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LEGUMINOS^E. CXXXI. ASTRAGALUS. 



aggregate ; teeth of calyx long and subulate ; corolla glabrous ; 

 legumes ovate, acuminatcly-rnucronate, hairy, sessile, and rather 

 compressed. 1. H. Native of Vallais, Thuringia, Austria, 

 Hungary, and the Ukraine. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 561. Pall. astr. 

 64. Astragaloides syphilitica, Moench. Flowers yellow. The 

 plant is used to cure syphilis in Hungary. 



Scapeless Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1787. Pl.Jft. 



222 A. SCHANGINIA'NUS (Pall. astr. p. 67. t. 73.) plant some- 

 what caulescent and loosely lanuginose ; leaflets 25-31, ovate- 

 oblong, peduncles very short, somewhat racemose ; teeth of 

 calyx long, subulate ; corollas glabrous ; legumes triquetrous, 

 acuminated, pubescent, callous. %.. H. Native of Siberia, at 

 the Catunja and in the desert of the Don. Leaves about a foot 

 long. Flowers vellow. 



Scliang's Milk- Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



223 A. DECLINA'TUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1294.) steins short, 

 procumbent; leaflets 29-31, oblong, obtuse, and pilose; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, crowded, pedunculate, one half shorter 

 than the leaves ; legumes oblong, acute, pilose. If. . H. Native 

 of Armenia. A. orientalis acaulis fere flore luteo. Tourn. cor. 

 29. ex Willd. Very like A. exscapus. Flowers yellow. 



Declinate-ateiamed Milk- Vetch. PL procumbent. 



224 A. NUMMULA'RIUS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 317. exclusive of the 

 synonymes) stemlcss, hairy ; leaflets 21-23, ovate, mucronate, or 

 emarginate ; flowers almost sessile, aggregate ; teeth of calyx 

 lanceolate-subulate ; corolla glabrous ; legumes compressed, 

 ovate, mucronate, hairy. If . H. Native of Candia, Syria, 

 and Eastern Caucasus. D. C. astr. 117. t. 11. f. 2. Flowers 

 yellow. In the same plant the leaflets are emarginate and acute. 



Money-wort Milk- Vetch. PL i to foot. 



225 A. DIFFUSUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1321.) plant almost 

 stemless, beset with cinereous hairs; leaflets 19-23, elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; flowers almost sessile, aggregate ; bracteas and ca- 

 lycine teeth setaceous, longer than the tube, and very pilose ; 

 legumes ovate, rather triquetrous, acuminated, hairy. If. H. 

 Native of Tauria, in fields adjacent to the Caucasus, and in the 

 Caspian and Tartarian deserts. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 202. A. 

 dolichophyllus, Pall. astr. p. 84. t. 68. Flowers pale cream- 

 coloured. This plant is allied to A. testiculatus. 



Diffuse Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. PL | foot. 



226 A. HU'MILIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 203. suppl. 498.) plant 

 almost stemless, depressed, clothed with cinereous villi ; leaflets 

 obovate ; flowers almost sessile, aggregate ; calycine teeth 

 imicli'shorter than the tube ; legumes ovate, acuminated, hairy. 



. H. Native of Iberia. Corolla yellowish. Allied to A. 

 testiculatus. 



Humble Milk-Vetch. PL depressed. 



227 A. DU'BIUS (D. C. astr. no. 115.) plant almost stemless, 

 beset with cinereous villi ; leaflets 19-21, linear-oblong ; flowers 

 almost sessile, aggregate ; calycine teeth about equal in length 

 to the tube ; legumes compressed, acuminated, villous, half- 

 biloculer. I/ . H. Native of Tartary. Flowers very pale 

 cream-coloured. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the following 

 species. 



Doubtful Milk- Vetch. PL | to | foot. 



228 A. BUCHTORME'NSIS (Pall. astr. p. 76. t. 62. f. A.) plant 

 stemless, clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaflets 39-43, oblong ; 

 peduncles few-flowered, very short, declinate when in flower ; 

 calyx 5-toothed ; legumes oblong-cylindrical, acuminated, cal- 

 lous, half-bilocular. If . H. Native of Siberia at the rivers 

 Uba, Catunja, and Bucktorm. Flowers yellow. Legume, ac- 

 cording to Fischer | an inch long and hairy. 



Bucktorm Milk- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl.|to|ft. 



229 A. BRACHYSTA CHYS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 303.) plant hairy- 

 pubescent, with very short stems; leaflets 15-23, exactly and 

 broadly ovate ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; flowers dis- 



posed in short spikes ; calyx cylindrical, with lanceolate-subu- 

 late teeth; corollas glabrous; ovary spnringly-villous. y..? 

 (7.? F. Native of the Levant, between Aleppo and Mossul. 

 Flowers yellow. Legumes unknown. 



Short-spiked Milk- Vetch. PL j to \ foot. 



230 A. GLOBOSUS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. GO.) plant stemless, 

 clothed with hoary-silvery down ; leaflets 12-16 pairs, elliptic- 

 oblong, callous at the apex ; scapes twice the length of the 

 leaves ; spikes of flowers dense, ovate-globose ; bracteas linear, 

 about equal in length to the calyx. If.. F. Native of Armenia. 

 D. C. astr. 120. Flowers yellow. 



Globose-spiked Milk- Vetch. PI. -j to ^ foot. 



231 A. CYLINDRA'CEUS (D. C. astr. 119.) plant stemless and 

 clothed with hoary-silky down; leaves with 14 pairs of elliptic- 

 oblong leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; spikes cylin- 

 drical ; bracteas setaceous, longer than the calyx. "If. . F. 

 Native of Armenia, Allied to the preceding species. Perhaps 

 both are wrongly placed in the present section. Flowers pale- 

 yellow. 



Cylindrical-spiked Milk- Vetch. PL to | foot. 



232 A. LANA'TUS (Labill. dec. syr. 1. p. 21. t. 10. but not of 

 Pall.) plant stemless, clothed with hoary villi ; leaflets 1 1 -23, 

 ovate ; peduncles rather shorter than the leaves ; spikes of 

 flowers ovate, dense , legumes ovate-cordate, triquetrous, com- 

 pressed, acute, villous. If . F. Native of Mount Lebanon. 

 A. Libanotis, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1308. A. hirsutissimus, D. C. 

 astr. no. 46. t. 19. Flowers yellow. Perhaps this plant belongs 

 to another section. 



Woolly Milk- Vetch. PL | to | foot. 



17. Incani (from incanus, hoary; aspect of plants). D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 304. Stipulas adnate to t/ie petioles, which are unarmed. 

 Calyxes as well as legumes not bladdery. Flowers usually pur- 

 ple, rarely of a dirty yellow colour. Vexillum much elongated. 

 Leaves hoary from adpressed down. Legumes perfectly bilocular. 



233 A. MONSPESSULA'NUS (Lin. spec. 1072.) plant almost 

 stemless, clothed with hoary pubescence or almost glabrous ; 

 leaflets 21-41, ovate or lanceolate, outer ones rather the smallest; 

 scapes exceeding the leaves ; teeth of calyx long, and subulate ; 

 legumes terete, subulate, a little arched, adult ones glabrous. 

 If . H. Native of the south of Europe and Mauritania, in fields. 

 Cam. epit. 929. with a figure. Curt. bot. mag. 219. Flowers 

 either purple, pale, or white. Stems almost wanting when grow- 

 ing in a dry situation, but in rich earth or in a moist place they 

 are elongated. Leaves hoary when the plant grows in dry ex- 

 posed situations, but in a moist situation they are almost glabrous. 



Var. ft, poly gala (D. C. prod. 2. p. 304.) spikes of flowers 

 shorter ; legumes almost glabrous, even when young ; leaflets 

 ovate-roundish, almost glabrous. "H.. H. Native of the south 

 of Caucasus. A. polygala, Pall. astr. p. 110. t. 83. 



Montpelier Milk-Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1710. PL | 

 to -| foot, or prostrate. 



234 A. SANGUINOLE'NTUS (Bieb. casp. 190. fl. taur. 2. p. 

 200.) plant stemless ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, hoary beneath ; 

 scapes declinate, longer than the leaves ; legumes oblong, com- 

 pressed, rather arched, glabrous, spotted with blood-colour. 7/ . 

 H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on dry exposed hills. A. in- 

 canus var. Pall. astr. 84. f. 2. A. clavatus /3, brevibracteatus, 

 D. C. astr. no. 127. Flowers yellowish green. Perhaps this 

 species is referrible to section Caprini. 



J3/oo<fy-spotted-legumed Milk- Vetch. PL -j to |- foot. 



235 A. INCA'NUS (Lin. spec. 1072.) plant stemless, hoary ; 

 leaflets 13-17, ovate ; scapes hardly exceeding the leaves ; spikes 

 capitate ; calycine teeth subulate, short ; legumes nearly cylin- 

 drical, hoary from short down, incurved at the apex, and ending 

 in a subulate mucrone, hardly 3 times the length of the calyx ; 



