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0. fcetida. Glandular, viscid, glabrous, with an un- 

 pleasant odour; leaves with i5-2o pairs of leaflets; in 

 other respects like campestris. July-August. Alpine rocks 

 (1000-2000 m.). 



0. pilosa. Plant with hoary down; stems 12- 16 in., 

 simple, erect; leaves with 10-1 3 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, 

 flowers of very pale yellow, in compact, ovoid racemes. 

 May-July. Rocky swards of warm and sunny alpine 

 valleys. 



0. Jlatleri*. Downy and whitish; root-stock short and 

 branched; leaves with 12-14 p a i rs f ovate-lanceolate 

 leaflets, velvety; flowers lilac, in a short, oval, compact 

 raceme, at the extremity of a stem of 4-8 in. April-June. 

 Warm, sunny places in the Alps and valleys of the alpine 

 region. 



Astragalus 



Eng. : Milk Vetch ; Fr. : Astragale ; Ger. : Traganth. 



Like it kinsman Oxytropis this genus is only to be mul- 

 tiplied by seed. The species are not of much garden 

 value, though monspessulanus may drape a rock- face and 

 Onobrychis come in for a rough corner. All like a dry, 

 sunny position, wedged among rocks. The distinction 

 from Oxytropis is the absence of point to the keel. 



A. Onobrychis. Gray-green in tone ; root-stock branched 

 and creeping on or under the soil; leaves of 8-12 pairs 

 of oblong-lanceolate leaflets; flowers of bluish-purple on 

 spikes at first ovoid, later oblong; arranged by threes on 

 an erect peduncle. May-July. Waste spaces on slopes 

 and along alpine paths in warm districts. 



Jl. monspessulanus. Tufted habit; leaves with io-i5 

 pairs of ovate leaflets. The deep crimson of the unopened 

 flowers passes to rosy lilac with streaks of white. The 



