Astragalus (LIII. Megalocystis). LEGUMiNOSiE. 399 



tim 7-10-jugis coiiipliculLs obuvato-orbiculatis retusis, scapis folio lon- 

 gioribus 'u\ capitulum 5-7-florum abeuntibus, bracteolis lanceolatis 

 tubo calycino triplo brevioribus, calycis grisei tomentosi tubulosi 

 fructiferi inflati ovati dentibus a basi lanceoiata subulatis tubo qua- 

 druplo brevioribus, corolla calyce subduplo longiore, legumine bre- 

 vissime stipitato ovato-globoso subcompresso membranaceo hirtulo 5. 



— Tragacantha alferum gcnus Rauwolf Itin. 



Hab in subalpinis Armenine inter Erivan et Kars (Rauw.), prope Van (Noe 

 173!), in monte Avroman Kurdistaniffi 5000' (Haussk!). 



Affinis A. tortuoso diflfert ramis suflfruticosis longioribus spinoso-horridis, 

 foliolis paucioribus 1-1 V^ lin. longis, racemis capitatis et inprimis legumine 

 diversissimo membranaceo hirto ovato-compresso brevissime nec longe stipi- 

 tato, sesquilineam longo. 



491. A. coluteoides (Willd. Act. Berol. 1794. p. 27) sufl^ruti- 

 1VSU8 taimulosus patule et breviter tomentosus, ramis spinis erecto- 

 patulis liorridis, stipulis hyalinis undulatis ovatis el breviter lanceo- 

 lalis, foliolis lo-20-jugis planiusculis ovalis mucronulatis ad apicem 

 folii sensim diminutis, scapis folia subsequantibus, capitulis pauciflo- 

 ris soepe laxiusculis, bractcolis linearibus ciliatis dimidium tubum 

 cequantibus, calycis pilis mere albis adpresse tomentelli tubulosi fruc- 

 tiferi inflati ovato-globosi lineati dentibus lanceolatis tubo 4-3-plo 

 brevioribus, corolla calyce tertia parte longiore, legumine membraua- 

 ceo hirto ovato raucronato depresso subsessiii 5- A. Danuiscen.us d.c. 

 Prodr. n, p. "298. — A. rcfusus d.g. Astr. n« 39, tab. 36 non Willd. 



— Anthyllis tragacanfholdes Labill. Dec. 2, t. 9. 



Hal). in regione alpina Libani ad et supra Cedros (Ehrenb.! Boiss ! Ky! 

 Bl !) et in Hermone (Labill ! Boiss! Ky !). 



Ab A. micracmc cui facie accedit foliolis majoribus niultijugis, legumine 

 duplo majori depresso nec compresso 3 V^ lineas longo distinctus ; oal)x flori- 

 fer G lineas. corolla 9 lineas longa. 



492. A. murinus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 72) suffruticosus 

 late dumulosus, ramis spinis longis validis strictis armatis, stipulis 

 hyalinis ciliatis ovatis et lanceolatis. foliolis 10-15-jugis obovatis 

 coniplicatis longiuscule mucronulatis ad apicem Iblii sensim dimi- 

 nutis adpresse hirtis . j)eduncuiis folia suba^quantibus laxiuscule 

 3-o-floris. bracteolis subulatis calycino tubo 2-3-plo brcvioribus, ca- 

 lycis nigricanti-hirti latiuscule tubulosi fructiferi ovato-globosi rubro- 

 lineati dentibus a basi latiori subulatis tubo 4-5-plo brevioribus, co- 

 rolla calyce quarta parte longiore, legumine breviter stipitato tomen- 

 tello crustaceo ovato deprcsso 5. 



Hal). in regione alpina Persiae austro-occid. in monte Zerdkuh (Auch. 4404! 

 et 1283!), in monte Kuh-daena (Ky 592 !), in montibus Kuh Nur. Kellal. Seb- 

 sekuh (H^iussk 1). 



.Vffinis A. coluteoidi, petioli rigidiores, foliolapaucijugaindumentoadpresso, 

 calyx murinus nec albo-hirtus, legumen potius crustaceum quam membrana- 



