62 MESSRS. H. A. HURST AND A. LETOURNEUX^S 



timeSj and is, perhaps, the most easily recognized plant in 

 old Prosper Alpinus^s work. 



Astragalus hispidulus, DC. ; Lx. Exs. 51. 



A. annularis, Forsk. j Lx. Exs. 52. 



A. bcBticus, L. Mar. 



A. hamosus, L. ; Lx. Exs. 189. Mar. 



A. hamosus, var. legumine majore, Lx. Exs. 188. 



A. hamosus, var. legumine dorso profnndius sulcato, 

 Lx, Exs. 49. 



These three forms appear worthy of further examination. 

 The latter may be distinct. 



A. trimestris. 



A. mareoticus, Del. 



A. tribuloides, Delile ; Lx. Exs. 48. 



A. radiatus, Ehrenb. 



A. peregrinus, Vahl ; Lx. Exs. 53. 



A. alexandrinus, Bois. Diag. ser. i, ix. p. 74; Lx. Exs. 54. 



A peculiar and distinct-looking plant, though allied to 

 A. platyraphis, Eisch. 



A common plant from Alexandria to Aboukir; also found 

 in Arabia Petrsea, Palestine (on the Jordan, near Damascus), 

 and Tunis. 



