IEGUMINOSJB. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



are liairy on tlie under surface, and the peduncles are equal in 

 length to the leaves. 



Creeping Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. -J creeping. 



112 A. ODORA'TUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 311.) plant erect, and 

 rather ascending, pubescent; stipulas concrete; leaves with 11- 

 1 4 pairs of oblong acute leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves ; 

 bracteas smaller than the calyx ; legumes oblong, terete, gla- 

 brous, spreadingly reflexed. If.. H. Native of the Levant. 

 D. C. astr. no. 67. t. 24. Habit of A. uligiiio.iiis, but differs in 

 the stipulas being concrete. Flowers pale yellow, sweet-scented. 



Smeet-scented-fio-n-eted Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1 S.'.'O. PI. J foot. 



1 13 A. STIPULA'TUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 246. and inbot. 

 mag. 2380.) plant erect, glabrous ; stipulas concrete, foliaceous, 

 large; leaves with 8-16 pairs of oval-oblong, or obovate mucro- 

 nulatc leaflets ; peduncles about the length of the leaves ; flowers 

 disposed in loose spikes, at first erect, but at length drooping ; 

 legumes compressed, stipitate, glabrous, drooping. Tf.. H. Na- 

 tive of Upper Nipaul at Corasan. Corolla greenish-white, 

 tinged with red. A. lanceolatus, Hamilt. in herb. Lamb. Coro- 

 nilla stipulata, ibid. Habit of A. glycyphyllus. Stipulas 2 

 inches long, and half an inch broad. 



Large-stymied Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PL 

 2 to 3 feet. 



114 A. MUCRONA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 68. t. 25.) plant erect, 

 rather pubescent ; stipulas concrete, lanceolate ; leaves with 7- 

 17 pairs of oblong-elliptic mucronate leaflets; peduncles length 

 of leaves ; legumes compressed, arched, channelled on the back, 

 when young pubescent. TJ. . H. Native of the Levant. A. 

 orientalis altissimus, &c. Tourn. cor. p. 29. Flowers yellow. 



7l/cronafc-leafletted Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



115 A. FRAXINIFOLIUS (D. C. astr. no. 71.) plant erect, 

 smoothish ; stipulas concrete, marcescent ; leaves with 6-7 pairs 

 of ovate acuminated leaflets, which are pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 duncles shorter than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, subulate, 

 triquetrous, sessile, a little arched and glabrous. If. . H. Native 

 of the Levant. Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers yellow. Like A . sti- 

 pulatus and A. glycyphyllus. 



Ash-leaved Milk-Vetch. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



9. Ciceroidei (from cicer, the chick-pea, and idea, similar ; 

 plant similar to the chick-pea in habit). D. C. prod. 2. p. 292. 

 Stipulas neither adhering to the 2^ c t : '^ es nor 1 each other, 

 Flowers cream-coloured, disposed in pedunculate spikes. Roots 

 perennial. Legumes sessile. 



116 A. GLYCYPHY'LLUS (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant prostrate, 

 glabrous ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, entire ; leaves with 4-5-7 

 pairs of oval, bluntish, smooth leaflets ; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong ; legumes almost 

 terete, obscurely triangular, with a slight longitudinal furrow, 

 curved upwards, pointed, smooth, and even. If,. H. Native 

 of Europe and Siberia. In Britain in woods, thickets, bor- 

 ders of fields, or on the sides of hills, on a chalky or gravelly 

 soil. Smith, engl. bot. t. 203. Riv. tetr. irr. t. 103. Flowers 

 sulphur-coloured. The leaves have at first a sweetish taste, 

 soon changing on the palate to a nauseous bitter. Cattle are not 

 fond of them, nor is this plant applied to any agricultural use. 



Sweet-leaved or Liquorice- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Britain. 

 PL prostrate, 2 to 3 feet long. 



117 A. GLYCYPUYLLOI'DES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 292.) plant pro- 

 cumbent, pubescent ; stipulas oblong, leafy, rather stipitate ; 

 leaves with 7 pairs of oval leaflets ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate ; flowers secund ; calyx acutely 

 5-toothed ; legumes spreading, disposed in something like a 

 spike, subulate, triquetrous, straight, glabrous, i; . H. Native 

 of Iberia. Flowers pale yellow. 



Gli/cyphyllus-likeMs\k-\~vtc\i. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1S18. 

 PL prostrate. 



1 1 8 A. SECU'KDUS (D. C. astr. no. 55.) plant procumbent, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas ovate-oblong, with pubescent margins, and are, 

 as well as the bracteas, leafy ; leaves with 4-5-pairs of ovate 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers secund, 

 spreading ; calyx truncate ; legumes stipitate, compressed, ob- 

 long, glabrous. 11 . H. Native of the south of Siberia. Flowers 

 pale yellow. Allied to A. glycyphyllus. 



Secund-fto\\ered Milk- Vetch. PI. prostrate. 



119 A. SERI'CEUS (D. C. astr. no. 45.) plant almost stemless 

 and suffrutescent, clothed with silky pubescence ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate ; leaves with 11-13 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets ; pe- 

 duncles a little longer than the leaves ; spikes capitate; legumes 

 ovate, silky, acute from the style. If,. H. Native of the Le- 

 vant. A. orientalis minimus (lore glomerato virescente. Tourn. 

 cor. 29. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Silky Milk-Vetch. PL | to | foot. 



120 A. STRIGULOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 494.) stems herbaceous, procumbent, clothed with strigose pu- 

 bescence, as well as the under side of the leaves, but they are 

 glabrous above ; leaves with 9-10 pairs of oblong obtuse leaf- 

 lets ; stipulas ovate-oblong, acuminated ; racemes cylindrically 

 oblong, on long peduncles ; calyx beset with black strigse. 21. 

 H. Native of Mexico, in temperate parts. Flowers pale-yel- 

 low. Perhaps belonging to a different division. 



Strigose Milk- Vetch. PL procumbent. 



121 A. KAIII'RICUS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 292.) plant diffuse, 

 tomentose ; stipulas broad, short, acute : leaves having 5-7 pairs 

 of orbicular leaflets ; peduncles length of leaves ; flowers disposed 

 in spicate racemes, erect ; calyx when in fruit inflated ; legumes 

 stipitate, ovate, smooth. If,. F. Native of Egypt, between 

 Cairo and Soueys. A. longiflorus, Delil. fl. segyp. 112. t. 39. 

 f. 2. but not of Pall. Flowers pale yellow. 



Cairo Milk- Vetch. PL diffuse. 



122 A. PEREGRI'NUS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 57.) plant diffuse, 

 clothed with hairy tomentum ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves having 

 11-13 pairs of obovate emarginate leaflets; peduncles length of 

 leaves or shorter than them ; flowers disposed in spikes, lower 

 ones remote ; legumes somewhat triquetrous, a little arched, 

 hairy. l^.H. Native of Egypt. D. C. astr. no. 72. t. 27. 

 Flowers pale-yellow. There is a variety of this plant with fewer 

 flowers, which are sessile in the axils of the leaves. 



Foreign Milk-Vetch. PL diffuse. 



123 A. DEPRE'SSUS (Lin. spec. 1073.) plant almost stemless or 

 diffuse, clothed with canescent pubescence ; stipulas ovate, mem- 

 branous ; leaflets 9-11 pairs, obovate; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves ; legumes terete, depressed, straight, drooping, gla- 

 brous. If.. H. Native of the south of Europe, in rugged ex- 

 posed places, and on mountains. All. ped. no. 1277. t. 19. f. 3. 

 D. C. astr. no. 48. Lodd. bot. cab. 680. Flowers cream- 

 coloured. A. helmintocarpus, Vill. mosp. 42. t. 25. f. 2. 

 dauph. 3. p. 456. t. 42. f. 2. but Villars describes his plant as 

 having no peduncle, the leaflet hoary, cut at the apex, and the 

 legume oblong- elliptic and thickening. 



Depressed Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1772. PL de- 

 pressed. 



124 A. LEUCOPH*' us (Smith, in Lin. trans. 1. p. 252.) plant 

 prostrate, clothed with canescent villi ; stipulas ovate, tra- 

 pezoid, membranous; leaves with 12-14 pairs of obcordate leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; legume terete, depressed, 

 acute, deflexed, glabrous. If.. H. Native country unknown. 

 Very like the preceding species, but the flowers are nearly white 

 at first, but at length changing to a dirty purplish colour. 



Z>*A-y-flowered Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1777. 

 PL prostrate. 



