100 



186. ASTRAGALUS. 



sessile on root. Divisions of Cal. long, subu- 

 late. Cor. "hairless. Leg. sessile, ovate, acu- 

 minato-inucronate, hii'sute. p. 5, 6. Moun- 

 tains. Vallais. Thuringia. Austria. 



32. monspessulanus. Nearly stemless. 

 Lts. 12-20 pair, elliptic ; tlie outer smallest. 

 Scape exceeding L. Teeth of Cal. long, subu- 

 late. Fl. purple. Leg. terete, subulate, curved 

 upwards, reticulate, at last haiiless, completely 

 2-ceUed. Ovules 12-20. p. 5, 6. Dry hills. 

 m. and s. Eur. 



• 33. 'Wulfeni. Nearly stemless. Lts. 12- 

 20 pair, ovate or lanceolate. Scape nearly as 

 long as L. Teeth of Cal. linear. ~Pl. purple. 

 Leg.Uneari-oblona;, curved do"miwards, 2-celled. 

 Ovules 24-30. p. 5. Stony pastures. Trieste. 

 Istria. 



34. incanus. Stemless, hoary. Lts. 6-9 

 pair. Scape hardly exceeding L. Fl. in heads. 

 Teeth of Cal. subulate, short. Fl. purple. 

 Leg. 2-celled, nearly cylindrical, incui-ved, nm- 

 cronate, about tkree times calyx, hoaiy with 

 short hairs. Ovules about 12. p. 4, 5. Open 

 stony, s. Pr. 



187. BISEERTJLA. 



1. Peleciims. Tl. small. Hue. Spikes 

 ovate, on stalks shorter than L. a. 5. I)ry. 

 s. Eur. 



Tribe III. EEBTSAREjE. 

 188. SCORPIURUS. 



1. muricata. Leg. hairless. Inner Ribs 

 smooth; outer armed with small blunt tu- 

 bercles, a. 5, 6. Fields, mdt. Er. K. Nap. 



2. sulcata. Leg. hairless. Inner Ribs 

 smooth ; the fom- outer anned with rigid dis- 

 tant prickles, a. 5, 6. Fields. Tuscany. 

 Port Juvenal. 



3. subvillosa. Leg. hairless. Inner Ribs 

 smooth ; the six or eight outer armed with 

 somewhat crowded prickles, a. 5, 6. Fields 

 and uncult. s. Er. Istria. It. 



4. acutifolia. Leg. covered mth short 

 hairs. Innermost Ribs smooth; the eight or 

 ten outer armed 'with very short crowded 

 prickles. Var. of Sp. 3 ? a. Sandy. Boni- 

 facio. 



5. vermiculata. Leg. haiiless. Inner- 

 most Ribs wanting ; the ten outer ai'med with 



crowded, broad, obtuse tubercles. a. 5, 6. 

 Fields. Agen. MontpeUier. 



189. CORONILLA. 



A. Legume nearly terete, the joints hardly 

 separaiing. Claws of Petals about three 

 times as long as calyx. 



1. Emerus. Stip. veiy small. Lts. 5-7, 

 obovate. Stallv 3-flowered. S. 3-5. Thickets, 



walls, ^c. s. Eur. 



B. Legume compressed. Joints readily sepa- 

 ratiiig. Claw of Standard not much 

 exceeding calyx. 



i. Flowers yellow. Plant hairless. 



2. glawca. A shrub. Stip. small, lanceo- 

 late, entii'ely separate. Lts. 5-7, obovato- 

 oblong, mucronate, glaucous ; lowest remote 

 from stem. Umbel 7-8 -flowered. S. 2-5. 

 Cola, rocks. Narb. Sic. Nice. 



3. stipularis. A shrub. Stip. very large, 

 circular, separate, deciduous, but leaving a ring 

 on the stem. Lts. 7-9, obovate, mucronulate, 

 glaucous ; lowest remote from stem. Umbel 

 6-8-flowered. S. 3. Calc. rocks. Terraciua. 

 Capri, s. It. Sic. 



4. juncea. A small shrub. Stip. very small, 

 on a coutiuued ring. L. few and small. Lts. 

 3-7, lineari-oblong ; lowest remote from stem. 

 Umbel 5-7-flowered. s.S. 5, 6. Rocky hills. 

 mdt. E. 



5. xninima. Woody, diffase. Stip. united 

 opposite to L. ; the uppermost large, membra- 

 nous, deciduous. Lts. 7-11, obovate; lowest 

 remote fr'om stem. Umbel 7-8-flowered. C. 

 vaginalis of Linnaeus, &c. w. 5-7. Moun- 

 tain pastures. Alps. 



6. coronata. Stems numerous, difiuse. 

 Stip. small, imited opposite L. Lts. 5-9, obo- 

 vate, somewhat mucronate, glaucous ; lowest 

 close to stem. Umbel 8-1 0-flowered. w. Dry. 

 m. and s. Er. Vail. It. C. minima of Koch. 



7. montana. Stems single, erect, herba- 

 ceous. Stip. united opposite L. Lts. 7, ovate, 

 mucronate, somewhat glaucous ; lowest near to 

 stem. Umbel 15-20-flowered. p. 6. Calc. 

 mountains. Jm-a. e. Ger. 



ii. Flowers yellow. Plant rough with rigid, 

 deflexed hairs. 



8. parviflora. Herbaceous, much branched. 

 Lts. 9, cuneate, emarginate, hairless. Stip. 

 ovate, very small. Umbel 5-flowered. Stalk 



