608 372. Oxytropis. 63. LEGUMINOS^. Pl.ex.cal. 



C. AsTRAGALiDE^. Stamens diadelphous ; legumens 

 2-celled ; partitions longitudinal, complete or incomplete. 



XL 372. OXYTROPIS. De Candolle. Axe-vetch. 



Calyx 5-cut; keel ending in a straight point; legiimen 



2-celIed, or imperfectly 2-celled ; upper suture bent inwards. 



1. Oxytropis Uralensis. Ural axe-vetc/u 

 Herb stemless, villous, silky ; legumen 2-celled, upright, 



ovate, cylindrical, inflated, downy ; style persistent ; stipules 

 adherent to the petiole. 



Astragalus Uralensis, Lin. S. P. 107 U 

 Oxytropis Uralensis, De Candolle Fl. Qall. 3955. 



Sandy alpine places ; perennial ; July. 



Leaves radical ; leaflets ovate, lanceolate ; petioles per- 

 sistent; stipules scarious ; spike longer than the leaves; 

 powers violet, spiked or in heads ; bractece linear, lanceo- 

 late, the length of the calyx. 



2. Oxytropis campestris. Field axe-vetch. 

 Herb stemless, rather silky; scape nearly as long as the 



leaves ; legumen upright, ovate, inflated, downy, imperfectly 

 2-celled ; stipules adherent to the petiole. 



Astragalus campestris, Jacguj'n Co/. 1,1319. i 



Oxytropis campestris, De Candolle FL Gall. 3956. 



Alpine fields ; perennial ; July. 



Leaves radical ; fiowers spiked, yellow ; base of the keel 

 pui*ple; spike leafless. 



XII. 373. ASTRAGALUS. Dioscorides. Milk-vetch. 

 Calyx 5-toothed ; keel blunt ; legumen 2-celled, or imper- 

 fectly 2-celled ; lower suture bent inwards. 



a. Stipules not adherent to the petiole ; flowers purple ; 

 stem diffuse. 



1 . Astragalus hypoglottis. Hypoglottis ?nilk-vetch. 



Stern procumbent; petioles oblong; spike ovate: pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves; legumen upright, ovate, chan- 

 nelled. 



Astragalus incanus parvus purpureus nostras, Rait Syn. 326,2. 



Astragalus hypoglottis, Lin. Mant. 2,274. 



Astragalus arenarius, Hudson Fl. Angl. 323. 



Astragalus Danicus, Relz. Ohserv. 



Astragalus Glaux, Villars Delpk. 3, 459. 



Astragalus epiglottis, Dickson Hort. Sice. 1, 13, 



Purple millctBort. Purple cocks-head. 



