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Astragalus uraknsis Sm. E. B. 466. Root, or more correctly 

 stem, 'woody, branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute 

 point. Fl. bluish purple. " PI. uralensis ab europaea differt." 

 Koch. Dry hilly pastures in Scotland. P. VII. S. 



2. 0. campestris (DC.) ; st. short procumbent, leaflets lan- 

 ceolate in about 12 pairs, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. as- 

 cending, hairy, bracts equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate in- 

 flated hairy imperfectly ^-celled. Astragalus Sm. E. B. 2522. 

 St. 19. 12. Root woody, producing short procumbent stems. 

 Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yel- 

 lowish tinged with purple. Clova Mountains. P. VII. S. 



1 1 . ASTRAGALUS Linn. Milk- vetch. 



1. A. hypoglottis (L.); st. prostrate, stip. united, leaflets 

 blunt in 8 10 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles exceeding the leaves, 

 pods ovate hairy stalked in the calyx erect. E. B. 274. Stip. 

 opposite to the leaves. St. a few inches long, slender. Leaf- 

 lets small. Fl. in rather large heads, ascending, purple. Ovary 

 twice as long as its stalk. Chalky and gravelly places. P. VI. 



2. A. alpinus(L.); st. procumbent, stip. ovate free, leaflets 

 elliptical blunt in 10 12 pairs, spikes capitate, peduncles equal- 

 ling the leaves, pods oblong hairy narrowed at both ends stalked 

 in the calyx pendulous. E. B. S. 2717. St. 19. 13. Stip. some- 

 times slightly connected at the base. St. elongated, slender. 

 Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple. Lofty mountains. 

 Glen Dole, Clova. Little Craigindal, Braemar. P. VII. S. 



3. A. glycyphyllos (L.); st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 

 free, leaflets ovate in 5 6 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles much 

 falling short of the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. 

 E. B. 203. St. 2 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly gla- 

 brous. Fl. in short dense spikes, dull yellow. Pods an inch 

 long. Thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil. P. VI. 



Tribe II. Viciea. 



12. VICIA Linn. Vetch. 

 * Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 



t Peduncles elongated, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the 

 base on the upper side. ERVUM. Tares. 



1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; peduncles 1 6-flowered about equalling 

 the leaves, leaflets in 6 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mucro- 

 nate, calyx-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones 



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