uralen’sis, 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Astragalus: 
- palceagtes [In the ditch of Northampton Castle. Mr. 
Near Diss, Norfolk, and Huntingdon and Coddenham, 
Suffoli. Woopw. “Baydales, Darlington. Mr. oo ] 
P, June, July. 
(2) a lare, without a leafy stem. 
a Stalk upright, longer than the ne ee legumens awl- 
shaped, inflat ted, woolly, u t 
Facq. ic. i—E. bot, 46 6-Lightf. 5 at p. 401—Heall. it. helv. 
Q. 1. in opusc. at p. 308. and stirp. 5. 3. at p. 155. and 
hist. 1453. at 1. p. 195—Fl, dan. 1041, has yellow and 
axe: flowers. 
Leaves winged ; lea epee 23 to 33, a pointed, sitting» 
spitebied wick small whitish hairs. Leaf-stalks with 3 impet- 
fect angles. Svzalks twice as ee as the leaves, cylindrical, hol- 
» somewhat scored, roughis Ha e sal rather oblong. 
Flowiri sitting. Fleral-leaves spear-s d, shorter than the 
calyx. Calyx egg-shaped, inflated ; sons short. Blass. edeel 
or violet blue. Legum. nebo an the calyx ; somewha 
ossoms ape covered with me 
1nN. Whole ratte? the 
soft hairs. Leaf-stalk surrounded at the base with spear-shaped 
withered scales. Leafs 0 oval-spear-shaped, 
shaped, with an e. Fruit-stalks much thicker than the 
1 Fetal, but little rouge? than the leaves. © Flowers 8 or 10, 
crowde ° ral-leaves, the lowest longer, the rest shorter than 
the calyx oopwarp. It is evident that specific charac- 
ter and additional ee given Linnzus to his 
rarely sees 20 in number. But it is equally clear Be “the 
se athic Linnzus refers to, belongs to Lightfoot’s 
highland ae so that whatever mistake exists about it, our bo- 
tanists are not responsible; and indeed the greater disber of 
errors into which they have fallen, seem to have originated with 
Linnzus himself. Whether our plant was at all known to him, 
can only be determined by his own herbarium. 
Hairy Cock’s-head. Mountainous aad alpine pastures in Scot- 
romarty, and at the bay of Farr. Mr. Ropertson. 
Camn-dearg, one of the lower heads of Ben eo id Glen- 
eppet Lorn, in a light sandy soil. Mr. Sruart. [On 
Sof h Queen’s Ferryhill, Fifeshire, Bie not so 2% 
n Lawers, where i it was first observed by Mr. Don. 
Brown. ] P, July. 
TRIFO'LIUM. Flowers mostly forming a head: 
capsule or legumen scarcely longer than the 
calyx ; not opening, but falling off entire.* 
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