CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CE®. ASTRA’GALUS. 637 
a@ 4, C.(A.) HALE’PPICA Lam. The Aleppo Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 1. p. 353. ; Tl, t. 624. f.2.; Dec. Astr., No. 2.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 245. 
Synonymes. CC. Pocéckiz Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 55., Schmidt Arb., t. 129.; C. i’stria Miu. Dict., 
No. 2., t. 100.; C. procimbens L’ Hérit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 42. 
Engravings. Schmidt Arb., t. 129.; Mill. Dict., No. 2. t. 100.; L’Heérit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 49. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets roundishly elliptical, very obtuse, mucronate. Pe- 
duncles bearing 3 yellow flowers. Callosities of the standard lengthened, 
ascending. Legumes closed. Smaller than C. arboréscens. It often 
occurs, in middle Europe, that plants of C. haléppica are killed by the 
winter. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 270.) A shrub, growing to the height of 6 ft., and 
closely resembling C. arboréscens, of which it appears to be a variety. Price 
the same as that of C. arboréscens. 
% 5. C. NEPALE’NSIS Hook. The Nepal Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification. Hook, Bot. Mag., 2622. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 245. 
Engravings. Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2622. ; and our jig. 319. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets 
roundish-elliptic, retuse. 
Racemes drooping, few- 
flowered. Callosities_ of 
standard papilliform. Le- 
gumes rather coriaceous, 
pubescent. (Don’s Mill., 
li. p. 245.) A shrub, from 
Nepal, in 1822, producing 
its yellow flowers in Au- 
gust and September. In d 
its native country, it grows to the height of 10 ft.; but itis not yet com- 
mon in British gardens. Plants, in the Fulham Nursery, are 5s. each. 
Genus XVII. 
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ASTRA’GALUS Dec. Tue Minx Vercn. Lin. Syst. Diadélphia 
Decandria. 
Identification. Dec. Astrag., No. 5. ed. maj. p. 22. and p.79.; Prod., 2. p. 291.: Don’s Mill., 2. 
p. 253. 
Synonyme. Astragalus sp. of Lin. and others. 
Derivation. From astragailos, the vertebrz ; the seeds in the legumes ofsome species being squeezed 
into a squarish form, so as to look something like the joints of the backbone; or, perhaps, from 
asiér,astar, and gala, milk. It is also the name given toa shrub by Greek writers. (Don’s Mill., 
2. p. 253.) 

* 1. A. Tracaca’ntHA L. The Goat’s Thorn Milk Vetch, or Great Goat’s 
Thorn, 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1073. ; Pall. Astr., t. 4. f.1,2.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 100.; Woodv. Med. 
Bot., 276. t. 98. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., 84. 
Synonymes. A. massiliénsis Lam. Dict., 1. p. 320., Dec. 
Astr., No. 96., Don’s Miil., 2. p. 266. 
Engravings, Pall. Astr., t. 4 f. 1,2. ; Duh. Arb., 2. t. 100.; 
Woodv. Med. Bot., 276. t. 98. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 84. ; 
Lob. Icon., 2. t.27.; Garid. Aix, 469. t. 104. ; and our 
Sig. 320. 
Spec. Char., §c. Peduncles usually 4-flow- 
ered, about equal in length to the leaves. 
Calyxes cylindrical, with 5 short blunt teeth. 
Leaves with 9—11 pairs of elliptic “hoary 
leaflets. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 266.) The flow- 
ers are purplish or white, and are disposed 
on axillary peduncles, so short as to pre- 
vent them from being at all conspicuous 
above the leaves. A low, prickly, glaucous 

