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LEGUMINOS2E. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



110 A. RACEMOSUS (Ptirsh, fl. sept. amer. p. 740.) plant erect, 

 rather pubescent; leaves with 10 pairs of lanceolate leaflets; 

 peduncles longer than die leaves ; racemes dense-flowered ; 

 legumes pendulous, inflated, triquetrous. I/. H. Native of 

 Upper Louisiana. A. galegoides, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 100. 

 Flowers white. Plant disagreeably scented. 



Jtaccmosc-Rowered Milk- Vetch. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



141 A. PTKRO'STYLIS (B.C. prod. 2. p. 294.) plant almost 

 erect, glabrous ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of elliptic, emarginate 

 leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves : flowers erect, ra- 

 cemose ; legumes pendulous, ovate, depressed, reticulately 

 veined. I/ . ? S. Native of New Holland, on the eastern 

 coast, and the island of Timor. The cauline stipulas are dis- 

 tinct, and deeply bi or tridentate. The style is compressed, 

 fusiform, and bearded at the apex on the upper side. Legume 

 on a short stipe, with the cells 2-seeded. Perhaps this plant 

 will constitute a new genus. 



JI'mged-styled Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



11. Alopecuroidei (from aXw-n-rj^, alopex, a fox, ovpa, oura, 

 a tail, and ticoc, eidos, form ; in reference to the shape of the 

 spikes of flowers, which has been likened to a fox's tail). 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 294. Stipulas not adhering to the petioles. 

 Stems erect, straight. Flowers yellow, disposed in thick dense 

 spikes, which are either sessile, or on very short peduncles, in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



142 A. AIOPE'CIAS (Pall. astr. p. 12. t. 9.) plant erect ; leaflets 

 elliptic, villous ; stipulas lanceolate ; spikes sessile, cylindrical, 

 almost the length of the leaves ; tube of calyx woolly, some- 

 what globose, with the segments subulate, and rather longer 

 than the corolla. T. H. Native of Siberia, at Lake Alagul, 

 in the Songarian desert. Flowers pale yellow. 



Fox-tail-spiked Milk-Vetch. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 3ft. 



143 A. MA'XIMUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1258.) plant erect; 

 leaflets lanceolate, pubescent ; stipulas oblong-lanceolate ; spike 

 sessile, cylindrical, nearly terminal ; teeth of calyx capillary, 

 woolly, snorter than the corolla. 1 . H. Native of America. 

 Flowers yellow. Very like the next species. 



Largest Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt.? PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



144 A. ALOPECUROI DBS (Lin. spec. 1064. Mill. fig. t. 28.) 

 plant erect ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; stipulas ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong, stalked ; 

 calycine segments setaceous, shorter than the tube, but about 

 equal iu length to the corolla. Tf.. H. Native of Siberia. A. 

 alopccuroides and A. alopecurus, D. C. astr. no. 66. and 67. 

 A. alopecurus, Pall. astr. t. 8. Flowers yellow. 



Fox-tail-lilce-spiked Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1737. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



145 A. NARBONE'NSIS (Gouan. ill. 49. Pall. astr. t. 10.) 

 plant erect, villous ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaflets oblong-linear ; 

 spikes of flowers somewhat globose ; calycine teeth setaceous, 

 shorter than the corolla, but about the same length as the tube. 

 H.. H. Native about Narbonne and Madrid. Flowers yellow. 



Narbonne Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1789. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



146 A. PONTICUS (Pall. astr. p. 14. t. 11.) plant erect; stem 

 rather villous ; leaflets oblong, smoothish ; stipulas lanceolate : 

 spikes of flowers sessile, almost globose, when in fruit ovate ; 

 segments of die calyx linear, much shorter than the tube and the 

 corolla. 1(..H. Native of Tauria and Bessarabia. Flowers yellow. 

 In the specimen sent under this name to De Candolle, by Steven 

 from Tauria, the leaflets are not emarginate, nor the teeth of 

 the calyx ovate, as described by Willdenow. 



Pontic Milk- Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



147 A. VULPINUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1259.) plant erect ; stem 

 glabrous ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, or emarginate, rather velvety ; 

 spikes of flowers nearly globose, on very short peduncles ; teeth 



of calyx setaceous, length of tube, but a little shorter than the 

 corolla. I/. II. Native about Astracan, and in the sand of 

 the Caspian desert, as well as of the desert of Kuma. A. alo- 

 pecuroides, Pall. astr. p. 9. t. 7. Flowers pale yellow. 



Fox Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



148 A. MACROCE'PHALUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 12GO.) plant erect ; 

 stem glabrous ; leaflets oblong-elliptic, glabrous ; stipulas large, 

 acuminated ; spikes of flowers globose, pedunculate ; teeth of 

 calyx subulate, length of tube, but shorter than the corolla. 

 1. H. Native of Iberia, on hills, and of Galatia, in fields. 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 183. A. orientalis, Pers. ? Flowers yellow. 



Large-headed Milk-Vetch. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



149 A. OBTUSIFOLIUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 295.) plant erect; 

 stem and leaves clothed with velvety villi ; leaflets broadly 

 obovate, very obtuse ; stipulas narrow-lanceolate ; spikes glo- 

 bose, containing about 8 or 10 flowers, pedunculate ; calycine 

 teeth subulate, length of tube, but shorter than the corolla. 

 If. . H. Native of the Levant, between Mossul and Bagdad. 

 Leaflets 11-15, never more, by which it is easily distinguished 

 from all the other species of this division. 



Obtuse-leaved Milk-Vetch. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



12. Christiani (so called from the similarity of the species 

 to A. Christianus of Lin., which is called by Dioscorides Chris- 

 tiana-radix or Christian-root ; in reference to the country in 

 which it grows wild). I). C. prod. 2. p. 295. Stipulas adnate to 

 the petiole, but not joined together. Flowers cream-coloured, dis- 

 posed in glomerate, almost sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves. 



150 A. MACROCA'RPUS (D. C. astr. no. 73. t. 28. but not of 

 Pall.) plant erect, hairy ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaves with 11-14 

 pairs of ovate-oblong leaflets ; flowers glomerate, almost ses- 

 sile, axillary ; legumes inflated ; ovate-globose, mucronate, 

 glabrous, large. 1{..H. Native of the Levant. Flowers pale 

 yellow. 



Long-fruited Milk-Vetch. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



151 A. SIEVERSIA'NUS (Pall. astr. no. 18. t. 12.) plant erect, 

 rather hairy ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; leaves 

 having 10-12 pairs of ovate-oblong leaflets ; flowers glomerate, 

 almost sessile, axillary ; legumes inflated, ovate-globose, mu- 

 cronulate, callous, tomentose. % . H. Native of the south of 

 Siberia, at the river Ultchaar. Flowers pale yellow. 



Sievers's Milk- Vetch. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



152 A. CHRISTIA'NUS (Lin. spec. 1064.) plant erect, hairy ; 

 stipulas membranous, lanceolate, acuminated; leaves with 12- 

 24 pairs of elliptic-orbicular leaflets ; flowers glomerate, sessile 

 in the axils of all the leaves ; legumes ovate, wrinkled, gla- 

 brous. I/ . H. Native of Judea, and between Aleppo and Mossul, 

 and of Armenia. Tour. voy. 2. p. 254. with a figure. A. flo- 

 ridus, Scop. ins. 2. p. 108. Flowers yellow. 



Christian Milk-Vetch. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1737. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



153 A. TOMENTOSUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 312.) plant erect, 

 clothed in every part with soft tomentum ; stipulas lanceolate ; 

 leaves with 20-25 pairs of ovate-orbicular, somewhat emargin- 

 ate leaflets ; flowers glomerate, almost sessile in the axils of 

 the leaves ; legumes oblong, terete, acuminated, callous, hairy. 

 I/. H. Native of Egypt. D. C. astr. no. 80. t. 29. A. fru- 

 ticosus, Forsk. aegyp. 139. Flowers yellow. 



Tomentose Milk- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. PI. l foot. 



154 A. SIEBE'RI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 295.) stem erect, clothed 

 with hoary, silky, adpressed hairs ; stipulas membranous, acu- 

 minated ; leaves having 20-25 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets, 

 when young clothed with canescent villi ; flowers axillary, 

 almost sessile ; legumes triquetrous, acuminated, pubescent. 

 Tj . ? If. . ? F. Native of Egypt. A. trigonus, Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 but not of D. C. Flowers pale-yellow. Allied to the preceding 



