblongis vel ellipticis acutiusculis bre- 

 vissime miicronalis ; stipulis lanceolatis acutis ; capilulo dense ovato ; pedunculo to- 

 mentello foliis aequilongo, bracteis ovatis oblongisve rubeliis ciliatulis, caelerum gla- 

 bris brevissime acuminaiis calycino tubo brevioribus ; calycis superne praesertim 

 piiis patulis sericeo - griseis hispidi denlibus a basi lanceolata setaceis, tubo dimidio 

 brevioribus; corolla sulphurea calyce vix longiori; vexillo oblongo -lineari stricio alas 

 oblongo-Iineares vix superanti; carinae lamina longiuscula parum curvata alis paulo 

 breviori; ovario cano. — Crescit in coliibus argillosis loco Syach Kalas dicto ad ra- 

 dices montis Demawend prope Lar. 



106. A. lODOTROPlS Boiss. & Hohen. 1. c. 100. f — Suffrutescens : caulibus raraosis, 

 Inferne peliolis vetustis tenuibus horridis; foliis 9 — 10-jugis ereclo-patulis, in spinam 

 tenuem foliolis supremis paulo longiorem abeunlibus. foliolis eleganler argyreis ni- 

 tenlibus minulis approximalis ovatis obtusiusculis mulicis , versus folii apicem valde 

 diminulis; slipulis albis pellucidis teneris, margine ciiiatulis, late triangularibus obtu- 

 siusculis; racerais 2 — 4-floris paucis in axillis supremis breviter pedunculatis; bracteis 

 oblongis acutis caducis pedicellos aequantibus ; calycis tubulosi pilis albis nigrisque 

 breviler tomentelli dentibus lineari -lanceolatis nigricantibus . tubo diraidio paulo lon- 

 gioribus; corolla calyce subduplo longiori; vexillo rubentl oblongo lineari. alis lineaTi- 

 bus longiori; carina obtusissima apice violacea. — Crescit in parle occidentali montis 

 Elbrus ad pagura Asadbar alt. 8000 ped. 



107. A. SUBMITIS Boiss. dc Hohen. 1. c. 100. f — Sufl"rutescens: caule brevissimo; foliis 

 longisslmis 20 — 25-jugis in spinulam brevlssimara vix perspicuara abeunlibus, foliolis 

 minirais alternis adpresse hlrtis . pallide virentibus obovatis obtusissimis raullcis vel 

 nervo excurrente brevissirae mucronulails. versus apicera folil valde diminutis; slipulis 

 rigldis lanceolatis acutis; pedunculo longissirao folia superantl adpresse hirsuto; spica 

 laxiuscule oblongo-cylindracea ; bracteis parvis ovalis acuminatis, pilis nigrls ciliatis ; 

 calycis tubulosi piiis albis nigrisque adpressiusculis lomentelli denlibus breviicr trian- 

 gularibus tubo raulloties brevioribus ; calyce fructifero inflato globoso glabrescenti 

 reticulato-nervuloso albido ; coroUa calyce duplo longiorl e slcco rubella; vexillo sub- 

 retuso alas oblongas superanli; carina apice obtusisslraa violacea, alis breviori; ovario 

 oblongo - linearl vlrescenti adpresse hirlo. — Crescit in monte Elbrus supra pagum 

 Passgala. 



108. A. CLUSII Boiss. I. c. 101. f — Fruticosus adpressiuscule serlceo-canescens: ramis 

 erectis splnis vetustis erecto-patulis horridls; fohis gemmarum axlllarium raraoruraque 

 juniorura aequilongis slmilibusque subsexjugis In spinam tenuem foliolis breviorem 

 abeuntibus, foliolis obovatis elliptlclsve obtusls, basi attenuatis mucronulatis ; stipulis 

 tomenlosls triangularibus acutis; racemis 2— 3-floris axillaribus laxls, foliis multo bre- 

 vioribus; bracteolis binis linearibus ad apicem pedicelli brevissimi silis, eo triplo lon- 

 gioribus; calyce adpresse albo -hirsulo, florlfero oblongo cyllndrlco, dentibus setaceis 



