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with two feeds or each fide. Cultivated by MIIUt in 1739. 

 F. June. 7. A. chinenfis. " Caulcfcent, llilT, fmooth, ; 

 flowers in racemes, pendulous ; legumes ovate, inflated, mu- 

 cronate at both ends." This much refembles the lail ; the 

 legumes however are different, and the flowers of this are 

 variegated. The feeds were fent from China to Sweden in 

 the year 1760. 8. A. Onolrychis, purple-fpiked milk vetch. 

 " Caulefceut, procumbent, diffulcd ; fpikcs peduncled, ban- 

 ner twice as long as the wings ; leaflets linear." Stems pro- 

 cumbent at the bafe, ftreaked, branching ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, fpreading, with twelve pair of lobes ; peduncles fur- 

 rowed, (liff, longer than the leaves ; braftes lanceolate ; 

 corollas red. The whole plant is fprinkled with white and 

 black villofe hairs. Haller defcribes this plant very dif- 

 ferently. A native of Auftria. Cultivated here in 1640. 

 It flowers in June and July. 9. A. ulig'inofus^ violet-colour- 

 ed milk vetch, Gmel. Sib. 4. 40. t. 17. " Caulefcent, al- 

 moft upright ; flovi'ers in fpikes ; legumes almoll upright, 

 naked, tumid, round-flatted, point reflex." This refembles 

 A. c'lcer, N" 13. except in the legumes; the top of the 

 keel is violet coloured. It was found by Gmtlin in the 

 moill meadows of Siberia, and introduced here by Thouin 

 in 1775. 10. A., carolinicuuis, Carolina milk vttch. Dill. 

 Elth. 45. t. 39. f. 45. " Caulefcent upright, even; pedun- 

 cles in fpikes ; legumes ovate-cylindric, acuminated by the 

 ftyle." Stems three feet high ; leaves compofed of eigh- 

 teen or twenty pairs of oval fmooth leaflets ; flowers of a 

 greenifh yellow on axillary peduncles. A native of Carolina. 

 It flowers in July and Auguft. 11. A. nfpei; rougli milk 

 vetch, Jacq. Ic. rar. t. 33. " Caulefcent, ilifl, even, roughifh ; 

 flowers in fpikes on elongated peduncles ; legumes oblong." 

 Stems annual, two feet high, roimd, llreaked, leafy, 

 branched ; leaves compofed of about ten pairs of lanceolate- 

 linear acute leaflets ; fpikes long, with pale flowers ; legume 

 thickening above, acuminate, upright, roughifli. It flowers 

 in June. Cultivated at Vienna from feeds fent from 

 Aftracan. 



** Stems leafy, diffufe. 



12. A. canadenfu, woolly milk vetch. Dill. Elt. 46. 

 t. 39. f. 45. " Caulefcent, diffufe ; legumes fubeylindric, 

 mucronate ; leaflets almoft naked." Stems round, about 

 two feet high ; leaflets ten pairs, fmooth on both fides, 

 rather glauccus underneath ; peduncles axillary, ftreaked ; 

 flowers yellow ; legume, oblong, concave, flatted. A native 

 of Virginia and Canada. It flowers in July. Cultivated 

 by Dr. Sherard in 1732. 13. A. Cicer, bladdered milk 

 vetch, Jacq. Auft. 3. 251. " Caulefcent, proftrate ; legumes 

 fubglobular, inflated, mucronate, hairy." Stem eighteen 

 inches, very branching ; leaflets twelve or fifteen pairs, 

 oval, obtufe, hi-rfute ; peduncles axillary, fupporting eredt 

 fpikes of twenty or thirty pale yellow flowers ; legumes com- 

 pletely two-celled, with many feeds. Miller who cultivated 

 this plant in 1739, gives a defcriptiou of this fpecies, 

 which is fomewhat different from the above. 14. A. micro- 

 phyllus, fmall, round-podded milk vetch. " Caulefcent, ered- 

 expanding ; leaflets oval ; calyxes rather tumid ; legumes 

 roundifh." Stem a foot high, flexuofe, with fpreading 

 fliort branches ; leaflets thirteen or fifteen pairs, blunt, 

 fometimes emargiuate ; peduncles folitary, with horizontal 

 yellow flowers, twice the length of the calyx ; legumes 

 inflated, villofe. A native of Siberia and Germany, flower- 

 ing in June. Introduced by Dr. Jacquin. \^. A. glycy 

 phiHiiSy fwect milk vetch or wild liquorice, Hudf. Witli. 

 Smith. Flor. Brit. Eng.Bot. 203. " Caulefcent, proftrate ; 

 legumes fubtriquetrous, bowed ; leaves ovate, longer than 

 the peduncles." Stems proftrate, round, flexuofe, furrowed, 

 a little hairy ; leaflets from four to fix pairs, ovate or ellip- 



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tic; fl.ipules laigs, ovate, fomewhat toothed; pedor.cle". 

 fhortcr than the leaves, fpiktd with ten or twenty preenifh 

 yellow flov.'ers ; calyx bell-fliaped, oblique, having th: 

 fuperior fegmcnts very fhort ; legumco incurved, triquetro- 

 cylindric, fmooth, many-feeded. A native of Britain and 

 other parts of Eurojie. 16. A. hamofus, dwarf yellov^- 

 flowercd milk vetch. " Caulefcent, procumbent ; legumes 

 fubukte, recurved, fmooth ; leaflets obcordate, villofe under- 

 neath." Root annual, branches ftriatcd and trailing on the 

 ground ; leaflets about eight pairs ; peduncles axillary, ter- 

 minated with pale yellow flowers in June. A native of 

 Meflina and Montpellier. Cultivated here in 1640. 17. A. 

 contortripluulus, w ave podded milk vetch. " Caulefcent, pro- 

 cumbent; legumes writhed, cliannelled, villofe." An annual, 

 varying greatly in fi/.e in different foils. It is a native ot 

 Siberia, and was introduced here in 1783, by Tliouti:. 

 18. A. ioe/jcus, triangular-podded milk vetch. " Caulefcent, 

 procumbent, fpkes peduncled ; legumes prifmatic, flraight, 

 three-fided, hooked at the top." Annual; b|-anches trailing. 

 near two feet long ; leaflets about ten pairs, blunt ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, fupporting four or five yellow flowers. It 

 flowers in July. A native of Spain and Portugal. Culti- 

 vated by Miller in 1759. 19. A. Lnxmanni, Jacq. Hort. 3. 

 2 2.jt. 37. "Caulefcent, procumbent ; fpikes elongated ; le- 

 gumes oblong, three-cornered, marked witli a furrow, mu- 

 cronate, villofe." Stems branching, fubaiigular, proftrate, a 

 foot long, produced as are the branches into long riflng pe- 

 duncles, ftreaked and ending in a clofe fpike ; leaflets about 

 twelve pairs, oblong, feffile, entire ; braftes fetaceous ;. 

 flowers pale blue. It is a native of Siberia, and flowers in 

 June and July. jo. A. Stella. " Caulefcent, diffufe ; heads pe- 

 duncled, lateral ; legumes ftraight, fubulate, mucronate." 

 Stems fpreading, a foot long, flriated, hifpid with white 

 crowded hairs ; branches numerous ; leaflets on each fide 

 of the midrib nine, ovate, obtufe ; llipules ovate, acute ; pe- 

 duncles about the length of the leaves, fupporting about 

 fifteen bluifh flowers ; legumes haiiy, grooved on each 

 fide, with a reflex point. A native of Montpelher. 2 1. A. 

 fefameus, ftarry milk vetch. " Caulefcent, diffufe : heads fub- 

 feffile, lateral ; legumes fubulate, reflcfted at the point." 

 Annual; ftems weak; leaflets ten pairs, hair)-; flower* 

 fmall, axillai-j', of a copper colour. A native of the fouth 

 of France. Cultivated by Parkinfon, in 1616. 22. A. 

 aiijlriacus, Auftrian milk vetch, Jacq. Auft. 2. 56. t. 19J. 

 "Caulefcent, proftrate ; fmooth, ftriated, weak; leaflets fub- 

 linear, emargiuate ; legumes round." From feven inches to a 

 foot high ; ftipules lemiovate, entire ; leaflets fublinear, 

 emargiuate, about eight pairs; peduncles raccmed, with 

 bluifh flowers. It flowers in May and June. 23. A. leon- 

 t'lnus, Jac. Ic. rar. 37. " Caulefcent, proftrate ; legumes ovate,' 

 villofe; flowers fp'ikcd, ercft." Stipules ftiort, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, half ftem-clafping ; leaflets ten pairs, oblong-oval, en- 

 tire, pubefcent ; branches with a fpike of whitifli or pale 

 blue flowers ; legumes at the top. 24. A. pcr.taglottis. 

 " Caulefcent, procumbent ; legumes headed, folded back, 

 compreffed, converging, crefted, with a reflefted point." 

 A. procumbens, Mdl. Did. n. 18. A. echinatus, Murr. 

 Prod. 222. A. criftatus, Gonan Illuft. 50. Leaflets fif- 

 teen, oblong, emargiuate, pubefcent underneath ; petiolci 

 hairy ; ftipules ovate, lanceolate ; peduncles axillary, de- 

 cumbent, hairy, terminating in a head of five purplifh 

 flowers; legumes bent in, warted, hooked at the top. Lin- 

 ncus. Miller, and Murray, have defcribed this fpccies dif- 

 ferently. A native of Spain. 25. A. (-/.[f/o/zw, heart-podded 

 milk vetch. " Caulefcent, procumbent ; legumes Jieaded, fef- 

 file, nodding, cordate, mucronate, folded back, naked." 

 Annual ; it fends out from the root tlivce hairy traihng 

 X branches ; 



