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calyx, "if.. H. Native of the Ural mountains, at the metal 

 mines of Woskres-Senskoi. Flowers yellow. Perhaps this plant 

 belongs to a different section. 



Helm's Milk- Vetch. PI. A foot. 



* Corollas white. Calyxes hardly bladdery. Perhaps this 

 iclll constitute a proper section. 



209 A. GALACTITES (Pall. astr. p. 85. t. 65.) plant stemless, 

 rather canescent from adpressed bristles ; leaflets 11-15, oblong; 

 flowers radical, aggregate, almost sessile ; legumes minute, 2- 

 seeded, inclosed in the calyx, which is pubescent, membranous, 

 and rather inflated. If. H. Native of Siberia, beyond the 

 Baikal, and of Dahuria, in naked gravelly places. Corolla 

 white, but becoming of a pale yellow colour on drying, and 

 almost as long as the leaves. 



Milky-Vetch. PI. i foot. 



210 A. AMMODYTES (Pall. itin. ed. gall, append, no. 372. 

 t. 83. f. 2. astr. p. 7. t. 5.) plant prostrate, clothed with hoary 

 down ; stipulas ovate, obtuse ; leaves with 2-5 pairs of ovate- 

 leaflets ; flowers axillary, rather radiant, twin, on short pedun- 

 cles ; calyxes cylindrical, hairy. Tj . F. Native of Eastern 

 Siberia, on sandy hills. D. C. astr. no. 91. Legume ovoid, 

 mucronate, half-bilocular. Flowers white. Plant small. Pe- 

 tioles permanent and unarmed, as in division Chronopodii. 



Sand-viper Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. pr. 



| 16. Caprini (from caprinus, of a goat ; in reference to the 

 leaves of A. caprinus, the ciliee of which have been compared to 

 a goat's heard). D. C.prod.Z. p. 301. Stipulas adhering lo 

 the petioles at the base. Petioles unarmed. Flowers yellow. 

 Calyxes not bladdery. 



211 A. OVA'TUS (D. C. astr. no. 107.) plant somewhat caules- 

 cent, procumbent, villous ; leaflets 20-23, ovate; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong ; brae- 

 teas and calyxes villous ; legumes glabrous. 7f . H. Native 

 of Armenia. Flowers cream-coloured according to the dried 

 specimens, ex. Tourn. cor. 28. Perhaps belonging to a different 

 section. 



Ovate-spiked Milk- Vetch. PI. procumbent. 



212 A. DASYA'NTHUS (Pall. astr. p. 79. t. 65. itin. ed. gall, 

 append, no. 375. t. 85.) plant caulescent, erect, clothed with soft 

 hairs; leaflets 21-23, elliptic, obtuse, rather mucronate; peduncles 

 hardly shorter than the leaves ; spikes of flowers ovate-roundish ; 

 calyxes villous, 5-cleft ; legumes ovate-lanceolate, hairy. If. H. 

 Native of Siberia and Caucasus, the Ukraine, and Hungary, in 

 sandy and calcareous fields. A. eriocephalus, Waldst. et Kit. pi. 

 rar. hung. 1. t. 40. Flowers yellow, with the vexillum pubescent. 



Thick-fowered Milk-Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



213 A. MULTUUGIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 301.) plant short, cau- 

 lescent and pubescent; leaflets 41-61, elliptic, obtuse at both 

 ends ; racemes pedunculate, rather loose, elongated, hardly 

 shorter than the leaves ; calyxes cylindrical, 5-toothed; corollas 

 glabrous ; legumes mucronate, velvety, twice the length of the 

 calyx. If. . F. Native of the Levant, between Bagdad and 

 Kermancha. Flowers 8-10, distant, yellow. 



Many-paired-lesived Milk-Vetch. PI. | foot. 



214 A. CAPRINUS (Lin. spec. 1071.) plant almost stemless, 

 erect, pubescent ; leaflets 23-29, ovate-oblong, ciliated ; pedun- 

 cles one-half shorter than the leaves ; flowers racemose, spread- 

 ing ; segments of the calyx subulate ; corollas glabrous ; le- 

 gumes ovate, inflated, stipitate, sparingly pilose. I/ . H. 

 Native of Barbary and the Levant. D. C. astr. no. 109. 

 Moris, oxon. 2. p. 24. f. 3. Flowers yellow. 



Par. ft, glaber (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) leaflets as well as 

 ovaries nearly smooth. "If.. H. Native of Mauritania. Per- 

 haps a proper species. 



Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1683. PI. | ft. 



215 A. LONGIFLORUS (Pall. astr. p. 73. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonyme of Buxb. and Lin.) plant almost stemless, rather hairy ; 

 leaflets 11-13, obovate, retuse, or emarginate ; racemes loose, 

 shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx lanceolate-subulate ; 

 corolla very long, glabrous ; legumes ovate, turgid, mucronate, 

 smooth, when young filled with pulp. If . H. Native of the 

 desert of Tartary and of the Volga, as well as at Lake Inderskoi. 

 Flowers yellow. The plant from the Volga differs from the rest 

 in the legumes being almost sessile. 



Var. a., breviscaptis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 303.) peduncles much 

 shorter than the leaves ; bracteas hardly exceeding the pedicels. 

 Pall. astr. t. 60. Gmel. sib. 4. t. 27. ' 



Var. ft, procerior (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) peduncles exceeding 

 the leaves ; bracteas thrice the length of the pedicels. Pall, 

 astr. t. 60. ft. 



Long-flowered Milk- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PL 

 \ to \ foot. 



216 A. U'TRIGER (Pall. astr. p. 75.) plant stemless, rather 

 hairy ; leaflets 25-35 ; racemes loose, much shorter than the 

 leaves ; teeth of calyx lanceolate-subulate ; corollas glabrous ; 

 legumes stipitate, ovate, mucronate, hard, turgid, clothed with 

 woolly pubescence, adult ones glabrous and 1 -celled. If. H. 

 Native of Russia, on rocks. Flowers yellow. 



Var. a, ovatus (Pall. astr. t. 61.) leaflets ovate; legumes 

 large. If.. H. Native of Tauria, Tartary, and Iberia. 



Var. ft, Uralensis (Pall. astr. t. 62. f. 2. ft) leaflets oblong- 

 linear. If. . H. Native of the Ural mountains, at the river 

 Don. 



Bladder-bearing Milk- Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. ! ft. 



217 A. LIGNOSUS (D. C. astr. no. 114. t. 39.) plant some- 

 what caulescent, woody, grey; leaflets 49-51, oblong-linear; 

 peduncles few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves ; teeth of 

 calyx lanceolate, subulate ; corollas glabrous ; legumes sessile, 

 compressed, villous. T? . ? If. . ? H. Native of Siberia, in sandy 

 fields impregnated with salt, at the river Irtish. Flowers yellow. 



Woody-stemmed Milk- Vetch. PI. -|- to -| foot. 



218 A. PUBIFLORUS (D. C. astr. no. 111.) plant almost stem- 

 less, hairy ; leaflets 21-27, ovate, acute ; flowers almost sessile, 

 aggregate ; teeth of calyx linear-subulate ; wings of corolla 

 pubescent; ovary sessile, woolly. If . H. Native of Siberia. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Downy-flowered Milk-Vetch. PI. ^ foot. 



219 A. FABA'CEUS (Bieb. suppl. p. 496.) plant stemless; 

 leaflets 35-45, oblong or ovate, pilose ; scapes few-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves : teeth of calyx lanceolate ; co- 

 rollas glabrous ; legumes compressed, sessile, ovate, mucronate, 

 and quite smooth, even when young. If. . H. Native of Iberia, 

 on hills, and of other provinces in the east. A. tumidus, Bieb. 

 fl. taur. 2. p. 198. but not of Willd. Flowers yellow, drooping. 

 Allied to A. longiflorus and A. utriger. 



Bean-like Milk- Vetch. PI. i to | foot. 



220 A. LANI'GERUS (Desf. atl. 2. p. 181. t. 202.) plant stem- 

 less and clothed with soft hairs; leaflets 17-31, elliptic or ob- 

 long; flowers almost sessile, aggregate ; teeth of calyx lanceo- 

 late ; corollas glabrous ; legumes compressed, ovate, mucronate, 

 sessile, when young very hairy, but when in an adult state 

 sparingly pilose. "If.. H. Native of Mauritania, Egypt, Phry- 

 gia, and Iberia, in barren sandy places and on hills. Flowers 

 yellow, sometimes pedunculate. 



Var. ft, subglabratus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 302.) leaflets almost 

 glabrous ; calyxes and petioles hairy at the base. 7f . H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Buxb. cent. 3. p. 38. f. 2. and hence the 

 A. tragacanthoidesoVJ\\\d. spec. 3. p. 1323. Flowers radical. 



Wool-bearing Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1791. Pl.-J- ft. 



221 A. EXSCA'PUS (Lin. mant. 275.) plant stemless, clothed 

 with soft hairs ; leaflets 21-27, ovate; flowers almost sessile, 



