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99 A. BRACHY'CERAS (Ledeb. cat. hort. dorp. 1822. p. 3.) plant 

 procumbent ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate ; stipulas ovate ; ra- 

 cemes pedunculate, shorter than the leaves ; legumes nearly 

 erect, incurved, subulate. . H. Native of the North of 

 Persia, and probably of the south of Tauria. A. trimestris, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 190. Legumes much shorter than those of A. 

 hamosus, and the plant is also much smaller. Flowers pale yellow. 



Short-homed or podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1828. PI. procumbent. 



100 A. GENICCLA'TUS (Desf. all. 2. p. 186. t. 205.) plant dif- 

 fuse, hoary from villi ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 5-8 pairs 

 of oblong-elliptic leaflets ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, 

 when bearing the fruit they are deflexed ; legumes depressed, 

 trigonal, mucronate, a little arched, channelled on the back, 

 hairy. O- H. Native of Barbary, near Mascar on hills. D. C. 

 astr. no. 52. Flowers pale yellow. 



Jointed Milk-Vetch. PI. diffuse. 



101 A. TUBERCULOSUS (D. C. astr. no. 60. t. 22.) plant erect, 

 hispid at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaflets obovate, emar- 

 ginate, about 11-12 pairs ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes depressed, ending each in a long mucrone, arcu- 

 ately hooked upwards, tubercular, and puberulous. O- ? H. 

 Native of Syria and Cappadocia. The fruit of the Cappadocian 

 plant is much larger than those of the Syrian one. Flowers pale 

 yellow. 



Tubercular-fruited Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



102 A. EPIGLOTTIS (Lin. mant. 274.) plant procumbent, clothed 

 with hoary villi ; stipulas lanceolate, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, clothed with black villi ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of oblong- 

 linear leaflets ; spikes of flowers capitate, on very short pedun- 

 cles ; legumes depressed, somewhat cordate, acuminated, with 

 somewhat replicate margins, spreading, and pubescent. O- H. 

 Native of Spain, Barbary, the Levant, and south of France. D. 

 C. astr. no. 56. Herm. lugd. bot. p. 77. Riv. tetr. 109. f. 1. 

 Flowers pale yellow. 



Var. ft, asperulus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 291.) stems rather rigid, 

 and rough. 0. H. Native of Spain, on hills about St. Philip. 

 A. asperula, Dufour, ann. gen. sc. 7. p. 295. 



Snord-tongucd or Sword-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1737. PI. procumbent. 



103 A. TRIANGULA'RIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 291.) stem erect, 

 smoothish, trigonal ; stipulas membranous, acuminated, villous ; 

 leaves with 8-10 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse, emarginate leaf- 

 lets ; spikes of flowers pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; le- 

 gumes pendulous, triquetrous, few-seeded, straight, incompletely 

 2 -celled. Q. H. Native country unknown. Phaca triangu- 

 laris, Zea in Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 63. Flowers pale yellow. 



TVtfln^/ar-stemmed Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. | foot. 



104 A. Bffi'xicus (Lin. spec. 1068.) plant procumbent, pu- 

 bescent ; stipulas membranous, ovate, acuminated ; leaves with 

 10-15 pairs of obovate retuse leaflets ; spikes of flowers on very 

 short peduncles ; legumes erect, triquetrously-prismatic, gla- 

 brous, straight, but hooked at the apex. O- H. Native of 

 Spain, Barbary, Sicily, and the Levant. A. uncinatus, Moench. 

 A. triangularis, Munt. phyt. t. 110. Riv. tetr. irr. t. 105. 

 Bocc. sic. t. 4. Flowers pale yellow. The plant under this 

 name in the gardens is erect ; it is therefore perhaps the pre- 

 ceding species. In Hungary the seeds are roasted, ground, and 

 used as a substitute for coffee. 



Bcelian Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. proc. 



^ 8. Synochreati (from aw, syn, together, and wxpoc, oc/iros, 

 yellow ; the stipulas are joined together, and the flowers are yel- 

 low). D. C. prod. 2. p. 291. Stipulas free from the petiole, but 

 joined together. Flowers cream-coloured. Root perennial. 



105 A. EMARGINA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 47.) plant almoststem- 

 less and ascending, clothed with somewhat tomentose villi ; sti- 

 pulas membranous, concrete ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of ovate 

 emarginate leaflets ; spikes of flowers ovate, dense, on radical 

 peduncles or scapes, which are much longer than the leaves ; 

 legumes roundish, hairy. If. . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Flowers pale yellow. 



Var. a, densifblius (Lam. diet. 1. p. 317.) leaflets small, much 

 crowded. Rauw. hodaep. 123. t. 29. 



/ 'ar. ft, Billardicrii (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets larger, and rather 

 distant. A. emarginatus, Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 19. t. 9. 



Emarginate-\ea.fietted Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 

 PI. | foot. 



106 A. CAPITA'TUS (Lin. spec. 1064.) plant caulescent, erect ; 

 leaflets emarginate ; spikes capitate, on elongated peduncles. 

 7.H. Native of the Levant. Flowers purple. 



Capitate- flowered Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. 

 1 foot. 



107 A. FRA'GRANS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1294.) plant procum- 

 bent, and almost stemless, glabrous ; stipulas concrete, mar- 

 cescent; leaves with 8-10 pairs of elliptic acute leaflets, which 

 are pubescent beneath ; peduncles about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate ; bracteas ovate, membranous ; 

 legumes glabrous. l/.H. Native of Cappadocia. A. glaber, 

 D. C. astr. no. 44. but not of Michx. A. orientalis minimus 

 foliis viciae et floribus ex viridi-flavescentibus odoratissimis, 

 Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Fragrant Milk- Vetch. PI. procumbent, an inch long. 



108 A. MICROPHY'LLUS (Lin. spec. 1067. ? Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 1277.) plant diffuse, smoothish ; lower stipulas free, upper ones 

 concrete; leaves with 15-18 pairs of puberulous leaflets, the 

 lower ones oblong and emarginate, the upper ones linear and re- 

 tuse ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; legumes erect, crowded 

 in spikes, inflated, ovate, hairy. If. . H. Native of Siberia in 

 pastures ; also of Thuringia and Hercynia, if the synonyme of 

 Willd. be rightly attached. The fruit is that of A. cicer, but the 

 leaves and stipulas are different. Flowers pale yellow. The 

 specimen in the Linnaean herbarium is pubescent, with 6-7 pairs 

 of roundish emarginate leaflets. 



Small-leaved Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1773. PL 

 1 foot long, diffuse. 



109 A. SEMIBILOCULA'RIS (D. C. astr. no. 64. t. 23.) plant 

 erect, rather ascending, smoothish ; lower stipulas concrete, up- 

 per ones distinct ; leaves with 9-11 pairs of elliptic-oblong acute 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; legumes erect, dis- 

 posed in heads, oblong-triquetrous, half-bilocular. 1 . H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia, about Zmeof. Flowers pale yellow. 



Ilalf-bi/ocular-podded Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1804. PI. 1 foot. 



110 A. RESUPINA'TUS (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 493.) plant 

 with short diffuse stems, and clothed with adpressed pubescence 

 in every part ; stipulas concrete ; leaves with 5-10 pairs of ellip- 

 tic acutish leaflets ; peduncles about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; legumes oblong, nearly terete, arched, resupinate, and 

 rather pilose. 11.11. Native of middle Iberia. A. physodes 

 var. perpusilla, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 198. Flowers palo 

 yellow. 



Resupinate-ipodded Milk- Vetch. PI. ^ foot. 



111 A. RE'PTANS (Willd. hort. berl. 2. t. 88.) plant procum- 

 bent, creeping, glabrous ; some of the stipulas concrete, and 

 others free; leaves with 12-13 pairs of linear, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 mucronate leaflets ; racemes pedunculate, hardly shorter than the 

 leaves ; legumes lanceolate, pubescent, half-bilocular. Tf. . G. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers white. Allied to A. odoratus, ac- 

 cording to Link. There is a specimen in the Lambertian herba- 

 rium, which agrees with this in every particular, but the leaves 



