/j,s52 LEGUMiNOS.E. Astragdlm (LXXVI. Xiphidium). 



714. A. pugioniferus (Fisch. ex Bge. Astr. p. 219) adpresse 

 canescens, canlibus ex caudice suffrutescenti erectis virgatis. stipulis 

 minutis triangularibus deflexis, foliolis 3-4-jugis linearibus distantibus, 

 pedunculis folio longioribus, racemis elongatis dissitifloris, bracteis 

 subulatis pedicellos cequantibus, calycis adpresse albo et nigro-hirti 

 dentibus subuhitis tubo 3-4-plo brevioribus, corolla calyce duplo lon- 

 giore , leguminibus erecto-patentil)us rectis lineari-trigonis calyce 

 sextuplo longioribus acutis utroque margine carinatis adpresse nigro- 

 liirtis 5. A. suhulatus var. strictus Griseb. Spicil. I, p, 52. 



Hab in pascuis Macedoni» borealis prope Uskub (Fiieder !), Thraciae bor. 

 (Friv!). 



Bipedalis, legumina bipollicaria lineam lata; differt ab A. Xiphidio dentibus 

 calj'cis longioribus, leguminibus angustioribus non sulcatis ; abJ. fjladiato 

 leguminibus non nutantibus secundis, ab utroque fructu nigro nec albo-hirto. 



715. A. gladiatus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. t, 2, p. 45) adpresse ca- 

 nescens basi suffrutescens, caulibns virgatis erectis elatis, stipulis mi- 

 imtis breviter lanceolatis sericeis, foliolis sub-sex-jugis elliptico- 

 liaearibus, peduncuUs folio 2-3-plo longioribus , raccmis longis laxis 

 subsecundis, bracteis subulatis pedicello brevioribus, calycis pubc 

 adpressa fere omnino alba pbsiti dentibus tubo quintuplo brevio- 

 ribus, corolla livide ochroleuca calyce duplo longiore, leguminibus 

 seoundis patentissimis vel nutantibus anguste lineari-triquetris acu- 

 minatis adpresse albo-setulosis dorso planis ventre carinatis 5. 



Hab. in regione inferiori montis Mesogis in Lydia prope Dervent (Boiss I), 

 in Cappadocia auKtrali prope Bereketly (Bal!), et monte Allahdagh prope 

 Dundarli (Ky. Suppl. 308 !), in regione alpina Libani supra Eden (Bl I). 



Caules 2-4 pedales, foliola 6-8 lineas longa 2 lata, corolla 10-1 llin., legumen 

 2-3 pollices longum. 



-|- -j- Legumen arcuatum vel semicirculare. 



716. A. sitiens (Bge. Astr. p. 220) adpresse canescens suffru- 

 ticosus, caulibus basilignescentibus ascendentibus brevibus , stipulis 

 minutistriangulari-lanceolatis hispidis, foliolis 1-2-jugislongisoblongo- 

 linearibus terminali submajore, pedunculo foliis longiore, racemo laxo 

 lO-lo-lloro, bracteis minimis pedicello aequilongis, calycis adpresse 

 albo-cani dentibus subulatis tubo triplo b)-evioribu8,]eguminibus pen- 

 dulis &ngu.sle lineari-subulatis subtriquetris arcuatis calyce sextuplo 

 longioribus dorso planiusculis ventre carinatis 5. 



Hab. in aridissimis Persiai prope Ssof, Mutschehar, Scliurab, etc, inter Is- 

 pahan et Teheran (Bge !). 



Planta semipedalis, foliola 13-20 lin. longa 1 Vi-S lata, catyx 4 '/i lineas, ve- 

 xillum 8 Vi longum, legumina bipollicaria linere V» diam. lata. Species inter 

 :(:"iine.s foliolis paucis longis insignis. 



