160 LEGUMINOS.E. 



12. ASTRAGALUS (Milk Vetch). 



1. A. glycyphyllus (Sweet Milk Vetch). Stem pro- 

 strate ; leaves longer than the flower-stalks ; legumes, 

 curved, smooth. Thickets, on a chalky or gravelly 



VICIA CRACCA (Tufted Vetch). 



soil. Stem 2 3 feet long ; flowers in short dense 

 spikes, dull yellow. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 

 2. A. hypoglottis (Purple Milk Vetch). Stem pro- 



