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ASTI'LBE. (From a, not, and stilbe, 

 brightness; flowers not very striking. 

 Nat. ord., Saxifrages [Saxifragacese]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria 2-Digynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Divisions; peat 

 and a few pebbles. 



A. deca'ndra (ten-stameued). 2. White. June. 

 Carolina. 1812. 



ASTRA'GALUS. Milk Vetch. (An ancient 

 Greek name for some leguminous plant. 

 Nat ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. 

 Linn., Yi-Diadelphia -Decandria.) 



All hardy, except where otherwise specified. 

 Annual species, seed, in common, sandy soil, in 

 March. Perennial herbaceous species, division ot 

 the plant. T ! ie under-shrubs, cuttings, under a 

 hand-light common, sandy soil for all. 



ANNUALS. 



A. cegi'ceras (goat's-horn-/;odded). 1 . Pale yellow. 

 July. 1818. 



alope'cias ,'sea-fox). 3. Yellow. June. Siberia. 



annula'ris (ring-formed). lj. Purple. July. 



Egypt. 1800. Trailer. 



Ba>iticus(B'<etic). 1. Pale yellow. July. South 



of Europe. 1759- Trailer. 



brachy'ceras ( short- horned-pmWed). i- Yel- 



low. July. Tauria. 1828. 



bu'ceras (ox-horn-podded). 1. Pale yellow. 



July. 1818. Trailer. 



canalicula'tus (channel-podded). 2. White. 



July. 1816. 



- carvoca'rpus (nut-podded). 1. Purple. July. 

 Spain. 1800. Biennial. 



ci'cer (vetch). 2. Yellow. July. Europe. 1570. 



contortuplica'tus (twisted-plaited). 1. Pale 



yellow. July. Siberia. 1764. Trailer. 

 crucial tus (cross-formed). 1|. Violet. July. 



1820. Trailer. 

 -- cymbaica'rpus (boat-podded). *. White. July. 



Spain. 1800. Trailer. 



glu'ux (milkwort). 4- Purple, July. Spam. 



1596. 



Intoi'des (lotus-like). . Red. August. China. 



Mareo'ticus (Mareotic). 4- Lilac. July. Egypt. 



1817. Trailer. 



Nuttallia'nus(Nutta.\l's). 4. Blue. July. Ame- 



rica. 1820. Trailer. 



oxiglo'ttis (sharp-tongue-Jeawed). 4- Blue. 



July. Tauria. 1817- Trailer. 



pentaglo'ttis (five-tongued). 4. Purple. July. 



Spain. 1739. Trailer. 

 - rticula'ris (netted). Blue. July. Iberia. 1828, 



scorpioi'des (scorpion-like-podded). 1. Pale 



blue. July. Spain. 1816. 



sesa'meus (sesame-like). 1. Pale blue. July 



South of Europe. 1816. Trailer. 



triangula' ris (three-angled). 1. Pale yellow 



July. 1818. 



tribuloi'des (tribulus-like). 4. Purple. July 



Egypt. 1817. Trailer. 



trime'stris (three-monthly). 4. Pale yellow 



July. Egypt. 1/30. Trailer. 

 ~ trimo'rphus (three-formed). 4. Purple. July 

 South of Europe. 1816. Trailer. 



PERENNIALS. 



A. ncutifo'Kns (pointed-leaved). 4- July. Switzer- 

 land. 1826. 



adsu'rgens (arising). . Purple. July. Si- 



beria. 1820. 



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adsu'rgens prostru'tus (prostrate). . Purple. 

 July. Siberia. 1818. Trailer. 



udu'ncus (hooked). 1. Purple. July. Cau- 

 casus. 181Q. 



alopecuroi'des (fox-tail-likeX 2. Light yellow. 

 July. Spain. U3/. 



annuody'tes (sand-viper). \. White. July. 

 Siberia. 1820. Evergreen under-shrub. 



oreno'u(wnd). 1. Blue. July. Germany. 

 1798. Trailer. 



arista! tus (awned). 1. Purple. July. Pyrenees. 

 179!. Evergreen. 



a'sper (rough). 3. Pale yellow. July. Astracan. 



1/96. 



. Austn'acus (Austrian). ^. Pale blue. July. 

 Austria. 1640. 



Baicalefnsis (Baical). 1. August. Yellow. Si- 



beria. 1830. 



- Bayone'mis (Bayonne). . Purple. July. 



France. I*l6. 



-brachyca'rpus (short-podded). l. Purple. 

 July. Caucasus. 1820. Trailer. 



- breviflafrus (shorc-novvered). i- Purple. July. 



Armenia. 1826. Half - hardy ever- 



green. 



Buchtorme'nsis (Buchtorm's). 4. Yellow. Si- 

 beria. 1818. 

 Canade'mis (Canadian). 14. Pale yellow. July. 



N. Amer. 1732. 

 calyci'mtt (long-calyxed). August. Caucasus. 



1S19. 

 eaprVnus (gOAt-scented). 1. Pale yeUow. July. 



Barbary. 1583. 

 capita? tus (headed). 1. Pale yeUow. July. 



Levant. 1759. 

 Carolinid'nus (Carolina). lj. Greenish-yellow. 



July. N.Amer. 1732. 

 Caucu'sicus (Caucasian). 4. White. July. 



Caucasus. 1824. Evergreen. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



China. 1795. Greenhouse. 



chlorosta'chys (green-spiked). 3. Greenish- 



yellow. September. Nepaul. 1824. 



Christia'nus (Christian). 3. Pale yellow. July. 



Armenia. 1737. So called by Diosco- 

 rides, because a native of the birth-land 

 of Christianity. 



Dahu'ricus (Dahurian). f. Purple. June. 



Dahuria. 1822. 



dasya'nthus (hairy-flowered). I.June. Hun- 



gary. 1819- 



dasygio'ttis (thick-tongue-leaved), i- Purple. 

 July. Siberia. 1818. 



deprefsmu (depressed). *. Pale yellow. July. 



Europe. 1772. Trailer. 



di/a'sus (wide-scattered), 4. Pale yellow. July. 



Caspian. 1820. 



Donia'nus (Don's). 4- Purple. July. Nepaul. 



1818. Trailer. 



emargin'i'tus (nicked-leaf). 1. Pale yellow. 



July. South of Europe. 1825. 



epiglo'ttis (heart-podded). ^. Pale yellow. 



July. South of Europe. 173". Trailer. 



e.rsca'pus (scapelew). 4- Yellow. July. Hun- 



trary. 182/. 



falca'tus (sickle-podded; hairy -podded}. 3. 



Greenish-yellow. July. Siberia. 



falcifo'rmis (gickle-shaped). lj. Pale yellow, 



July. Algiers. 18! 6. 



fruticn'sus (shrubby). 14. Violet. July. Si- 



beria. 1804. 



gte^(/rai(goat's-rue-&p). -2. Yellowish- 



green. June. Siberia. J7-9- 



gluciphylluSfdes (glyciphyllus-like. Liquorice 



milk-vetch). 1. Pule yellow. July. Si- 

 beria. 1818. Trailer. 



