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FIG. 40. 



24 O. NIGRE'SCENS (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 278.) 

 plant almost stemless, having numerous procumbent scapes ; leaf- 

 lets 7-1 1 in number, elliptic, acutish, villous ; stipulas and calyxes 

 beset with black hairs ; peduncles 2-flowered, length of leaves ; 

 legumes oblong, inflated, pubescent, 1 -celled. (Pall.) 7/. H. 

 Native of the north-east of Siberia between the Aldan and the 

 ocean, and in the island of St. Lawrence. Flowers bluish-pur- 

 ple, rather large ; the keel furnished with a small mucrone, 

 which is hardly evident. Astragalus nigrescens, Pall. astr. p. 

 65. t. 53. 



Blackish-haired Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL" procumbent. 



25 O. TRIPIIY'LLA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 333.) plant almost stem- 

 less ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, glabrous, ciliated ; scape longer than 

 the leaves, bearing 2-3 flowers at its apex ; calyx very hairy. 

 I/ . H. Native of Siberia, on islands in Lake Baikal, and of 

 Dahuria on a granite hill between Ozeri and Kachira. Astragalus 

 triphyllus, Pall. astr. p. 68. t. 56. f. A. but not of Pursh. Leaves 

 sometimes furnished only with one leaflet. Flowers large, purple. 



Three -leafletted Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL -| foot. 



* * Flowers cream-coloured. 



26 O. CAMPE'STRIS (D. C. astr. no. 10.) plant stemless; leaf- 

 lets many pairs, lanceolate, acute, hoary, and rather hairy ; scapes 

 hairy, about equal in length to the leaves ; spikes ovate-ob- 

 long, dense-flowered ; flowers erect ; bracteas a little shorter 

 than the calyx, which is hairy ; le- 

 gumes ovate, inflated, erect, hairy, 



half-bilocular. % . H. Native of 

 Europe, on the Alps. In Scotland 

 upon a high rock on one of the 

 mountains at the head of Clova, 

 Angus-shire, near theWhite-water, 

 in great abundance. Astragalus 

 campestris, Lin. spec. 102. Smith, 

 engl. bot. vol. 36. 2522. Astra, 

 sordidus, Willd. spec. 1313. with 

 erroneous remarks. A. sordidus, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 333. Astr. Ura- 

 lensis, Oed. fl. dan. 1041. Phaca 

 campestris, Wahl. Hall. helv. t. 

 13. Scheuchz. trav. alp. 4. p. 

 330. with a figure. In size and 

 habit much like 0. Uralensis, but 

 the leaflets are narrower, more nu- 

 merous, much less silky, being only besprinkled with shining 

 hairs, and sometimes quite smooth, except on the mid-rib. 

 Flowers cream-coloured, the keel and wings tinged with purple. 

 Field Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Scotland. PL 

 | to \ foot. 



27 O. SULPHU'REA (Fisch. in litt.) plant stemless; leaflets 

 from 37-41 in number, lanceolate, when young clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky pubescence, at length only besprinkled with a few 

 hairs ; scape a little longer than the leaves ; spikes capitate ; 

 flowers spreading ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 legume hairy ? If. . H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian moun- 

 tains at the metal mines. O. campestris y sulphurea, D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 278. Flowers cream-coloured. This species is very 

 like the European campestris, but differs in the leaflets being 

 more numerous, and in the flowers being larger. 



<SWp/(r-coloured-flowered Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July. 

 Clt. 1820. PL i foot. 



28 O. VISCOSA (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 469. t. 43.) plant stemless ; 

 leaves with about 20 pairs of linear, acute, rather clammy leaflets ; 

 scapes and leaves erect ; flowers 7-9 at the top of each scape ; 

 calyx clothed with clammy pubescence ; legumes oblong, re- 

 curved, velvety, i;. H. Native of Switzerland and Dauphiny. 



O. campestris var. j3, viscosa, D. C. astr. no. 10. Flowers 

 white. 



Clammy Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. PI. 4 ft. 



29 O. FCE'TIDA (D. C. astr. no. 11.) plant stemless; leaves 

 with many pairs of lanceolate-linear, clammy, glabrous leaflets ; 

 scapes rather longer than the leaves, woolly at the apex ; spikes 

 capitate, few-flowered ; bracteas shorter than the calyx ; legumes 

 erect, terete, inflated, rather incurved, pubescent. 2/ . H. Na- 

 tive of the Alps of Dauphiny, Switzerland, and Piedmont. As- 

 tragalus fce'tidus, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 468. t. 43. Astr. Halleri, 

 All. pedem. no. 1276. Hall. helv. no. 407. Flowers cream- 

 coloured. 



Fetid Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. 

 PL | to | foot. 



30 O. SQUAMMULOSA (D. C. astr. no. 15. t. 3.) plant stemless 

 and glabrous ; leaves with many pairs of linear leaflets ; scapes 

 shorter than the leaves, each bearing usually 2 or 3 flowers at 

 the apex ; calyxes covered with little scales ; bracteas shorter 

 than the calyx, and are, as well as the stipulas, ciliated ; legumes 

 ovoid. I/ . H. Native of Dahuria, in arid fields at the river 

 Courba. Flowers cream-coloured. 



Scafy-calyxed Mountain Milk-Vetch. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



2. Vertinllans (from verticillatus, whorled, or in a whorl ; 

 in reference to the leaflets being disposed somewhat in whorls 

 on the petiole). D. C. prod. 2. p. 279. Leaflets all or for the 

 most part somemhat verticillate, or with 2-3 or 6 rising from the 

 same centre, or dot from the petiole. 



31 O. SPLE'NDENS (Dougl. mss.) plant stemless, clothed with 

 silky villi ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, crowded ; scapes much 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers in interrupted spikes ; bracteas 

 lanceolate-linear, longer than the calyx, silky, as well as the 

 calyxes. I/ . H. Native of North America, about the Red 

 river. Flowers blue, and probably mixed with white. Leaf- 

 lets rising 2-3-4 together from the petiole. 



Splendid Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL 1 foot. 



32 O. MICROPHY'LLA (D. C. astr. no. 20.) plant stemless ; 

 leaflets rising in pairs from the petiole, or somewhat verticillate, 

 oblong, obtuse, hairy beneath ; scape longer than the leaves ; 

 spikes ovate; calyxes rather muricated, and woolly. "%.. H. 

 Native of Siberia, in sandy islands in the river Selenga, and in 

 Lake Baikal. Astragalus microphyllus, Pall. astr. 92. t. 76. 

 Phaca microphylla, Pall. itin. ed. gall, in 8vo. append, no. 382. 

 t. 90. f. 1. Astr. polyphy'llus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1300. Flowers 

 large, purple. This appears to be intermediate between the 

 character of this and the preceding division of the genus. 



Small-leaved Mountain Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1819. PL A foot. 



33 O. BAICA'LIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 333.) plant stemless ; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, clothed with silky wool, disposed somewhat ver- 

 ticillately ; scapes pilose, rather longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 few, capitate ; legumes ovate, inflated, acuminated, membranous, 

 pubescent. I/ . H. Native of Siberia, about Lake Baikal. 

 Astragalus Baicalia, Pall. astr. 93. t. 77. f. 1. Flowers whitish, 

 tinged with blue. 



Baikal Mountain Milk-Vetch. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



34 O. INA'RIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 279.) plant stemless; leaf- 

 lets linear, acute, pubescent, in pairs, or 3 or 4 in a whorl ; scape 

 erect, about equal in length to the leaves ; spike capitate, few- 

 flowered ; bracteas rather longer than the calyx, which is pubes- 

 cent. I/ . H. Native of Siberia, at the river Ina on the moun- 

 tains of Tegerek, but very rare. Astragalus linarius, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 1302. Astr. Inarius, Pall. astr. p. 94. t. 77. f. 2. 

 Flowers purple. Stipulas large, sheathing, silky. 



Ina Mountain Milk- Vetch. PL -y to | foot. 



35 O. PU'MILA (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 279.) plant 



