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LEGUMINOS/E. CXXX. OXYTROPIS. 



11 O.FILIFORMIS (D. C. astr. no. 16. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes,) plant almost stemless, glabrous ; leaflets lanceolate- 

 linear ; scapes 2 or 3 times longer than the leaves ; flowers spi- 

 cate, lower ones distant ; teeth of calyx short ; beak of keel 

 shorter than the wings. If.. H. Native of Dahuria in deserts, 

 near the river Amoor, and on mount Odon-Tschelon. Flowers 

 .small, bluish-purple. Very nearly allied to O. coeriilea, but dif- 

 fers in the plant being glabrous, the flowers being one-half 

 smaller, and in the beak of the keel being shorter than the 

 wines. 



Filiform Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL -| foot. 



12 O. SETOSA (D. C. astr. no. 5.) plant stemless ; leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous, but pilose on the edges ; scapes hardly longer 

 than the leaves, clothed with hoary hairs; heads of flowers ovate- 

 roundish ; bracteas pilose, about equal in length to the calyx, 

 which is woolly ; calycine teeth unequal, subulate, elongated. 

 11 . H. Native of Siberia, on the higher Altaian mountains. 

 Astragalus setosus, Pall. astr. p. 5. Flowers purplish. 



Bristly Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL - foot. 



13 O. LAMBE'RTI (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2, p. 740.) plant 

 stemless, silky and pilose in every part ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 

 rather remote ; scape rather longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 spicate or capitate ; bracteas lanceolate-linear, rather shorter 

 than the silky calyx. %. H. Native of North America, on 

 woodless hills about the river Missouri. Sims, bot. mag. 2147. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1054. Astragalus Lamberti, Spreng. syst. 3. 

 p. 308. Flowers large, blue and white mixed. 



Lambert's Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1811. 

 PL | to 1 foot. 



14 O. GRANDIFLORA (D. C. astr. no. 6.) plant stemless ; leaf- 

 lets oblong-lanceolate, clothed with adpressed silky down ; scapes 

 twice the length of the leaves ; flowers disposed in loose spikes ; 

 wings obovate, dilated ; legumes oblong, membranous, acumi- 

 nated by the style, pubescent, bilocular. If. . H. Native of 

 Siberia, especially beyond the Baikal. Astragalus grandiflorus, 

 Pall. astr. p. 57. t. 46. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1311. Flowers large, 

 of a deep rose-colour. Bracteas shorter than the calyx. Vexil- 

 lum emarginate. 



Var. j8, ciirnca (D. C. prod. 2. p. 277.) flowers flesh-coloured, 

 having the vexillum obtuse, not emarginate. '3{. H. Native of 

 Dahuria. Astragalus Dahuricus, Patrin, ined. 



/')-. y, leptoptera (D. C. 1. c.) wings of flower oblong ; vex- 

 illum obtuse ; bracteas shorter than the calyx. 1(..H. Native 

 of Siberia, at Nerstinsky Savod near Doroninsk. O. grandiflora, 

 Fisch. in lift. Flowers bluish-purple, not rose-coloured. Per- 

 haps a proper species, or the same as 0. Lamberti. 



Great-flowered Mountain Milk- Vetch. FL June, Aug. Clt. 

 1818. PL i foot. 



15 O. CA NDICANS (D. C. astr. no. 7.) plant stemless, canes- 

 cent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; scapes twice the 

 length of the leaves ; spikes ovate-oblonjj ; bracteas length of 

 calyx ; legumes oblong-linear, erect, half-bilocular, hardly pu- 

 bescent, ending each in a long inflexed acumen. I/ . H. Native 

 of Eastern Siberia, at the river Lena. Astragalus candicans, 

 Pall. astr. p. 61. t. 49. Flowers very pale blue. 



fT/a'te-leaved Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL ^ foot. 



16 O. CAODA'TA (D. C. astr. no. 8.) plant stemless; leaflets 

 oblong, acute, pubescent beneath, and almost glabrous above ; 

 scapes erect, twice the length of the leaves ; spikes of flowers 

 oblong, dense ; bracteas shorter than the calyx, which is cylin- 

 drical, y.. H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian mountains. 

 Astragalus spicatus, Pall. itin. 2. append, no. 118. t. 10. ed. gall, 

 append, no. 741. t. 84. Astr. caudatus, Pall. astr. p. 62. t. 50. 

 Flowers purple. Legume half bilocular. 



Tailed-legumcd Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL -| foot. 



17 O. SONGA'RICA (D. C. astr. no. 9.) plant stemless ; leaflets 



lanceolate, silky ; scapes erect, twice the length of the leaves ; 

 flowers distant, in spikes, the lower ones almost opposite ; brac- 

 teas shorter than the calyx. 1;. H. Native of Siberia, in elevated 

 fields at the Altaian promontory. Astragalus Songaricus, Pall, 

 astr. p. 63. t. 51. Flowers violaceous. Legume ovate, acute, 

 pubescent. 



Songarian Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 

 PL i foot. 



ISO. SYLVA'TICA (D. C. astr. no. 18.) plant stemless ; leaflets 

 oval, acute, clothed with silky down ; scapes longer than the 

 leaves ; spikes ovate, dense ; bracteas longer than the calyx ; le- 

 gumes inflated, membranous, clothed with brown pili. Tj. . II. 

 Native of Dahuria and Siberia, on the Altaian mountains in pine 

 woods, and on their margins. Phacasylvatica, Pall. itin. ed. gall, 

 append, no. 381. t. 86. f. 1. Astragalus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1300. 

 Astr. sylvicolus, Pall. astr. p. 95. t. 78. Flowers purplish. 

 There is a variety of this species having 3 or 4 leaflets in a whorl. 



Wood Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL j foot. 



19 O. LONGIROSTRA (D. C. astr. no. 17. t. 5.) plant stemless, 

 and rather silky; leaflets linear-oblong, acuminated ; scapes twice 

 the length of the leaves ; spikes ovate ; bracteas shorter than the 

 calyx ; keel of flower furnished with a long mucronate acumen. 

 1. H. Native of Siberia, at Lake Baikal, in the fissures of 

 rocks. Flowers purplish. O. Gmelini, Fisch. ex Steven. 



Lo>ig-bcaked-kee\ed Mountain Milk-Vetch. FL June, July. 

 Clt. 18.20. PL I foot. 



20 O. BREVIROSTRA (D. C. astr. no. 19. t. 6.) plant almost stem- 

 less ; leaflets 23-29, lanceolate, glabrous ; scapes hairy, about 

 equal in length to the leaves ; spikes ovate, dense ; bracteas 

 about equal in length to the calyx ; legumes ovate, inflated, 

 almost 1 -celled, apiculated by the style, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, beset with black pubescence. I/ . H. Native of Si- 

 beria, on the Altaian mountains, and in pine woods. Astragalus 

 Altaicus, Pall. astr. p. 56. t. 45. O. Altaica, Pers. Stipulas 

 large, membranous, joined together. Flowers bluish-purple. 



Short-beaked Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1802. PI. i foot. 



21 O. LEPTOPHY'LLA (D. C. astr. no. 12.) plant stemless, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets 9- 1 3, linear-filiform ; scapes reclinate, length of 

 leaves ; flowers few, almost capitate ; bracteas shorter than the 

 calyx, which is hairy; legume inflated, membranous, almost 1- 

 celled, pubescent. 1(. . H. Native of Siberia, on high plains 

 between the rivers Onon and Argun. Flowers of a deep rose- 

 colour. Astragalus leptophy'llus, Pall. astr. p. 83. t. 66. f. A. 

 but not of Desf. Gmel. sib. 4. t. 24. B. 



Slender-leaved Mountain Milk-Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1818. PL ^ foot. 



22 O. CJESPITOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 333.) plant stemless ; 

 leaflets from 13-15 in number, oblong, glabrous; scapes bearing 

 about 5 flowers, about equal in length to the leaves ; bracteas 

 shorter than the calyx, which is villous ; legumes inflated, ovate, 

 acuminated, pubescently-tomentose, almost 1-celled. 1. H. 

 Native of Dahuria, on rocks and among gravel. Astragalus 

 caespitosus, Pall. astr. p. 70. t. 57. Astr. vesicarius, Pall. itin. 

 but not of Linnaeus. O. physodes var. glabra, D. C. astr. no. 

 14. f. 1. Flowi-rs purple. 



Tufted Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL ^ foot. 



23 O. AMPULIA'TA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 333.) plant stemless ; 

 leaflets from 7-13 in number, lanceolate, and silky ; scapes 

 usually bearing about 3 flowers each, equal in length to the 

 leaves ; bracteas shorter than the calyx ; legumes inflated, ovate- 

 globose, tomentose, almost 1-celled. If.. H. Native of Siberia, 

 on rocks at the river Yenesee, and about the Baikal. Astragalus 

 ampullatus, Pall. astr. p. 69. t. 56. f. B. O. physodes var. vil- 

 losa, D. C. astr. no. 14. t. 2. f. 2. 



Cruet-shaped-foddeA Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL ^ foot. 



