208 



LEGUMINOS&. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



leaflets have fallen. Stipulas not adnate to the petioles. Stamens 

 distinct or diadeljihous, with a short sheath. Perhaps a proper 

 genus. 



195 A. AMA'RUS (Pall. astr. p. 8. t. 6.) plant erect, glabrous ; 

 stipulas spreading, lunate, leafy ; leaves with 2-5 pairs of ovate, 

 remote leaflets : spikes pedunculate, elongated, thinly flowered ; 

 calyx almost cylindrical ; stamens distinct, fj . F. Native of the 

 Caspian desert, on the gypsaceous hills called Arsagar. This plant 

 agrees with A. coluteoidcs in the inflorescence, but differs in the 

 calyx not being inflated, and from all the species in the stamens 

 being distinct, but of this rare plant the fruit has not been seen. 



Bitter Milk- Vetch. Shrub 1 foot ? 



19C A. GIBBOSUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 300.) plant erect, canes- 

 cent from adpressed villi ; stipulas wanting; leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of remote, ovate leaflets ; spikes elongated, pedunculate, 

 thinly-flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base ; stamens diadel- 

 phous, joined at the base but a very little way. fj . F. Native 

 between Mossul and Bagdad. Very like A. amarus, but very 

 distinct, and with it will form perhaps a connecting genus to 

 Astragalus. 



Gibbous-ca\yx.ed Milk-Vetch. Shrub. 



SERIES IV. PODOCHREA'TI (TTOVC TTO^OC, pous po dos, a foot, and 

 iXPG> ochros, yellow ; in reference to the footstalks of leaves or 

 petioles never hardening into spines, as those of the last series, 

 but remaining weak and pliable, and in the flowers being usually 

 yellow). D. C. prod. 2. p. 300. Stipulas adnate to the petioles. 

 Petioles permanent, but never hardening into spines. 



15. Anthylloidei (from Anthyllis, and idea, similar; plant 

 resembling Anthyllis in habit). D. C. prod. 2. p. 300. Sti- 

 pulas adnate to the petioles. Petioles unarmed. Calyxes blad- 

 dery, inclosing the legume. 



* Corollas yellowish, rarely purjile. 



197 A. CALYCINUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 199. pi. cent. ross. 

 1. t. 9. ex suppl. p. 496.) plant stemless, rather glaucous 

 and canescent from adpressed pili, which are fixed by their 

 centre; leaves with from 5-13 pairs of obovate leaflets, the 

 lower ones remote ; scapes longer than the leaves ; spikes of 

 flowers oval-oblong ; calyxes inflated ; legumes somewhat tri- 

 quetrous, acute, many-seeded. 1. H. Native of Caucasus 

 and at the river Kuma. Flowers cream-coloured. Calyx 

 sometimes beset with hairs, like those on the leaves. 



Large-cofy.ied Milk- Vetch. PI. | to ^ foot. 



198 A. HALICA'CABUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 320.) plant stemless, 

 glabrous; leaves with 21-31 lanceolate-linear leaflets; scapes 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, remote ; calyxes glo- 

 bose, bladdery ; legumes hardly half-bilocular, 2-seeded. I/ . H. 

 Native of Armenia. Phaca vesicaria, Schreb. dec. p. 5. t. 3. 

 Flowers yellowish. Calyxes veiny, contracted at the mouth. 



A~efe-calyxed Milk- Vetch. Fl.Ju. Clt. 1806. PI. | to | ft. 



199 A. PHYSALOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 300.) plant stemless, 

 rather hairy ; leaflets 5-7, ovate, obtuse, smoothish ; scapes 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers rather remote, disposed in 

 spikes; calyxes hairy, globose, bladdery. %.. H. Native of 

 the Levant. Flowers yellowish. The leaves are like those of 

 A . calycinum, and the flowers are like those of A. halicacabus. 



Winter-cherry-like-ca\-yy.e& Milk- Vetch. PI. | foot. 



200 A. ANTHYLLO'IDES (Lam. diet. 1. p. 320. B.C. astr. 

 no. 124. t. 42. but not of Pall.) plant almost stemless, clothed 

 with hoary villi ; leaflets 27-35, ovate ; peduncles twice the 

 length of the leaves ; flowers distant on the spikes ; calyxes 

 hairy, bladdery; legumes hardly half-bilocular, 2-seeded. ]/ . H. 

 Native of Armenia. Phaca incana, Vahl. symb. ]. p. 57. 

 Flowers yellow. This plant is very like A. coluteoides, but 

 differs in the petioles being unarmed. 



Anthyllis-lilce Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 to | foot. 



201 A. NUBI'GENUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 245.) plant stem- 

 less ; leaves with many pairs of oval, mucronulate, densely pilose 

 leaflets ; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calyxes inflated, sac- 

 cate at the base ; legumes nearly terete, straight, very villous. 

 T{.. F. Native of Nipaul, in Gosaingsthan. Root long, woody. 

 Flowers large, yellow, with the vexillum pilose on the back. 



Cloud-born Milk- Vetch. Fl. May. PI. { foot. 



202 A. VULNERA'RITE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 300.) plant almost 

 stemless, twisted, low, hairy ; leaflets 7-11-13, obovate, the ter- 

 minal one sessile ; peduncles hardly longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers few, capitate : calyxes hairy, reticulated, becoming at 

 length bladdery ; corolla clothed with adpressed silky villi. 

 y.. H. Native of Asia Minor. Phaca halicacaba, Willd. spec. 

 3. p. 1254. Flowers yellowish. 



Wound-wart-like Milk-Vetch. PI. J- foot. 



203 A. LUPULI'NUS (Pall. itin. ed. gall, append, no. 877. astr. 

 p. 17. t. 15.) plant stemless and canescent from adpressed villi, 

 which is fixed by the centre ; leaflets 9, elliptic-oblong ; scapes 

 hardly longer than the leaves ; spikes dense, ovate ; calyx hairy, 

 at length bladdery ; corollas glabrous ; legumes half-bilocular, 2- 

 seeded. Tf.. H. Native of Siberia, in sandy islands in the 

 rivers Selenga and Ouda, and at Lake Baikal. Flowers cream- 

 coloured. 



Hop Milk- Vetch. PI. J to J foot. 



204 A. LAGUROIDES (Pall. itin. ed. gall. 8vo. append, no. 376. 

 t. 91. f. 2.) plant stemless, and clothed with adpressed villi ; 

 leaflets 5-7, elliptic-oblong ; scapes about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; spikes ovate, dense ; calyxes hispid, at length bladdery ; 

 legumes bilocular, 2-seeded. jf. . H. Native of Siberia, in 

 plains about the river Selenga. A. lagurus, Pall. astr. p. 18. 

 t. 16. but not of Willd. A. laguroides, D. C. Willd. This 

 species is very like A. lupulinus, but differs in the flowers being 

 purple. 



Hare's-tail-like Milk- Vetch. PI. i to A foot. 



205 A. INFLA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 13.) plant caulescent, nearly 

 erect, glabrous ; stipulas lanceolate, adnate to the petiole ? leaf- 

 lets 9, linear-lanceolate ; spikes globose ; peduncles longer than 

 the leaves ; calyxes inflated, tomentose ; legumes ovate. 1.H. 

 Native of Siberia, in the Kirghisean steppe. A. anthylloides, 

 Pall. astr. no. 19. t. 13. A. anthylloides, Pall, astr.no. 19. 

 t. 13. but not of Lam. A. fragiformis, Willd. spec. 3. p. 12C1. 

 Flowers cream-coloured. 



htflated-ca]y\ed Milk-Vetch. PI. -| foot. 



206 A. FOLLICULA'RIS (Pall. astr. p. 19. t. 14.) plant stem- 

 less, canescent from adpressed hairs, which are fixed by their 

 centre ; leaflets 13-21, lanceolate ; scapes straight, longer than 

 the leaves ; spikes cylindrical ; calyxes clothed with blackish ad- 

 pressed down, at length becoming bladdery. TJ.. H. Native of 

 the Kirghisean steppe, at the Uba, and near Salair. A. stricta, 

 Sievers ex Fisch. in litt. Oxytropis follicularis, Pers. ench. but 

 the carina is obtuse. 



/W/zcu/ar-fruited Milk- Vetch. PI. | to j foot. 



207 A. MOLLIS (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 495.) plant almost 

 stemless and rather villous ; leaflets 25-29, elliptic, obtuse, 

 young ones hairy ; scapes shorter than the leaves ; flowers spi- 

 cate ; calyxes hairy, at length becoming bladdery, the teeth 

 subulate; legumes very hairy, covered by the calyx. If.. H. 

 Native of Iberia, on hills about Tiflis. A. eriocarpus, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 2. p. 196. but not of D. C. Flowers yellowish. 



Soft Milk- Vetch. PI. \ foot. 



208 A. HE'LMII (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 301.) plant 

 almost stemless, canescent from adpressed bristles ; leaflets 13- 

 1 7, elliptic, rather mucronulate ; scapes length of leaves ; 

 flowers 6-8, disposed in a kind of capitate spike ; calyxes mem- 

 branous, at length pubescent ; legumes hairy, longer than the 



