ASTRAGALUS. — VICIA. Kl 



Astragalus uralensis Stn. E. B. 466.— Root, or more correctly 

 stem, woody, branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute 

 point. Fl. bluish purple. " PI. uralensis ab europsea diifert." 

 Koch. — Di-y hilly pastures in Scotland. P. VII. S. 



2. 0. campestris (DC.) ; st. short procumbent, leaflets lan- 

 ceolate in about 12 Tpairs, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. as- 

 cending hairy, bracts equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate in- 

 flated hairy imperfectly 2-cetted. — Astragalus Sm. E. B. 2522. 

 St. 19. 12. — Root woody, producing short procumbent stems. 

 Pods narrowed upwards with a slightly oblique point. Fl. yel- 

 lowish tinged with purple. — Clova Mountains. P. VII. S. 



11. AsmAGAiAjs Linn. Milk-vetch. 



1. A. hypoglottis (L.); st. prostrate, stip. united, leaflets 

 blunt in 8 — 10 pairs, spikes o\a.te, peduncles exceeding the leaves, 

 pods ovate hairy stalked in the calyx erect. — E. B. 2/4. — Stip. 

 opposite to the leaves. St. a few inches long, slender. Leaf- 

 lets small. Fl. in rather large heads, ascending, purple. Ovary 

 twice as long as its stalk. — Chalky and gravelly places. P. VI. 

 VII. 



2. A. alpinus [h.) ; st. procumbent, stip. ovate free, leaflets 

 elliptical blunt in 10 — 12 pairs, spikes capitate, Tpeiuncles equal- 

 ling the leaves, ^o& oblong hairy narrowed at both ends stalked 

 in the calyx pendulous. — E. B. S. 2717. St. 19. 13. — Stip. some- 

 times slightly connected at the base. St. elongated, slender. 

 Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple. — Lofty mountains. 

 Glen Dole, Clova. Little Craigindal, Braemar. P. VII. S. 



3. A. glycyphyllos (L.); st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 

 free, leaflets ovate in 5 — 6 pairs, spikes ovate, peduncles much 

 falling short of the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. — 

 E. B. 203. — St. 2 — 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly gla- 

 brous. Fl. in short dense spikes, dull yellow. Pods an inch 

 long. — Thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil. P. VI, 



Tribe II. Viciea. 



12. \ic\A. lAnn. Vetch. 

 * Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 



t Peduncles elongated, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the 

 base on the upper side. Ervum. Tares. 



1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; peduncles 1 — S-flowered&hovA equalling 

 the leaves, leaflets in 6 — 8 pairs hnear-oblong truncate mucro- 

 nate, calyx-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones 



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