ASTBAGALUH LABUBNUM AND BBOOM OBDEB astragalus 343 



A. aduncus. — A Caucasian perennial 

 6-9 in. high. Leaflets in numerous pairs, 

 roundish-ovate, smooth, downy. Flowers 

 in summer, rose-purple, in oblong spikes. 



CuUure dc. as above. 



A. alopecuroides. — A fine erect Si- 

 berian perennial 2-5 ft. high. Leaflets 

 numerous, ovate - lance - shaped, downy ; 

 stipules similar, pointed. Flowers in June, 

 yellow, densely crowded. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. arenarius. — A whitish-hairy Danish 

 perennial about 6 in. high. Leaflets 

 linear, blunt ; stipules united opposite the 

 leaves. Flowers in June, blue. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. austriacus. — A spreading pro- 

 cumbent European perennial. Leaflets 

 smooth, linear, truncately emarginate. 

 Flowers in May, purple, with a blue 

 standard. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



A. canadensis. — A rather hairy 

 Canadian perennial 2-3 ft. high, with 

 10-12 pairs of elliptic -oblong, bluntish 

 leaflets. Flowers in July, yellow; 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. dahuricus. — An erect, hairy, Si- 

 berian perennial 1-2 ft. high, with 7-9 

 pairs of oblong, mucronate leaflets. 

 Flowers in July, purple, in dense racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. dasyglottis. — A charming spreading 

 Siberian alpine perennial 3-4 in. high. 

 Leaflets elliptic-oblong, rather emargi- 

 nate ; stipules united, opposite the leaves. 

 Flowers in June, purple, blue, and white, 

 mixed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. falcatus {A. virescens). — An erect, 

 hairy perennial 1-2 ft. high, native of wet, 

 grassy places in Siberia. Leaflets 16-20 

 pairs, elliptic-oblong acute. Flowers in 

 June, greenish-yellow, in spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. galegiformis. — A striking Siberian 

 perennial 3-5 ft. high, with 12-13 pairs of 

 slliptic-oblong leaflets. Flowers in Jtine, 

 pale yellow, in drooping racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Glyciphyllus. — A British perennial 

 with stout, prostrate, zigzag stems 2-3 ft. 

 long. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, oval, blunt, 

 smooth ; stipules ovate lanoe-shaped, en- 

 tire. Flowers in June, sulphur-yeUow. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. hypoglottis (A. danicus). — A hairy 

 prostrate British perennial, 3 in. or more 

 high. Leaves 2-4 in. long, with numerous 

 small, oblong linear, blimt, deep green leaf- 

 lets. Flowers in summer, bluish-purple, 

 in round heads. The variety alhus differs 

 only in having white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. leucophyllus. — A N. American 

 perennial 2-3 ft. high. Leaflets in 

 numerous pairs, broadly linear, covered 

 with soft silky down. Flowers in summer, 

 pale yellow, in dense racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. maximus. — A handsome erect 

 Armenian perennial 2-3 ft. high. Leaflets 

 ovate lance-shaped, downy ; stipules 

 oblong lance-shaped. Flowers in June, 

 yellow, in cylindrical sessile spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. monspessulanus. — A beautiful 

 vigorous evergreen trailing perennial, 

 stems 18 in. long, with 10-20 pairs of 

 ovate acute, hoary leaflets. Flowers in 

 June, pale rosy-lilac with bars of white on 

 the standard petals, in racemes 2-5 in. 

 long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. onobrychioides. — A handsome 

 Persian perennial 9-12 in. high, with 

 8-10 pairs of elliptic leaflets, and united 

 stipules opposite the leaves. Flowers in 

 July, bright purple. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Onobrychis. — An elegant more or 

 less trailuag perennial, native of Central 

 and S. Europe, with stems about 18 in. 

 long, and 7-16 pairs of oblong leaflets. 

 Flowers in June, purple. There are several 

 white-flowering varieties, of which alpimMa 

 is the one best known. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. pannosus. — A pretty Siberian 

 perencnial 6-9 in. high, with 4-9 pairs of 

 ovate lanoe-shaped leaflets, and compact 

 rounded heads of rosy flowers in July. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. ponticus.' — A rather hairy-stemmed 

 vigorous perennial 2-3 ft. high, native of 

 Tauria and Bessarabia, with oblong, 

 smoothish leaflets, lance-shaped stipules, 

 and yellow heads of flowers in July. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. sulcatus. — A smooth Siberian 

 perennial with furrowed stems 2-3 ft. 

 high, and linear lance-shaped leaflets. 



