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LEGUMINOSjE. CXXIX. PHACA. 



semi-elliptic-oblong, turgid, depressed, pubescent. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Peru. Flowers 3-6 in a raceme, yellowish. P. Candol- 

 leana, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 495. t. 586. 

 Threc-Jltm-vrcd Bastard- Vetch. PL \ to 1 foot. 



5 P. VILLOSA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 97.) plant almost stem- 

 less, hairy ; leaflets oblong-oval, glabrous above ; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, or equal in length to them ; spike few- 

 flowered, somewhat capitate ; legume clothed with canescent 

 villi, terete, and cymbiform. 1{.H. Native of Carolina and 

 Georgia, in sandy pine-woods, and on hills about the Missouri, 

 as well as of China. Astragalus villosus, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 

 ~. p. 67. Flowers cream-coloured. 



ni/ous Bastard- Vetch. PI. |- foot. 



6 P. C^ESPITOSA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 98.) stemless, tufted, 

 and clothed with canescent villi ; leaves with 3-5 leaflets, which 

 are disposed in a digitate manner, and are acute at both ends ; 

 flowers aggregate, without a scape ; stipulas membranous, with- 

 out any regular or decided form ; legume pubescent, sub-cylin- 

 drical. If. . H. Native of North America, on hills at the con- 

 fluence of the rivers Sawanee and Missouri. Astragalus tri- 

 phyllus, Pursh. fl, amer. sept. 2. p. 740. but not of Pall. Flowers 

 cream-coloured. Leaflets lanceolate. 



Tufted Bastard- Vetch. PI. i to ^ foot. 



7 P. ARENA'RIA (Pall. it. 4. t. 19. f. 3-4. ed. gall, append.no. 

 388. t. 91. f. 3-4.) stems spreading, ascending, glabrous ; stipu- 

 las membranous, concrete ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of linear- lan- 

 ceolate acute leaflets, having the terminal one sessile ; peduncles 

 about the length of the leaves ; legumes inflated, glabrous. 

 Native of Siberia, about the Uda Selenga and the Baikal. 

 Flowers cream-coloured. Pallas's plate exhibits 2 plants under 

 this name, the one with ovate, and the other with globose le- 

 gumes ; the first belongs to Phaca, but the second is referrible 

 to Sphtxrosphysa. 



Sand Bastard-Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. PL ascending. 



* Flowers purplish, sometimes painted with white and violet. 



8 P. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 496. t. 

 585.) stems short, diffuse, clothed with soft tomentum ; leaves 

 with 7-8 pairs of oblong, obtuse, silky, tomentose leaflets ; 

 racemes on long peduncles, of a cylindrical-oblong form, dense, 

 and many-flowered ; calyxes soft and silky. I/ . G. Native of 

 Mexico, in valleys near Casave. Flowers purplish. The legume 

 being unknown the genus is doubtful. 



Soft Bastard- Vetch. PL diffusely procumbent. 



9 P. DENSIFOLIA (Smith in Rees' cyclop. 27. no. 9.) stems 

 decumbent, branched, and smooth ; stipulas ovate, concave ; 

 leaves with 16-20 pairs of obovate emarginate leaflets, which 

 are villous beneath ; peduncles length of leaves ; racemes dense, 

 oblong; legumes ovate, turgid, almost smooth. 7/ . H. Native 

 of California. Flowers drooping, reddish. 



Derinc-leaved Bastard- Vetch. PL decumbent. 



10 P. GLA'BRA (Clar. bull, philom. no. 61. D. C. astr. no. 4.) 

 stem branched, prostrate, glabrous ; stipulas broad, ovate ; 

 leaves with 6-7 pairs of oval-oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves ; wings of flowers entire ; le- 

 gume stipitate, turgid, glabrous. 3. H. Native of Provence, 

 on the Lower Alps. Corolla white, tipped, and margined with 

 violet. 



Glabrous Bastard- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. PL prostrate. 



IIP. GERA'RDI (Vill. dauph.3. p. 474.) stem diffuse, branched, 

 prostrate ; leaves and stipulas clothed with velvety pubescence, 

 and ciliated ; peduncles rather longer than the leaves ; wings of 

 flower oblong, and rounded at the apex ; legumes ovate, rather 

 velvety. lf..H. Native of Dauphiny. Flowers white, having 

 the carina tipped with purple. 



Gerard's Bastard- Vetch. FL July. PL prostrate. 



12 P. AUSTRA'LIS (Lin. mant. 103. and 448.) stem branched, 

 tufted, ascending, glabrous; stipulas ovate; leaves with 6-8 

 pairs of linear-lanceolate, glabrous leaflets, having the terminal 

 one sessile ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; wings bifid at 

 the apex, longer than the keel ; legumes stipitate, ovoid, at 

 length glabrous. 1. H. Native of the alps of Europe and 

 the Pyrenees. Jacq. misc. 2. t. 3. D. C. astr. no. 8. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 490. P. Halleri, Vill. dauph. 4. p. 473. Colutea 

 australis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 354. Corolla pale, having the keel 

 tipped with purple. 



Par. 13, Altalca (Fisch. in litt.) stem almost erect. %.. H. 

 Native of the Altaian mountains. Perhaps a proper species. 

 Southern Bastard- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1779. PL asc. 



13 P. ASTBAGALINA (D. C. astr. no. 9.) stems short, procum- 

 bent, smoothish ; stipulas ovate, acute ; leaves with 9-10 pairs of 

 ovate leaflets, which are beset with adpressed pubescence on both 

 surfaces ; peduncles about the length of the leaves ; wings entire, 

 shorter than the keel ; legumes stipitate, pendulous, when young 

 beset with black hairs. If. . H. Native of the alps of Sw itzer- 

 land, Savoy, Austria, Pyrenees, and on the Altaian mountains in 

 Siberia. In July, 1831, this plant was found in plenty by 

 Dr. Graham and others in Scotland on the Clova mountains, 

 north of Forfar in Angushire. Astragalus alpinus, var. Lin. 

 spec. 1070. Oed. fl. dan. 1. t. 51. Lodd. bot. cab. 429. 

 Flowers white, tipped with lilac. Root creeping. 



Astragalus-like Bastard- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Scotland. 

 PI. procumbent. 



14 P. LAPPO'NICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 274.) stems elongated, 

 ascending, glabrous ; stipulas ovate, acute ; leaves with 9 pairs 

 of oval leaflets, which are glabrous above, and clothed with ad- 

 pressed pubescence beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 wings entire, longer than the keel ; legumes stipitate, pendulous, 

 half-bilocular, when young beset with black hairs. If.. H. 

 Native of the alps of Lapland and Sweden, and of L)ahuria near 

 Ochotsk. Astragalus alpinus, var. Lin. 1. c. P. Lapponica.Wah- 

 lenb. Flowers purplish. This I fear is not distinct from the last. 



Lapland Bastard-Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1816. PL 1 ft. 



15 P. OROBOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 274.) stem elongated, 

 ascending, glabrous ; stipulas ovate, acute ; leaves with 5-7 

 pairs of oval-oblong-leaflets, which are glabrous above and 

 hardly pubescent beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 racemes elongated ; wings entire, longer than the keel ; legumes 

 sessile, semi-bilocular, pendulous, when young beset with black 

 hairs. 1 . H. Native of the alps of Norway and Lapland. As- 

 tragalus oroboides, Horn, in fl. dan. 8. t. 1396. Astrag. leontinus, 

 Wahl. fl. lap. p. 191. t. 12. f. 4. but not of Jacq. Flowers 

 purplish. 



Orobus-like Bastard- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. PL asc. 



16 P. BRACHY'TROPIS (Stev. mem. soc. hist. nat. mosc. 4. 

 p. 53.) stems ascending, smoothish ; stipulas broad, short, and 

 bluntish ; leaves with 6 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets, which 

 are smoothish above and rather pubescent beneath ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; racemes short ; wings entire, longer 

 than the keel ; legumes on short pedicels, when young hairy. 

 If. . H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, Bieb. suppl. 485. Flowers 

 purplish. 



Short-keeled Bastard- Vetch. PL ascending. 



( A species not sufficiently known. 



17 P. TRIFOLIA'TA (Lin. mant. 270.) stem branched, filiform ; 

 stipulas lanceolate ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oval, obtuse ; 

 legumes semi-orbicular. O- H. Native of China. Smith, in 

 Rees' cycl. Perhaps a species of Glycine or Flemingia, ac- 

 cording to Smith. Perhaps a species of Crotaldria, according 

 to the specimen in Delessert's herbarium at Paris. 



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