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liarclly half-bilocular. ^ . H. Native of the alps of Europe 

 and the Pyrenees. A. sempervirens, Lam. diet. 1. p. 320. 

 Pliaca tragacantha, All. pedem. 1257. Garid. aix. t. 104. 

 Flowers white or pale red. Peduncles usually 4-flowered. 

 y/nwrf-calyxed Goat's-Thorn. May, Jul. Clt. 1791. Sh. ^ft. 



182 A. GENARGE'NTEUS (Moris, clench, sard, p. 11.) pedun- 

 cles usually 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx 

 narrow, acute, very short ; leaves with many pairs of elliptic, 

 canescent leaflets. J? . H. Native of Sardinia, on the heights 

 of Genargenturn. Flowers cream-ooloured, with the keel tipped 

 with dark purple. Like A. Massilimsis and A aristatus. 



Genargentiim Goat's-Thorn. Shrub foot. 



183 A. BRACTEOLA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 102.) peduncles rather 

 longer than the leaves, bearing ovate spikes of flowers ; calyx 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence, cylindrical, with lanceolate- 

 subulate teeth ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong leaflets, which 

 when young are clothed with silky pubescence, but at length 

 becoming glabrous. H. fj . Native of Galatia, on hills. A. 

 piingens, Willd. spec. S. p. 1325. Trag. orientalis humillima se 

 sparjjens, floribus spicatis, Tourn. cor. 29. Bracteas linear- 

 subulate. Flowers white in the dried specimens. 



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



184 A. ANGUSTIFOLIUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 321.) peduncles 6- 

 flowered, somewhat corymbose, about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; calyx cylindrical, rather villous, acutely 5-toothed ; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, glabrous in the adult 

 state. Tj. F. Native of Armenia, Willd. act. berol. 1794. 

 p. 25. D. C. astr. no. 98. Tourn. cor. 29. Flowers yellow. 



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



185 A. RETU'SUS (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 24. t. 2. f. 3. ex- 

 clusive of the synonyme) peduncles 4-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; calyxes clothed with adpressed, silky villi, cylindrical, 

 5-toothed ; the teeth lanceolate ; leaflets obovate, and somewhat 

 retuse. T? . F. Native-of the Levant. Flowers reddish in a dried 

 state. Like A. Massiliensis. 



Retuse-]eaRetteA Goat's-Thorn. Shrub \ foot. 



186 A. DAMASCE NUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 198.) peduncles 4-6- 

 flovvered, somewhat spicate, rather longer than the leaves; 

 calyxes cylindrical, clothed with adpressed silky villi, 5-toothed, 

 the teeth lanceolate ; bracteas ovate, membranous, shorter than 

 the tube of the calyx ; leaves with 15-16 pairs of elliptic, some- 

 what mucronate leaflets, which are villous on both surfaces. 



Tj . F. Native about Damascus. Flowers white in the dried 

 specimens. A. retusus, D. C. astr. no. 99. t. 35. but not of Willd. 

 Damascus Goat's-Thorn. Shrub j foot. 



187 A. LAoopolDEs (Lam. diet. 1. p. 312. var. /3, B.C. 

 astr. no. 103.) spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate, longer than 

 the leaves ; calyxes very hairy, 5 -cleft, the lobes setaceous ; 

 bracteas ovate, acuminated, deciduous, membranous, longer than 

 the tube of the calyx ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong leaflets, 

 ending each in a spine-like mucrone, and clothed with adpressed 

 villi. Tj . F. Native of Armenia. A. lagopodioides, Vahl. 

 symb. 1. p. 64. Willd. in act. berol. 1794. p. 28. t. 1. f. 4. 

 Flowers purple, spreading. 



Var. ft, Persians (D. C. prod, 2. p. 299.) calyxes rather 

 bladdery ; spikes of flowers on long peduncles ; flowers imbri- 

 cated ; leaflets broader, I? . F. Native of Persia, between 

 Kermancha and Amadan. Perhaps a proper species. 



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



188 A. LAGU'RUS (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 28. t. 1. f. 2.) 

 spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; 

 calyxes very villous, at length a little inflated, 5-cleft ; the seg- 

 ments subulate, about equal in length to the corolla ; bracteas 

 membranous, ovate, acuminated, length of flowers ; leaves with 

 4-5 pairs of oblong-leaflets, each ending in a spine-like mucrone, 

 and clothed with adpressed villi. Tj . F. Native of Armenia. 



D. C. astr. no. 104. t. 30. A. lagopoides a, Lam. Flowers 

 imbricated, yellow. 



Hare's-tail-spiked Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -| foot. 



18f) A. VAGINA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 105. t. 37.) spikes of 

 flowers ovate, dense, pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; calyxes 

 at length inflated, villous, acutely 5-toothed; bracteas equal in 

 length to the calyx ; stipulas acuminated, very long, sheathing ; 

 leaves with 7-10 pairs of oblong leaflets, each ending in a spiny 

 mucrone, and clothed with pubescence beneath. I? . F. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Flowers cream-coloured. Petioles almost 

 unarmed. 



She(tthing-i>tipu]eA Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



190 A. CEPHALA'NTIIUS (D. C. astr. no. 106. t. 38.) flowers 

 disposed in round pedunculate heads, 3-times longer than the 

 leaves ; calyxes clothed with silky hairs, 5-toothed ; bracteas 

 small ; leaves with 7- 9 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, which are 

 clothed with hoary, adpressed, silky villi. fj . F. Native of 

 Persia. Petioles almost unarmed. 



Headed-fionered Goat's-Thorn. Shrub ^ foot. 



191 A. TRICHOLOBUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 299.) spikes of flowers 

 ovate-roundish, pedunculate, twice or thrice longer than the 

 leaves ; calyxes a little inflated, hairy ; the segments subulate, 

 longer than the tube of the corolla ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, 

 deciduous, length of corolla ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of linear 

 leaflets, each ending in a spine-like point, and clothed with ad- 

 pressed hoary villi. Jj . F. Native of the Levant. Flowers 

 pale in the dried specimens, adult ones without the bracteas. 



Hair-lobed-calyxeA Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -| foot. 



192 A. TU'MIDUS (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 26.)flowers usually 

 solitary, on short peduncles ; calyxes villous, inflated, contracted 

 at the mouth, 5-toothed ; leaves with 4-0 pairs of oblong leaf- 

 lets, which are clothed with adpressed pubescence. Pj . H. 

 Native of Spain, in the province of Aragon, Egypt, and the 

 Levant, in sandy places. Russ. alepp. t. 5. A. Rauwolfii, 

 Vahl. Colutea spinosa, Forsk. descr. Spines long. Axillary 

 leaves small, with a few pairs of leaflets, which are about equal 

 in length to the pedicels. Flowers pale yellow. 



Var. ft, armiitits (D. C, prod. 2. p. 299.) leaves with 8 pairs 

 of linear, acute leaflets. T? . F. Native of Mauritania. An- 

 thyllis tragacanthoides, Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 150. t. 194. but not 

 of Labill. Ast. armatus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1330. 



Tuwd-calyxed Goat's-Thorn. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub -| to 1 foot. 



193 A. TORTUOSUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 299.) peduncles a little 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 3-8, distant, disposed in a kind 

 of raceme ; bracteas membranous, length of pedicels ; calyxes 

 villous, 5-toothed, cylindrical, at length a little inflated ; leaves 

 with 10 pairs of obovate, hairy, small leaflets. Tj . F. Native 

 of the Levant, between Bagdad and Kermancha. This plant is 

 very like A. anthylloides, but differs in the petioles being spiny. 

 Flowers probably purple. 



Twisted Goat's-Thorn. Shrub -j to 1 foot. 



194 A. COLUTEOIDES (Willd. act. berol. 1794. p. 27.) pedun- 

 cles a little longer than the leaves, each bearing 4-5 distant 

 flowers in a kind of spike ; bracteas setaceous, very short ; 

 calyxes villous, inflated, 5-toothed; leaves with 15-20 pairs of 

 obovate, small, hoary, hairy leaflets. T? . F. Native on Mount 

 Lebanon. Rauw. trav. 281. with a figure. Anthyllis traga- 

 canthoides, Labill. dec. syr. 2. p. 1 6. t. 9. Flowers purple. 



Bladder-senna-like Goat's-Thorn. Shrub i foot. 



14. Chronopbdii (from %povo, chronos, time, and trovg 

 pous podos, a foot ; in reference to the permanent nature of the 

 footstalks of the leaves). D. C. prod. 2. p. 299. Petioles per- 

 manent, but never hardening into spines. The odd leaflets re- 

 maining a long lime on the end of the petiole, after the lateral 

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