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125 A. GLA'BER (Michx. fl. Lor. amer. 2. p. 66. but not of 

 D. C.) plant low and smoothish ; leaves with 10-11 pairs of el- 

 liptic-oblong, obtuse or emarginate leaflets ; peduncles longer 

 tlian the leaves ; flowers disposed in racemose spikes ; legumes 

 distant, spreading, depressed, incurved. I/. H. Native of 

 Georgia and South Carolina, in sandy woods. Flowers white. 



Smooth Milk- Vetch. PL \ to 1 foot. 



126 A. CICER (Lin. spec. 1067.) plant diffusely procumbent, 

 rather pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate; leaves with 10-13 pairs 

 of elliptic-oblong mucronate leaflets ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers disposed in spike-like heads ; legumes inflated, 

 hairy, mucronate. Tf. . H. Native of Europe, in mountain mea- 

 dows and hedges. D. C. astr. no. 67. var. a. Jacq. austr. 3. t. 

 251. All. pedem. no. 1266. t. -11. f. .2. Riv. tetr. irr. 1. 108. 

 Moris, oxon. sect. 2. t. 9. f. 9. Corolla pale-yellow. 



Chick-pea Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1570. PL proc. 



127 A. ULIGINOSUS (Lin. spec. 1066.) plant erect, somewhat 

 diffuse, and rather pubescent ; stipulas membranous, lanceolate, 

 acuminated; leaves with 10-11 pairs of elliptic oblong leaflets ; 

 peduncles about equal in length to the leaves ; flowers disposed 

 in spikes ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyx ; legumes 

 rather reflexed, terete, glabrous, with a longitudinal furrow on 

 the back. 3/ . H. Native of Siberia, In rather humid meadows. 

 Pall. astr. t. 26. D. C. astr. no. 66. Gmel. sib. 4. t. 17, 18. 

 Flowers pale yellow, the top of the keel violet-coloured. 



Bog Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1772. PL diffuse. 



128 A. MICRA'NTHUS (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 78. but 

 not of Nutt.) plant diffuse, rather pubescent ; stipulas ovate, 

 acute; leaves having 11-12 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets; 

 peduncles twice the length of the leaves ; flowers disposed in 

 spikes ; bracteas shorter than the calyx ; legumes deflexed, 

 somewhat trigonal, smoothish. 7. H. Native country un- 

 known. Flowers pale yellow. 



Small-flowered Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 

 PL diffuse. 



129 A. CANADE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 1066.) plant erectish, rather 

 pubescent; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves having 10- 

 12 pairs of elliptic-oblong, bluntish leaflets; peduncles about 

 equal in length to the leaves; flowers disposed in spikes ; brac- 

 teas shorter than the calyx ; legumes erect, oblong, terete, gla- 

 brous. I/. H. Native of North America, from Canada to 

 Carolina. D. C. astr. no. 65. Dodart. icon. t. 65. Dill. elth. 

 46. t. 39. f. 45. Corolla yellow. Root creeping. 



Canada Milk- Vetch. Fl.July. Clt. 1732. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



130 A. CAROLINIA'NUS (Lin. spec. 1066.) plant erect, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; leaves with 20 pairs of 

 oblong leaflets, which are pubescent beneath ; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers disposed in spikes ; bracteas length 

 of pedicels; legumes erect, ovate, tumid, beaked. 1f..H. Na- 

 tive of Virginia and Carolina, on mountains. Dill. elth. t. 39. 

 f. 45. Flowers pale yellow. 



Carolinian Milk- Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1732. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



131 A. FALCA'TUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 310. but not of Desf.) 

 erect, rather pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 having 16-20 pairs of elliptic-oblong, acute leaflets; peduncles 

 rather longer than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, rather tri- 

 gonal, acute, falcate, glabrous, disposed in racemes. 2. H. 

 Native of Siberia, in wet, grassy places. Pall. astr. t. 31. D. C. 

 astr. no. 70. t. 26. A. virescens, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 73. A. 

 Isetensis, Hortul. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Falcate-poAded Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? PL 1 to 2 ft. 



132 A. FALCIFORMJS (Desf. amend, atl. D. C. astr. no. 69.) 

 plant erect, glabrous ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 with 10-15 pairs of elliptic, obtuse, leaflets; peduncles rather 

 shorter than the leaves ; legumes compressed, drooping, falcate, 

 rather stipitate. I/ . H. Native of Algiers, at the foot of 



Mount Atlas. A. falcatus, Desf. fl.atl. 2. p. 188. t. 206. Flowers 

 pale yellow or greenish yellow. 



Falciform-podded Milk-Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 PL 2 feet. 



133 A. A'spER(Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 152.) plant erect, straight, 

 rough from hairs, which are fixed by their centre ; stipulas 

 linear-lanceolate ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of lanceolate leaflets ; 

 peduncles much longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, erect ; 

 legumes oblong v triquetrous, acuminated, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence. I/ . H. Native of Siberia, Tauria, Caucasus, 

 Hungary, &c. D. C. astr. no. 63. A. chloranthus, Pall. astr. 

 no. 34-. t. 25. Flowers greenish yellow, tipped with orange. 



Rough Milk- Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. Cl. 1796. PL 3 to 4 ft. 



131 A. CHLOROSTA'CHYS (Lindl. mss.) this plant comes very 

 near.^. stipulatas and A. gale gij or mis, both in habit and cha- 

 racter. It is cultivated in the English gardens, but we have not 

 been able to procure a specimen, and therefore the description 

 remains a desideratum. If.. H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow. A. malachophyllus, Hort. 



Green-spiked Milk- Vetch. Fl, Sept. Oct. Clt. 1824. PL 

 3 to 5 feet. 



135 A. PALLE'SCENS (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 489.) plant 

 ascending, canescent ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 5-6 

 pairs of linear-elliptic leaflets ; peduncles much longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers disposed in spicate racemes, rather distant ; 

 legumes erect, oblong, and somewhat triquetrous, clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence, acuminately mucronate. If,. H. Native 

 of Siberia, between the Don and the Volga. Flowers cream- 

 coloured. This plant would have been brought into the division 

 Dissitiflorce, if it had not been for the colour of the flowers. 



Pale-fiovtered Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PL asc. 



10. Galcgijormcs (from Galcga, goats'-rue, and forma, 

 form ; plants with the habit of Goats'-rue, Galega). Z). C. 

 prod. 2. p. 294. Stipulas neither adhering to the petiole nor to 

 each other. Flowers cream-coloured or white. Legumes stipitate. 



13G A. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. fil. dec. 1. t. 3.) plant erect, gla- 

 brous; leaves with 12-13 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves ; flowers pendulous, racemose ; 

 legumes ovate, inflated, hardly mucronate. 1. H. Native of 

 China. Flowers pale yellow, but finally become white. 



China Milk- Vetch. FL Jul. Aug. Clt. 1795. PL 2 to 4 ft. 



137 A. GALEGIFORMIS (Lin. spec. 1066.) plant erect, glabrous ; 

 leaves with 12-13 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves; flowers pendulous, racemose; legumes 

 triquetrous, mucronate at both ends. If. . H. Native of Siberia, 

 and Iberia. Pall. astr. no. 38. t. 29. D. C. astr. no. 61. 

 Flowers pale yellow. 



Goats' -rue-formed Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1729. 

 PL 3 to 5 feet. 



138 A. DRUMMO'NDI (Dougl. in Hook, fl. bor. amcr. p. 153. 

 t. 57.) plant glabrous ; stems flexuous ; leaves with 10-12 pairs 

 of ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; bracteas subulate, 

 about the length of the pedicels, or perhaps longer ; peduncles 

 a little longer than the leaves, pubescent as well as the petioles, 

 and under side of the leaves as well as the calyxes. 1(.. H. 

 Native of North America. Flowers yellow. Like A. galc- 

 giformis. 



Drummond's Milk-Vetch. PL 2 feet. 



139 A. SUCCU'MBENS (Dougl. mss.) plant strong and very 

 villous ; stems flexuous ; leaflets obovate, obtuse ; stipulas 

 broad, triangular ; bracteas subulate, about the length of the 

 tube of the calyx ; racemes about the length of leaves. I/ . H. 

 Native of North America, on the barren grounds of the Colum- 

 bia. Flowers apparently yellow. Legumes flat, smooth. 



Crouching Milk- Vetch. PL 1 foot. 



