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

 brightness; flowers not very striking. 

 "Nat. ord., Saxifrages [Saxifragacese]. 

 Linn., W-Decandria, 1-Digynia). Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Divisions ; peat 

 and a few pebbles. 



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

 Carolina. 1812. 



ASTRA' GALUS. Milk Vetch. (An an- 

 cient Greek name for some leguminous 

 plant. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., \l-Diadelphia, 4- 

 Decandria). All hardy except where 

 otherwise specified. Annual species, 

 seed, in common sandy soil, in March. 

 Perennial herbaceous species, division of 

 the plant. The under shrubs, ciittings 

 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. 1800. 



annula'ris (ring-formed). 1. Purple. July. 



Egypt. 1800. Trailer. 



bafticus (Baetic). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



South of Europe. 1759. Trailer. 



brachy 1 'ceras (short-horn-podded). . Yel- 



low. July. Tauria. 1828. 



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



July. 1818. Trailer. 



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



July. 1816. 



caryoca'rpus (nut-podded). 1. Purple. 



July. Spain. 1800. Biennial. 



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



1570. Trailer. 



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



yellow. July. Siberia. 1764. Trailer. 



crucia'tus (cross-formed). 1. Violet. July. 



1820. Trailer. 



cymbcecarpus (boat-podded). i. White. 



July. Spain. 1800. Trailer. 



ala'ux (milk-wort), i. Purple. July. 



Spain. 1596. 



lotoi'des (lotus-like). . Red. August. 



China. 1763. 



mareofticus (Mareotic). \. Lilac. July. 



Egypt. 1817. Trailer. 



Nuttallia'nm (Xutta\l's). $. Blue. July. 



America. 1820. Trailer. 



oxiglo'ttis (sharp-tongue-fcaved) . . Blue. 



July. Tauria. 1817. Trailer. 



pentaglo' ttis (flve-tongued) . ^. Purple. 



July. Spain. 1739. Trailer. 



reticula'ris (netted). Blue. July. Iberia. 



1828. 



scorpioi'des (scorpion-like-podd<"d) . 1. Pale 



Blue. July. Spain. 1816. 



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



South of Europe. 1616. Trailer. 



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



'low. July. 1818. 



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

 Egypt. 1817. Trailer. 



trimc'stris (three-monthly). $. Pale yel- 



low. July. Egypt. 1730. Trailer. 



trimo'rphits (three-formed). i. Purple. 



July. South of Europe. 1816. Trailer. 



PERENNIALS. 



A. acutifo'lius (acute-leaved). . July. Switz- 

 erland. 1826. 



adsu'rgens (adsurgent). i. Purple. July. 



Siberia. 1820. 



prostra'tus (prostrate). J. Pur- 

 ple. July. Siberia. 1818. Trailer. 



adu'ncus (hooked). 1. Purple. July. 

 Caucasus. 1819. 



alopecuroi' des (fox-tail-like). 2. Light 



yellow. July. Spain. 1737. 



annuodt/'tes (sand'viper). . White. July. 



Siberia. 1820. Evergreen under- 

 shrub. 



arena' rim (sand). 1. Blue. July. Ger- 



many. 1798. Trailer. 



arista'tus (awned). 1. Purple. July. 



Pyrenees. 1791. Evergreen. 



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



Astracan. 1796. 



Austri'acm (Austrian). . Pale blue. July. 



Austria. 1640. 



laicale'nsis (Baical). 1. August. Yellow. 



Siberia. 1830. 



bayone'nsis (Bavonne). i. Purple. July. 



France. 1816. 



brachyca' rpus (short-podded). 1|. Purple. 



July. Caucasus. 1820. Trailer. 



breviflo' rus (short-flowered). ^. Purple. 



July. Armenia. 1826. Half-hardy 

 evergreen. 



buchtormtfnsis (Buchtorm's). i. Yellow. 



Siberia. 1818. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). 1. Pale yellow. 



July. North America. 1732. 



calyc'inus (long-calyxed). August. Cau- 



casus. 1819. 



capri'nus (gout-scented). 1. Pale yellow. 



July. Barbary. 1683. 



capita' tiis (headed). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



Levant. 1759. 



Carolinia'nus (Carolina). 1J. Greenish 



yellow. July. North America. 1732. 



Cauca'sicus (Caucasian). . White. July. 



Caucasus. 1824. Evergreen. 



Chine? -ns'is (Chinese). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



China. 1795. Greenhouse. 



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



yellow. September. Nepaul. 1824. 



christia'nm (Christian). 3. Pale yellow. 



July. Armenia. 1737. So called by 

 Dioscorides because a native of the 

 birth-land of Christianity. 



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



Dahuria. 1822. 



dasya'nthitfi (hairy-flowered). 1. June. 



Hungary. 1819. 



dasyylo'tlis (thick-tongue-leaved). \. Pur- 



ple. July. Siberia. 1818. 



depre'ssm (depressed). \. Pale yellow 



July. Europe. 1772. Trailer. 



Aiffuf s/w (wide-scattered). \. Pale yellow. 



July. Caspian. 1820. 



donia'nut (Don's). ^. Pui^le. July. Nepaul. 



1818. Trailer. 



