LEGUMINOSiE. 



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flowered. Lts. obovate, emarginate, glaucous. 

 S. 6. Hills, vineyards. Rulsdorf. Hocn- 

 stadt near Halle. 



184. PHACA. 



Mowers 



A. iVo division in the Legume. 



white or yelloioish. 



1. frigida. Lts. 4-5 pair, ovato-oblong. 

 Stip. ovato-oblong. Stem hairless, simple. 

 Leg. oblong, stallced, somewliat hirsute, p. 

 7, 8. High pastures. Alps. 



2. alpina. Lts. 9-12 pair, oblong, obtuse, 

 downy. Stip.lineari-lanceolate. Stem branched, 

 downy. Leg. compressed, semi-ovate, acute, 

 nearly haiiiess. p. 7, 8. High stony, s. Alps. 

 Pyrenees. 



B. Legume incompletely 2,-celled. Flowers 

 purplish or variegated white and purple. 



3. glabra. Lts. 6-7 pair, ovali-oblong, 

 acute, hairless. Stem branched, prostrate, 

 n.-stalk exceeding L. Wings (of Corolla) 

 entire. Leg. stallved, tru'gid, hairless, p. 7- 

 Lovjer mountains of Prov. 



4. astragalina. Lts. 8-12 pair, ovate, 

 with adpressed hairs on both sides. Stem 

 short, deciunbent. M. -stalks exceeding L. 

 Wings entire. Keel violet, nearly as long as 

 hluish standard. Leg. stalked, pendent, covered 

 with black hairs when young, p. 7, 8. High 

 pastures. Alps. Pyi'. 



5. australis. Lts. 6-8 pair, Hneari -lan- 

 ceolate, hairless ; odd one sessile. Stem 

 branched, tufted, ascending, haiiiess. Pl.-stalks 



exceeding L. 



Wings bifid. 



Keel da7-k, much 



shorter than white or yellowish standard. Leg. 

 ovoid, stalked, p. 7, 8. High rough pastures. 

 Alps. Pyr. 



185. OXYTROPIS. 



A. Upper Suture pressed in, but not unnged. 



1. lapponica. Somewhat caulescent, as- 

 cending, hairy. Lts. lanceolate, acute. Fr.- 

 stalks at last twice as long as L. Eac. short, 

 6-12-flowered. Ft. pink. Leg. pendulous, on 

 a stalk half as long as tube of calyx, p. 7- 

 High. Mts. of Vallais at Zermatt and Tesch. 



2. montana. Nearly stemless. Lts. 

 eUiptico-lanceolate. Scape hardly exceeding L. 

 Rac. shoi-t, 6-12-flowered. Fl. pink or purple. 

 Leg. erect, on a stipe or staUi within the calyx, 

 as long as tube of calyx, p. 7, 8. High 

 pastures, m. Em*. 



;8. neglecta. Eac. lax. High gravel. Abr. 



3. cyauea. Nearly stemless. Lts. oUong, 

 acute. Scape equal to L. Rac. short, C-12- 

 flowered. Leg. erect, on a stipe half as long 

 as tube of calyx, p. 7, 8. Above Zermatt in 

 Nicolaithal. 



4. triflora. Stemless. Lts. oblong, acute. 

 Scape as long as L. Rac. 3-flowered. Leg. 

 erect, on a stipe half as long as tube of calyx. 

 p. 7, 8. High stony. Heiligenblut. 



B. Upper Suture winged internally. 

 i. Lower Suture not winged. 



5. pilosa. Stem erect. Haii's soft. Lts. 

 lanceolate, acute. Stip. nearly free. Spikes 

 ovato-oblong. Stalks axiUaiy, exceeding L. 

 Leg. erect, terete, subulate, villous, p. Sandy 

 and rocky hills, s. and e. Alps. 



6. campestris. Lts. about 12 pair, lan- 

 ceolate, sillcy. Stip. attached to L. -stalk. 

 Scape about equal to L. Bracts shorter than 

 calyx. Fl. erect. Leg. erect, sessile, inflated, 

 downy, p. 7, 8. Gravelly mountain pastures. 

 m. Eur. 



/8. sordida. Lower pai-t of Standard pm-pMsh. 

 Keel with a dark spot. 



7. cmrulea. Blue. Fuscherthal in the 

 Salzbiu'g Alps. 



5. viscosa, Pers. Lts. linear, viscid. Scape 

 exceeding L. 



7. fcetida. Lts. about 20 pair, hneari- 

 lanceolate, viscid, hairless. Scape woolly up» 

 wards, somewhat exceeding L. Heads few- 

 flowered. Bracts shorter than calyx. Leg. 

 erect, sessHe in calyx, inflated, p. T, 8. Foy 

 high gravelly, w. Alps. 



ii. Lower Suture loith a wing reaching to 

 that of the ^lpper. 



8. uralensis. Stemless, villous. Lts. 

 oblongo-lanceolate. Scape exceeding L. Heads 

 ovate, of many spreading flowers. Lower 

 Bracts exceeding calyx. Leg. erect, acuminate. 

 p. 5-7. Suhalpine gravel. Vallais. Tyrol. 

 Carniola. Pyr. Scot. 



186. ASTRAGALUS. 



A. Fl. purplish or white. Stipules not at- 

 tached to L. -stalk, or only to its base. 



i. Upper Stip. united opposite to L. Sp. 1-6. 



ii. Stipules sepai'ate. 



a. Fl. distant. Sp. 7-9. 



b. Fl. in a dense spike or head. Root 

 annual. Sp. 10-13. 



c. CahTc bladder-like ! Sp. 14. 



