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LEGUMINOS^E. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



brous, warted, beaked, arched, and most tumid at the base. 

 0. H. Native of Portugal, in barren sandy places. Corolla 

 sometimes white and sometimes purple. 



Boat-fruited Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1800. PI. pr. 



86 A. STRIATE'LLUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 189.) plant diffuse, 

 glabrous ; leaflets cuneiform, somewhat emarginate ; peduncles 

 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes ovate-oblong, 

 tumid, glabrous, deflexed, a little arched. 0. H. Native of 

 Tauria, about Sudak. Bieb. pi. ross. cent. 1. t. 20, ex suppl. 

 no. 1472. Corolla blue or white. Vexillum hardly longer 

 than the wings, and obtuse keel. 



Striped Milk- Vetch. PI. diffuse. 



87 A. ANNULA'RIS (Forsk. segypt. 139.) plant diffuse, clothed 

 with cinereous villi ; leaflets few, obovate ; peduncles few- 

 flowered, length of leaves ; young legumes straight, subulate, 

 pubescent, adult ones glabrous, spotted, resupinate and arched. 

 0. H. Native of Egypt. D. C. astr. append, no. 6. t. 7. A. 

 maculatus, Lam. diet. 1. p. 316. A. subulatus, Desf. fl. all. 2. 

 p. 186. but not of Pall. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



Annular-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 

 PL diffuse. 



88 A. TRIMORPHUS (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 44. t. 10. f. 2.) plant erect, 

 and clothed with canescent hairs ; lower leaves with 1-3 leaflets, 

 upper ones impari-pinnate, with a few pairs of elliptic-oblong, 

 acute leaflets ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, a little longer tlian the. 

 leaves ; legumes cylindrical, incurved, clothed with adpressed 

 villi. . H. Native on the shores of Lybia, in the Great 

 Syrtis. Flowers purple. 



Three-formed Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1827. PI. \ ft. 



89 A. HISPIDULUS (D. C. astr. no. 30. t. 13.) plant tufted and 

 rather diffuse, pilose ; leaflets elliptic-oblong ; peduncles few- 

 flowered, length of leaves ; legumes slender, erect, hispid, when 

 young they are straight, but when mature they are arched. 

 0. H. Native of Egypt, in the desert. Flowers pale, with 

 the vexillum elongated. 



Hispid-podded Milk-Vetch. PI. foot. 



90 A. SCORPIOIDES (Pourr. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1280.) plant 

 erectly- spreading, pubescent; leaflets oblong, obtuse, emar- 

 ginate; stipulas lanceolate ; flowers axillary, 1-2, almost sessile; 

 legumes hooked, subulate, pubescent. . H. Native of Spain, 

 about Madrid. A. subbiflorus, Lag. Flowers blue. This 

 plant, when growing in a dry place, hardly exceeds an inch in 

 height, but when growing in moist rich places it rises to a foot. 

 Perhaps not distinct from A. canaliculatus, of Willd. enum. 

 suppl. 52. 



Scorpion-like-podded Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1816. PI. 1 inch to 1 foot. 



91 A. MAREO'TICUS (Delil. fl. segyp. 113. t. 39. f. 3.) plant 

 diffusely-prostrate, rather hispid ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; 

 peduncles 3-4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked 

 and arched, almost cylindrical, glabrous, furrowed on the back, 

 almost bilocular. . H. Native about Alexandria, and in the 

 Mareotin marsh. Flowers lilac. 



Mareotlc Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. pr. 



92 A. CORRUGA'TUS (Bert, amren. 38. rar. dec. 3. p. 33.) 

 plant t rectly-spreading, rather pubescent ; leaflets oblong-cu- 

 neated, emarginately bidentate at the apex ; peduncles usually 

 1 -flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; legumes arched, 

 furrowed on the back, quite smooth, transversely and reticulately 

 wrinkled. . H. Native of Egypt. A. cruentus, Balb. cat. 

 taur. append. 1. p. 8. A. crenatus, Schultes, obs. 186. Flowers 

 blue or purplish. 



Wrinkled-podded Milk- Vetch. PI. | foot. 



93 A. RETICUI.A'TUS (Bieb. suppl. fl. taur. 491.) plant diffuse 

 and glabrous ; leaflets oblong-cuneated and emarginate ; pedun- 

 cles usually 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked, 



subulate, furrowed on the hack, quite smooth, transversely and 

 reticulately veined. 0. H. Native of Middle Iberia, at Sa- 

 repta. Flowers blue. A very small plant. 



Reticulated-podded Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1828. 

 PI. ^ foot. 



94 A. CANALICULA'TUS (Willd. enum. suppl. 52.) stems erect ; 

 leaflets oblong, retuse ; stipulas ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 nearly sessile ; legumes hooked, profoundly channelled on the 

 back. .H. Native of Europe. Flowers white. 



Channelled Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



SERIES II. OCHROLEU'CI (from w^poc, ochros, yellow, and 

 vKos, leucos, white ; the colour of the flowers is between white 



and yellow, that is cream coloured). D. C. prod. 2. p. 290. 



Stipulas free from the petiole. Flowers cream -coloured. 



7. Bucerates (from ftovf, bous, an ox, and Kfpag, keras, a 

 horn ; in reference to the form of the pods). I). C. prod. 2. 

 p. 290. Stipulas neither adhering to the petioles nor together. 

 Flowers cream-coloured. Legumes usually arched. Roots annual. 



95 A. CONTORTUPLICA'TUS (Lin. spec. 1068.) plant procum- 

 bent, villously-pubescent ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; racemes 

 pedunculate, 4-times shorter than the leaves ; legumes contor- 

 tuplicate, channelled on the back, villous. 0. H. Native of 

 Siberia, Tauria, and Hungary, in grassy places. Pall. astr. t. 

 79. Gmcl.sib. 4. t. 28. D. C. astr. no. 29. Buxb. cent. 3. 

 p. 22. t. 39. Flowers pale yellow. This plant varies wonder- 

 fully in size, according to the soil in which it grows. 



Contorluplicate-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1783. PL procumbent. 



96 A. TRIME'STRIS (Lin. spec. 1073. but not of Bieb.) plant 

 diffuse, villously-pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, emarginate ; pe- 

 duncles 2-5-flowered, a little shorter than the leaves ; legumes 

 hooked, subulate, rather pubescent, broadly furrowed on the 

 back, and 2-keeled. . H. Native of Egypt and the island 

 of Scio. Jacq. hort. vind. 174. D. C. astr. no. 50. A. mem- 

 branaceus, Mcench. A. hamosus /3, Pall. Flowers pale yellow. 



Three-Month/,/ Milk-Vetch. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1777. PL |ft. 



97 A. HAMOSUS (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant diffuse, pubescent ; 

 leaflets cuneated, emarginate, glabrous above ; peduncles usually 

 6-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked, furrowed 

 on the back, almost terete, subulate at the apex, when young 

 pubescent, but when adult smooth. 0. H. Native of dry 

 exposed places, from Spain to Tauria, and of Mauritania. 

 Gaert. fruct. t. 154. D. C. astr. no. 51. Moris, oxon. sect. 2. 

 t. 9. f. 10. A. Austriacus, Delarb. A. biiceras, Willd. enum. 

 suppl. p. 51. according to Link, and Fischer. The plant is 

 either prostrate or diffuse, and the peduncles bear from 2-8 

 flowers ; they are pale-yellow. It goes commonly under the 

 name of caterpillars in the gardens, in reference to the shape 

 of the pods. 



Var.fi, macrocfirpus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 290.) plant decumbent 

 or erect ; peduncles equal in length to the leaves. Led. hort. 

 dorp. p. 23. Legumes 3-times larger than those of the species. 



Hooked-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1640. 

 PL diffuse. 



98 A. .EGI'CERAS (Willd. enum. suppl. 52.) plant diffuse and 

 pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, emarginate ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated ; racemes 8-10-flowered, pedunculate, twice or thrice 

 shorter than the leaves ; legumes hooked, compressed at the 

 apex, somewhat pubescent, channelled on the back. . H. 

 Native country unknown. Flowers pale yellow. Sometimes 

 the plant is erect. 



Goat's-horn-podAed Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1818. 

 PL 1 foot or diffuse. 



