104: LEGUMINOSJR. [ASTRAGALUS. 



stalked ; style filiform, beardless, stigma terminal ; ovules many. Pod 

 2-valved, often longitudinally 2-celled by the inflexion of the suture next 

 to the keel DISTRIB. Temp, and cold regions ; most abundant in Asia ; 

 absent from S. Africa and Australia ; species 500. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. A. glycyphyl'los, L. ; glabrous, stipules free, flowers racemed, 

 peduncles much shorter than the leaves, pods suberect exserted elongate 

 many-seeded. 



Fields and copses, from Ross southd. ; fl. June-Sept. Eootstock short, stout. 

 Stems 2-3 ft., prostrate, stout, zigzag. Leaves 4-6 in. ; leaflets |-1 J in., 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, glabrous above, slightly hairy beneath ; stipules 1 

 in., ovate-lanceolate, acute, lower auricled. Racemes 1-2 in., compact, 

 ovoid ; bracts subulate, longer than the short pedicels. Flowers | in., 

 creamy white. Calyx campanulate, half as long as the corolla. Pod 1-1 J 

 in., linear, terete, curved, acuminate, 2-celled, pale. Seeds many, pale, 

 compressed. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia. 



2. A. hypogiot'tis, L. ; hairy, stipules connate, flowers spiked, ped- 

 uncles usually much longer than the leaves, pods very short ovoid sub- 

 erect included 2-seeded. A. danicus, Retz. 



Gravelly and chalky soil, from Sutherland to Essex and Wilts ; Isle of Arad, 

 Ireland ; fl. June-July. Clothed with soft white hairs mixed with black 

 above. Rootstock very slender, straggling, branching. Stems 2-6 in., slender, 

 ascending. Leaves 2-4 in., leaflets -| in., many, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Spikes 1 in., ovoid ; peduncle stout. Flowers -f in., blue-purple. 

 Calyx with black hairs, longer than the bracts. Pod shortly stipitate, 

 DISTRIB. Arctic and Alpine Europe, N. Asia, N. America. 



3. A. alpi'nus, L. ; decumbent, hairy, stipules free, flowers shortly 

 racemose or subcapitate, peduncles rather shorter than the leaves, pods 

 oblong pendulous exserted few-seeded. Phaca astragali' na, DC. 

 Aberdeen and Forfar, very rare; alt. 2,400-2,600 ft.; fl. July. Perennial, 



more slender than A. hypoylottis ; leaves very similar; peduncles shorter; 

 flowers horizontal or drooping, pale blue tipped with purple ; calyx shorter. 

 Pod ^ in., 1-celled, stalk longer than the calyx, hence wholly exserted, 

 covered with black hairs. DISTRIB. Arctic and Alpine Europe, N. Asia, 

 W. Tibet, N. America. 



12. OXY'TROPIS, DC. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet ; leaflets quite 

 entire ; stipules free or adnate to the petiole. Flowers in axillary spikes 

 or racemes, purple white or pale yellow ; bracts membranous. Calyx 

 tubular, teeth subequal. Petals with long claws ; keel erect, with a 

 straight or recurved tooth at the tip. Upper filament free ; anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary sessile or stalked ; style beardless, stigma minute ; ovules 

 many. Pod longitudinally more or less 2-celled by the inflexion of the 

 suture next the standard. DISTRIB. Europe, temp, and cold Asia, and 

 N. America ; species 100. ETYM. ovs and Tp6iri.s, from the sharp keel. 



