34 CALYCIFIX)R«. 



dissected flower, a seed, and a section of stem with 

 tragacanth exuding from the pith. [It appears to be 

 A. gummifer, which is stated by Fischer (Syn. .Vstr. 

 Trag., p. 35) to have glabrous leaflets.] The plant 

 is a small bush with a distinct stem. 



149. Astragalus Hermoneus, Boiss. (Fischer, I.e. p. 108, No. 112). 



a. Twigs, with dutju.hed pods. 



Lebanon, 6,000 feet; 28 Sept., 1860; Dr. J. D. Hooker 

 and D. Hanbury. 



b. Twigs, with detached legumes and dissected flower. 



(1) Lebanon, forming dense tufts two or three feet across ; 

 altitude 5,000 to 6,000 feet; 29 Sept., 1866. (2) Above 

 the Cedars ; 30 Sept., 1860 ; Dr. J. D. Hooker and 

 D. Hanbury. 



150. Astragalus hirsutissimus, D. C. 



rt. Leafy twigs. 



Lebanon, 6,000 feet; Sept.-Oct., 1860; Dr. J. D. Hooker 

 and D. Hanbury. 



151. Astragalus microcephalus, Willd. 



a. (1) Twigs, with leaves. (2) Twig, with flower, and detached, 

 and dissected flower. 

 (These specimens form a " portion of the large plant 

 showing incisions in the stem, sent as the tragacanth 

 shrub, by the Eev. W. A. Farnsworth, Kaisariyeh, 

 Cappadocia, 1873." This specimen is now in the 

 Materia Medica Museum of the Pharmaceutical 

 Society in Bloomsbury Square.) 



152. Astragalus Russelii, Boiss. 



a. Twigs, in flower. 



Wady Zewerah; "Plants of Southern Syria;" B. T. Lowne, 

 1863-4; Astragalus, sp. 3. 



153. Astragalus Sirinicus, Ten. 



(/. Twigs, in flower. 



Col de Nizzavona, Corsica; 3 June, 1868; D. Hanbiu-y. 



154. Astragalus Tragacantha, L. 



a. (1) Flowering t\vigs, Marseilles, May, 1851. 

 (2) Ditto, detached pod and dissected flower. 

 Cultivated, Clapham Common ; June, 1873. 



