444 LEGUMiNOSiE. Astragulus (LXVI. Hololeuce). 



Folia 2-3-pollicaria, foliola 2 lin. longa, scapi soepe semipedales, capitula 

 nuce .suluninora, flores 10 lineas longi. 



609. A. Owerini (Bge. Astr. p. 186) adpressissime sericeo-ca- 

 iius, stipulis sericeis parte libera breviter lanceolatis, foliolis 10-14- 

 jugis elliptico-oblotigis. scapis teretibus albo et superne uigro-pilosis 

 folio longioribus, capitulis densis globosis, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 albo nigroque pubescentibuscalycis tubum superantibus, calycis pube 

 «lorigata alba yillosissimi dentibus subulatis pube nigra mixta obsitis 

 dimidio tubo loiigioribus , corolla (e sicco) flavesceiiti, vexilli calyce 

 duplo alis quarta parte longioris lamina a basi sublatiore longe pro- 

 ducta apice late retusa, legumine villosissimo calycem sequaute ovato- 

 oblongo in mucronem brevissimum recurvum abeunte :^. 



Hab. in Gaucasi alpibus Dagliestani borealis in alpe Ghanakoi tau supra Da- 

 mech alt. 8800' (Owerin !). 



Similis A. bicolori differt pube nigra mixta scapi et bractearum, vexilli late 

 retusi proportione. Folia 2 Vj-poliices, scapi tripoUicares, flores. 8-9 lineas 

 longi. 



610. A. caudiculosus (Boiss. et Huet Diagn. Ser. II, 2, p. 25. 

 adpresse sericeo-canescens . caudiculis ex radice longa verticali nu- 

 merosis filiformibus, stipulis membranaceis breviter bidentalis, folio- 

 lis miuutis approximatim D-7-jugis obovato-oblongis obtusis, scapis 

 folia vix superantibus superne adpresse nigro-pilosis, capitulis densis 

 ovato-globosis paucifloris, bracteis triangularibus brevissimis, calycis 

 adpresse albo et pra?sertim nigro-pilosi dentibus tubo 5-6-plo bre- 

 vioribus, corolla caeruleo-violacea, vexillo calyce triplo longiori oblon- 

 go-rbombeo apice triincato subapiculato. alis vexillo quarta parte bre- 

 vioribus, legumine calyci JBquilongo albo-hispidissimo ovato in mu- 

 croneni incurvum abeunte ?;. 



Hab. in Armenia Turcica ad nives montis Tftchdagh prope Erzerum (Huet !), 

 in summis Bingoldagh alt. 9000' (Ky. Suppl. 811 1). 



Folia pollicem longa, calyx 2 lineas, corolla 9 longa, facies A. inccrti, inter 

 aftines dentium calycis brevitate insignis. 



611. i\. alyssoides"(Lam. Dict. I, p. 317) adpresse sericeo-ar- 

 genteus. e caudice ramoso indurato dense cespitosus , stipulis mem- 

 branaceis ovato-triangularibus ciliatis, foliolis approximatis 5-7,-jugia 

 oblongo-linearibus obtusis, scapisfolio sublongioribus, capitulis densia 

 ovato-oblongis, bracteis lanceolatis lubo calycino subbrevioribus, ca- 

 lycis adpresse albo ct ad dentes prffisertim nigro-hirti dentibus tubo 

 subfequilongis, corolla leucoph:ea, vexillo caiyce 2 '/rPlo ^^i^ tertia 

 parte longiore oblongo subretuso, legumine calyci OBquilongo hirsuto 

 ovato-oblongo acuto miicronato ^. A. Orientalis argenteus angusti- 

 folins Jlore leucophoeo Tourn. Cor. — Ic. d.c. Astrag. tab. 18. 



Hab. in Armenia TurcicA (Tourn!), ad radices Techdagh prope Erzerum 

 (Galv!), in incultis inter Baibut et Ispir (Bourg !). 



Planta 2-3-polIicaris, calyx 2 lineas, vexillum 4 V» longum. 



