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LEGUMINOS^E. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



parted, with plumose segments, shorter than the corolla ; leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of oblong-linear smoothish leaflets. fj . F. Na- 

 tive of Armenia. D. C. astr. no. 90. t. 32. f. 1. Trag. orientalis 

 humilis floribus luteis dense congestis, &c. Tour. cor. 29. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Goldcn-Rowcred Goat's-Thorn. Shrub \ foot. 



167 A. PLUMOSUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1333.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, aggregate ; calyx cleft into 5 parts beyond the middle ; 

 lobes filiform, bearded, plumose, shorter than the corolla ; leaflets 

 elliptic-lanceolate, ending each in a spine-like mucrone, and 

 clothed beneath with adpressed silky villi. Tj . F. Native of 

 Galatia (Willd.). Troade (Oliv.). Flowers purple. Very like 

 the two preceding species, but differs from them in the form of 

 the leaflets. 



Feathery-calyxed Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



168 A. COMPA'CTUS (Willd. in act. berl. 1794. p. 29. t. 1. f. 1.) 

 flowers axillary, sessile, 4-5, aggregate ; calyx 5-parted ; the 

 lobes filiform, and bearded with wool, shorter than the corolla ; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, mucronate, hoary-villous leaf- 

 lets. Tj . F. Native of Armenia and Caucasus. D. C. astr. 

 no. 86. t. 32. f. 2. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 500. A. pycno- 

 phyllus, Stev. in soc. mosq. 4. p. 57. Flowers white. 



Compact Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



169 A. ARNACA'NTHA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 205.) flowers axil- 

 lary, 2-3-together ; calyx 5-parted, with setaceous woolly seg- 

 ments, which are shorter than the corolla ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 ending each in a spiny mucrone, and clothed with hoary hairs. 



>7 . F. Native of Tauria and Caucasus, on barren hills. A. 

 Poterium, Pall. astr. p. 1. t. 1. but not of Vahl. A. compactus 

 var. J3, D. C. Willd. Flowers flesh-coloured. The legume is 

 1 -celled according to Pallas. 

 LamUs-Thorn. Shrub -i- foot. 



170 A. OLEvEFOLius (D. C. astr. no. 87.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, disposed in globose whorls around the branches ; calyx 

 5-cleft, woolly, villous ; leaves with 6-10 pairs of oblong, glauces- 

 cent, smoothish leaflets. T? . F. Native of the Levant. Trag. 

 orientalis foliis oleae, &c. Tourn. cor. 29. A. pugniformis, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1334. but notofLher. Flowers yellowish. 



Olive-leaved Goat's-Thorn. Shrub J foot. 



171 A. LONGIFOLIUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 322.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, disposed in somewhat globose whorls ; calyx 5-parted, 

 woolly, a little shorter than the corolla; leaves with 9-12 pairs 

 of oblong glabrous leaflets, each ending in a spine-like mucrone. 

 I? . F. Native of Armenia. D. C. astr. no. 88. t. 30. A. pug- 

 niformis, Lher. stirp. 1 70. Trag. orientalis, Pocock, trav. 3. 

 t. 88. ' 



Long-leaved Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -3- to 1 foot. 



172 A. DENUDA'TUS (Stev. mem. mosq. 4. p. 57.) flowers 

 axillary, sessile, glomerate ; calyx 5-parted, with setaceous 

 woolly lobes ; leaves with 7 pairs of lanceolate, mucronate, green, 

 pubescent leaflets. Jj . F. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on the 

 higher mountains. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 501. Corolla small, 

 with the vexillum striated. Young leaves rather tomentosc in 

 winter, but becoming smooth in summer. 



Naked-\ea\eA Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



173 A. PSEU'DO-TRAGACA'NTHA (Pall. astr. p. 3. t. 3.) flowers 

 axillary, sessile, 7-8-together ; calyxes woolly, with setaceous 

 lobes, which are longer than the tube ; leaves with 8-9 pairs 

 of oblong, acutish, awnless leaflets, clothed with hoary pili. Tj . 

 F. Native of Eastern Caucasus, in subalpine places among 

 rocks. Flowers yellowish. This plant is very like A.arlstatus, 

 but differs in the flowers being sessile. 



False-Goat 's-Thorn. Shrub -| foot. 



174 A. CRE'TICUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 321.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, aggregate ; calyxes 5-parted, with setaceous plumose 

 lobes, which are a little longer than the corolla ; leaves with 5-8 



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pairs of oblong, acute, tomentose leaflets. Tj . F. Native of 

 Candia, on Mount Ida. D. C. astr. no. 91. t. 33. Trag. Cre- 

 tica incana, &c. Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers purple, striped. Gum 

 tragacanth also flows from this shrub, but very sparingly. 

 Cretan Goat's-Thorn. Shrub i to 1 foot. 



175 A. SI'CULUS (Biv. giorn. palerm.no. 4. Rafin. car. p. 72.) 

 flowers axillary, sessile, aggregate ; calyx 5- parted, very villous, 

 shorter than the corolla; leaves with 4-8 pairs of oblong acute 

 leaflets, which when young are villous, but afterwards become 

 glabrous. Jj . F. Native of Sicily, on high mountains, espe- 

 cially on Mount Etna. Flowers white, or tinged with purple 

 (Rafinisque). A. tragacantha, Bern. Ucr. hort. panorm. p. 316. 



Sicilian Goat's-Thorn. Shrub i foot. 



176 A. ECHI'NUS (D. C. astr. no. 92. t. 34.) flowers axillary, 

 sessile, twin ; calyx woolly and villous, 5-toothed, shorter than 

 the corolla ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acutish, 

 hoary leaflets. Jj . F. Native of the Levant on rocks, and of 

 Eastern Caucasus. A. Caspicus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 204. suppl. 

 500. A. Cretensis, Pall. astr. p. 6. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Flowers white, with the vexillum striped with purple. 



Hedgehog Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



* * Flowers axillary, pedunculate. 



177 A. ECHIOI K DES (Lher. stirp. 170.) peduncles 2-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calyxes hardly pubescent, 5-toothed ; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of linear-lanceolate hoary leaflets. fj . F. 

 Native of Candia. A. echioides, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1326. A. 

 Creticus, Willd. acad. berol. 1794. p. 23. t. 2. f. 2. exclusive of 

 the synonymes. Flowers white, but the vexillum is marked with 

 red lines. 



Bugloss-like Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



178 A. OLY'MPICUS (Pall. astr. p. 4. t. 4.) peduncles very 

 short; calyx ovate, tubular, silky, 5-toothed; leaves with C pairs 

 of oblong, bluntish, hoary leaflets ; legumes cylindrical, mucro- 

 nate, twice the length of the calyx. Ij . F. Native of Armenia, 

 on Mount Olympus. A. leucophyllus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1331. 

 Flowers white, almost sessile. Legumes distinctly pedunculate. 



Olympic Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



179 A. POTE'RIUM (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 63.) peduncles very 

 short, usually 2-flowered ; calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed ; leaves 

 with 4-5 pairs of oblong acute leaflets, which are glabrous above 

 and villous beneath ; legumes tomentose, ovate, 1 -seeded, length 

 ofculyx. Tj . H. Native of Granada, in dry places. Poterium, 

 Cluss. hist. 1. p. 108. with a figure. Moris, oxon. sect. 2. t. 13. 

 f. 2. A. Granatensis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 321. A. tragacantha ft, 

 Lin. spec. 1073. Flowers white. The odd leaflet usually per- 

 manent. Perhaps A. Poterium of \Villd., a native of the Levant, 

 is distinct from the plant of Vahl. 



Poterium-like Goat's-Thorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1640. 

 Shrub ^ foot. 



180 A. MASSILIE'NSIS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 320. D. C. astr. no. 

 96.) peduncles usually 4-flowered, about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; calyxes cylindrical, with 5 short blunt teeth ; leaves witli 

 9-11 pairs of elliptic hoary leaflets. ^. H. Native about 

 Marseilles and Narbonne, in sandy places, as well as of Corsica 

 and Mauritania. A. tragacantha var. a, Lin. spec. 1073. A. 

 tragaeantha, Pall. astr. t. 4. f. 1, 2. Duh. arb. 2. t. 100. Woodv. 

 med. bot. 267. t. 98. Wats. dent. brit. 84. Lob. icon. 2. t. 27. 

 Garid. aix. 469. t. 104, &c. Flowers white. This plant is usually 

 grown for tragacanth, from which the gum is obtained, but it 

 certainly produces nothing like gum tragacanth. 



Marseilles Goat's-Thorn. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1640. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



181 A. ARISTA'TUS (Lher. stirp. 170.) peduncles very short, 

 usually 6-flowered; calycine teeth long and setaceous ; leaves with 

 6-9 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate, pilose leaflets ; legumes 



