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branches ; kanc-tsblunt, abouttwclvepaii?: petlimclcsaxinary, 

 naked, terminated by a round htad of large deej) piirple- 

 colourtd flowers ; legumes roiigli, and when opened fliaped 

 like a heart, endinjr in a fliarp point, and containinjr three 

 or four feeds. Tlie ilem according to Chevalier Murray 

 does not divide, ai;d has hairs clofely preded to it ; leaflets 

 fix pairs, and not more ; cin-oUas pnrple ; Linneus fays 

 white. A native of Provence, Spain, &c. in moinitainous 

 woods, flowerinir in July. Cultivated in 176S, by Miller. 

 Z6. A. /'v/xy/oz/w, purple mountain miik vetch, With. 643. 

 Smith Brit. 7-9. Eng Bot. 274. A. arenarius, Hudf. A. 

 epiglottis, Diekf. H.' Siec. fafc. i. " Caulcfcent, prollrate, 

 flowers in heads, legumes ovate, channelled on the back, 

 hairy, hooked at the end." Stems flcxnofe, prollrate, three or 

 four inches high ; leaflets of the pinnas ninncrous, fmall, 

 ovate, hairy underneath ; peduncles fcarccly longer than the 

 leaves, headed ; braftes very much fliorter than the calyxes ; 

 flowei-s variegated with white purple ; calyx tubercular, 

 rough hairy Idaek with a little white intermixed ; legumes 

 ovate, turgid, hairy. It flowers in June and July. Found 

 in feveral parts of England, in fandy and chalky paitmes. 

 The flowers are fometimts white. 27. A. Jy/iticiis, Syrian 

 milk vetch. "Caulcfcent, procumbent; heads peduncled, flow- 

 ers reflected, legumes tomentofe, ovate-oblong. A native of 

 Siberia. 28. A. ai-eruv'ms. "Subcanlelcent, procumbent, flow- 

 ers fubracemcd, erecl, leaves tomentofe." Stem inclining, ilx 

 inches high, branched, covered with a nap, ; leaflets of the 

 pinnas linear-lanceolate, entire, complicate ; llipules bifid, 

 ■fcariofe, tomentofe ; peduncles fnpporting about four blue 

 flowers, legumes fickle-fliaped, tomentofe, acuminate, chan- 

 nelled. A native of Scania, in ioofe fand. 29. A. Glaiix, 

 fmall milk vetch. " Caulefcent, diffufe ; heads peduncled, im- 

 bricate, ovate, flowers ertdl, legumes ovate, callous, inflated." 

 Stems feven inches long, villofe towards the top ; leaflets 

 twenty or twenty-three, fmall, ovate-oblong, fcattcred under- 

 neath with white hairs. A native of Spain. Cultivated at 

 the Oxford garden in 165?. 30. A.finlcus. Phil. Tranf. a. 

 1764. "Caulefcent, proflrate, umbels peduncled, legumes 

 prifmatic, fubulate at top." Root annual, ftems fpreading on 

 the ground ; leaflets fuborbiculate ; flowers purpllfli, wings 

 white, keel purple. A native of China. 31. A. a/pitms, 

 Alpine milk vetch, Flor. Dan. t. 51. "Caulefcent, procum- 

 bent ; flowers pendulous, racemed, legumes acute at both 

 ends, hairy." Stems above a foot high; leaflets hirfutifh, ovate, 

 often ten pairs ; ftipules two, ovate, lanceolate, very fliort, 

 white; flowers in umbels of twelve or fifteen fpecioiis white 

 flowers ; calvx rough, with black hairs ; legume rough, 

 black, inflated, crooked. A native of the mountains of 

 Swiffcrland and Lapland. Introduced here about the year 

 1 77 I. 32. A. ylmmoilyles. Pallas It. 2. t. lo. " Caulefcent, 

 imdcrflirubbv, flowers twin, legumes ovate, twin woolly." 

 Annual. Stems branching, woolly ; leaflets from fwc to 

 eleven, rather oblong, hoary. It grows on the fandy hills of 

 Southern Siberia. 33. A. trimrjlris, Egyptian milk vetch. 

 •'Subcaulefcent, fcapes mollly two-flowered, legumes hooked, 

 fubulate, two-keeled." Annual. Stem fix or feven inches 

 high, hirfut(?, reddifli. Sometimes a fcape appears before 

 the ilems ; leaflets about eleven pairs, oblong, emarginate; 

 hirfute, entire ; ltip\des fetaceous, hairy ; peduncles racem- 

 ed with three or four fpreading, pale-yellow flowers. A 

 native of Egypt, flowering in July. Introduced here before 



1777- 



*** Siapc naked, tfithc/ut a hnjyjlem, 



34. A. virlkillaris. "Leaflets aggregate, femiverticilled." 



Leaves pinnate, four or five at each inlertion, fo as to appear 



whorled ftems. A native of Siberia. 35. A. montanus. 



Jacc];. Auil. 2.1-64.. "Nearly ilemlefs, fcapes longer than the 



leaf, flowers loofcly fpiked, crcft, legumes ovate, with an !n- 

 fleiltd point." The whole plant flightly villofe; ftipules ob- 

 long, imbricate, covering the ftem ; leaflets lanceolate, point- 

 ed, rounded at the bafe, tie lower ones fliorter and bent 

 down ; flowers blue, from eight to ten, according to Haller, 

 but Linneus fays they are red and erect. A native of the 

 warmer parts of Europe. 36. A. •veficarhis. " Scapes longer 

 than the leaves, flowers loolely fpiked, calyxes and legumes 

 inflated, hirfute." Caulefcent, half a foot high ; leaflets fix 

 pairs, oval, hoary, entire ; peduncles hrm, furrowed, higher 

 than the whole plant befides, with a head of from five to 

 eight flowers, having the banner purple, wings yellow, keel 

 white. A native of Dauphine and Siberia. 37. A. jthy- 

 foiles, " Scapes equal to the leaves, legumes fubglobular, in- 

 flated, naked." Flowers in a fpike, yellow, fueceeded by 

 fwollen pods, containing feveral greenifh feeds ; bratles vil- 

 lole. A native of Siberia, flowering in June. 38. A.ctifiri- 

 niu. " Scape ereft, leaflets ciliate, legumes ovate, tumid, 

 villoie." Leaflets from fifteen to twenty pairs, hairy on the 

 edge ; peduncles a foot long, fpiked, with many pale-yellow 

 flowers ; leguir.es thick, three-fided, mucronate. A native 

 of Barbary and Rnifia. 39. A. urnleiifs, filky milk vetch. 

 Hudf. Lightf. With. Sm'ith. Brit. Eng. Bot. 466. " Stem- 

 lefs, Icape ereft, longer than the leaves, legumes oblong, 

 inflated, villofe, ereft." Radical leaves with many pairs of" 

 leaflets, firm, naked ; ftipules fcariofe ; fcapes ercfl, headed, 

 and finally fpiked ; bractes the lerigth of the calyx, lineaiv 

 lanceolate ; cal)-x tubular, rough, with black ai:d white 

 hairs ; corolla a violet colour ; legumes ercCt, cylindric, ob- 

 long, turgid, befet with black hairs prefleddown. It grows 

 on the mountains of Scotland, 40. A. moiifpejfulnniis, 

 Montpcllier milk vetch. "Scapes declining, the length of the 

 leaves, legumes tubulate, round, rather bowed, fmooth." 

 Scapes procumbent, twice as long as the leaves, leaflets ovate, 

 acute, pubelcent, from ten to twenty pairs ; fcape finiple, 

 bearing a raceme of nearly thirty purple flowers ; legumci 

 long, fiender. A native ot the foutli of France. Introdu- 

 ced in 1776, by Pitcairn. j^\. A.incanu!. "Scapes declining, 

 leaflets tomentofe, legumes fubulate, rather bowed, hoary, 

 incurved at top." Scapes rough, fnpporting often twenty 

 flowers ; legumes a little bent, turgid. It differs from the 

 40th in having the leaves rounder and hoary, the legumes 

 almoll llraight and more turgid. A native of the fouth of 

 France. 42. A. campejlr'u, field milk vetch. "Calyxes and 

 legumes villofe, leaflets lanceolate, acute, fcape decumbent." 

 Stem none, but procumbent runners half an inch long ; leaf- 

 lets about fiheen pairs, hairy, fliining ; fcape radical, bear-- 

 ing ten or twelve flowers in a Ioofe raceme ; braftes lanceo- 

 late, fliorter than the calvx ; corollas a pale-yellow. A na- 

 tive of Swifl'erland and Germany. Introduced in 1778. 

 43. A. c/cyi/Y^/^w, dwarf white-flowered milk vetch. "Scapes 

 fliorter than the leaf, legumes nodding, leaflets fubemargin- 

 ate, naked." Branches very fliort, prefled clofe to the ground ;. 

 fcapes with nearly feven flowers, fmall and white ; le- 

 gumes cylindric, acuminate, the length of the fcape, fmooth; 

 leaflets numerous, oval, with lioary hairs underneath. Cul- 

 tivated in 1772, in the Oxford botanic garden. 44. A. iin- 

 catiii. " Scapclefs, legumes fubulate, hooked, longer than the 

 leaf, leaflets obcordate." Annual. Stems traihng ; leaflets, 

 broader at their end, than at their bafe, and indented fo as 

 to be nearly heart-fliaped ; flowers white, in axillary Ioofe 

 fpikes ; legumes fickle-fliaped. Difcovered about Aleppo,, 

 by Dr. Ruflel. 45.. A. cjlapus, hairy-podded milk vetch, 

 Woodv.Med.Bot.iupp." Seapelefs, legumes woolly, leaves vil-. 

 lofe." Leaflets twenty one to thirty three, ovate, ftlTile, hairy ;; 

 flowers numerous, radical, fubfelTile, yellow ; calyx ovate, 

 fwelling, white with down, legumes ovdl, befet with tine hairs, 



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